[78-L] Bad news on record

[Taylor Bowie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Bad news on record


> Also, we mustn't forget all the doleful msical tales of the late 
> fifties...
> like "Tell Laura I Love Her" (and others I can't recall) in which the
> singer/protagonist gets in a fatal automobile accident...?!
>
> ...stevenc

Of course there are all sorts of maudlin tunes about coffins in baggage 
coaches,  Mother's Grave,  death on Dead Man's Curve,  Native Americans 
drowning in the middle of a river while in search of True Love,  etc.  but 
I'm only interested in songs based on real events.

Taylor