Show 73, “Saddest Songs,” uses music to explore variations of grief, loss, heartbreak, and loneliness, and ends with a song suggesting that breaking up isn’t always what it seems. Performers include George Hamilton IV, Elvis Presley, Skeeter Davis, Brenda Lee, Nancy Sinatra, and Pat Boone.
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Show 73 | Saddest songs | ||
Playlist | |||
1 | I Fall to Pieces | Patsy Cline | |
2 | Soldier’s Last Letter | George Hamilton IV | |
3 | Blue Side of Lonesome | Jim Reeves | |
4 | Seven Lonely Days | Giselle McKenzie | |
5 | Since I Don’t Have You | The Skyliners | |
6 | Old Shep | Elvis | |
7 | The Blizzard | Jim Reeves | |
8 | Begin the Beguine | Pat Boone | |
9 | Learning the Blues | Frank Sinatra | |
10 | All By Myself | Nancy Sinatra | |
11 | Somewhere Along the Way | Tommy Sands | |
12 | Åre You Lonesome Tonight | Al Jolson | |
13 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | |
14 | End of the World | Skeeter Davis | |
15 | Unbreak My Heart | Toni Braxton | |
16 | Thank God and Greyhound | Roy Clark | |
17 | I’m Always Chasing Rainbows | Liberace |