Until now, that has done nothing to undermine the enduring popularity of the ballad, which spent eight weeks at No 1 in the Billboard charts and remains a perennial if puzzling favourite at weddings.

Focus Features has set a March 28 limited release for The Ballad of Wallis Island, which is set to have its world premiere at this month’s Sundance Film Festival. Pic follows Charles (Tim Key ...

Since the 16th century, singing ballads of folk hero Rai Abdullah Khan Bhatti or Dulla Bhatti has become a sine qua non for Lohri. Set in today’s west Punjab, in the 16th-century tale ...

A week earlier, the ballad about flashing pearly whites just before reaching the pearly gates became Gaga’s sixth Hot 100 leader and Mars’ ninth. With the coronation, Gaga joined the elite ...

Nessie enthusiasts commented on the mysterious images that counted as a potential sighting, with one declaring: "Can't wait to see how this turns out." Another added: "Close to shore but it looks ...

A report on the potential Nessie encounter stated: "The object – whatever it was – was captured on the Shoreland lodges webcam." It continued, detailing the object's journey close to the shore ...

Please read our open letter and sign up to be a member today. It was a sighting almost as rare as Nessie herself. Steve Feltham, aka The Nessie Hunter, who has been parked up Loch-side looking for ...

Timothée Chalamet’s commitment is admirable and director James Mangold’s choice to focus on Dylan’s 1960s rise to fame pays off, but this film struggles to balance the conventional notes of a music ...

One of the more underrated bands of the 1980s, Tesla, which is still going strong today, hit it big (reaching No. 10 on the Hot 100) with this ballad from 1989's The Great Radio Controversy. T hat ...

‘Goodbye To Love’ by the Carpenters is the original power ballad. It became the template for countless other ballads that followed. Written by Richard Carpenter and his long time writing ...

Antonio Aguilar’s love ballads and corridos, familiar to several generations of international fans, are evergreens of the Mexican songbook. Here is a 20-song sampling of some of his beloved ...

The biggest search for the Loch Ness Monster in more than 50 years has been taking place in the Scottish Highlands. A hundred volunteers turned up to help record any unusual sights on Loch Ness ...