This early power ballad can be found on Styx’ 1979 album Cornerstone, and what a power ballad it is. “Babe” peaked at No. 1 in the US, their only song to do so. Written by Dennis DeYoung as an ode to ...

Journey scored one of the most popular songs of all time in the 1980s.

Look, man, I get it. Power ballads are cheesy, sappy, and outright lame, right? At least, that’s what we say when our metalhead friends are around. Like you, there’s no way I have ever in my life ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is a power ballad, in its purest, most intensity-drenched form? Hyper-emotional? Agonising? Loud? Quiet? In-between? In short ...

"Alone" by American rock band Heart was recently voted among the 50 Greatest Power Ballads in Rock History by Ultimate Classic Rock—but many fans may not know that the song was actually a cover. The ...

With sentimental verses that rise into anthemic choruses, power ballads are emotional tsunamis, and from roughly the mid-'70s to the early '90s, they often ruled the charts. But some bands working in ...

An analysis of why slow songs ruled top 40 in the late '80s but don't, for the most part, now. Plus, Hall & Oates' top 10 hits and Tom Wopat, "Luke Duke" himself, stops by. By Gary Trust As always, ...

It was written with a pop diva in mind, but this soundtrack cut became a surprise hit for Aerosmith and sent the Boston hard-rockers straight to No. 1.