Dec 17th, 2025
This is the first video in a series looking at ballads. Ballads are the only style of music I love as much as blues. I've actually been listening to ballads for longer than I've been listening to blues. As a junior high schooler, I used to tune in to the local Oldies station at night and record the songs off the radio onto a cassette tape.
This video lists my top 10 favorites, but there are many more, so I've included links to a 30+ song playlist below, with links to the top music services.
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Full Song List
I only had time to talk about 10 of them in the video, but here's a full list of my favorite oldies ballads. Playlist links for popular music services are below.
- Angel Baby (Rosie & The Originals)
- At Last (Etta James)
- Be My Baby (The Ronettes)
- Can't Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley)
- Crying (Roy Orbison)
- Crying In the Chapel (The Orioles)
- Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (Aretha Franklin)
- Don't Worry Baby (The Beach Boys)
- Earth Angel (The Penguins)
- For Your Precious Love (Jerry Butler & The Impressions)
- Goodnite, It's Time to Go (Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight) (The Spaniels)
- The Great Pretender (Single Version) (The Platters)
- A Groovy Kind of Love (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders)
- I'd Rather Go Blind (Etta James)
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding)
- In My Life (The Beatles)
- In the Still of the Night (The Five Satins)
- Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
- Maybe (LP Version) (The Chantels)
- Never My Love (The Association)
- Only You (And You Alone) (The Platters)
- Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin)
- Put Your Head on My Shoulder (Paul Anka)
- Sea of Love (Phil Phillips & The Twilights)
- Since I Don't Have You (The Skyliners)
- Something (The Beatles)
- Surfer Girl (The Beach Boys)
- There Goes My Baby (The Drifters)
- These Arms of Mine (Otis Redding)
- This Magic Moment (The Drifters & Ben E. King)
- Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers)
- When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge)
- (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)
Playlist Links
Here are links to playlists containing these songs on the most popular music services.
