What are your favorite sad songs?

[the ringo kid]

For me some are:

The Green Leaves of Summer by: Dimitri Tiompkin SP?
The Air That I Breathe by: The Hollies.
Alone Again by: Gilbert O'Sullivan.
Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song by: B.J. Thomas.
Foolin Around and Fell in Love by: Elvin Bishop.
Summer Seasons in the Sun by: Terry Jacks.
And of course
Sundown by: Gordon Lighfoot.

 

[Ron M.]

Kiss me Goodbye--Petula Clark
Silence is Golden--Tremeloes
I Go to Pieces--Peter and Gordon
The Winner Takes it All--ABBA
One Tin Soldier--Coven
Honey--Bobby Goldsboro (forgive me for that one)
Superstar--Carpenters
Every Other Weekend--Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney
If We Make it Through December--Merle Haggard
He didn't Have to Be...Brad Paisley

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I'm going with Patsy Cline-
I Fall to Pieces.

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZTk1hdpMs[/ame]

 

[vytoland]

Where Have All the Flowers Gone...............

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2SIIeqy34[/ame]

 

[Buckle]

When I Call Your Name by Vince Gill.

 

[fiasconva]

"I got tears in my ears from lyin' on my back crying over you." Can't remember which country singer made it though. *s*

 

[Rustyt1953]

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IZbN_nmxAGk[/ame]

 

[Marshwheeling]

I Ain't Blue. Bonnie Raitt, or Dave Ray and John Koerner, take your pick.

Icy Blue Heart. John Hiatt.

 

[Rustyt1953]

For Mike.
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6jXrmAKBBTU[/ame]

 

[the ringo kid]

I'm going with Patsy Cline-
I Fall to Pieces.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZTk1hdpMs

This one used to kill me everytime I heard it after breaking up with Patti Francis back in 85.

 

[loknload]

Patches / Dickie Lee
Laurie / Dickie Lee
Tell Laura / Ray Peterson
Last Kiss / J Frank Wilson and the Caveliers
Teen Angel / Mark Dinning
Ebony Eyes / The Everly Brothers
Here's a short list I'm sure there are more I can't think of!

 

[wilkoi]

Crying by Roy Orbison.

 

[Backlighting]

Here's one:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVjEcIANv1o[/ame]

 

[Rustyt1953]

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uGDA0Hecw1k[/ame]

 

[Rpg]

'Sad song' by Otis Redding: circa 1967

 

[Bib]

Kenny Chesney...Who you'd be today. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ne3cz9eUsQ[/ame]

 

[soFlaNative]

A couple I heard when very young.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y5n0ZQLPao[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50aZvm7yT44[/ame]

 

[Donn]

"The Last Time I Saw Her Face" Gordon Lightfoot.
"What Might've Been" Little Texas.

No explanation needed in either case.

 

[doublesharp]

Jimmy Dean - Big John

Jan and Dean - Dead Man's Curve

Mark Chestnut -Too cold at home

Vern Gosdin - Chiseled in Stone

Ricky Van Shelton - I'll leave this world loving you

Gene Watson - Farewell party

Merle Haggard - I've got no Reason For living right

 

[RobertJ.]

Willie and Merle's version of "The Ballad of Poncho and Lefty"

"I'd Rather Go Blind"- Etta James