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Ballads


1957 Nick Cave, Australian singer and songwriter, Bath Seeds-Murder Ballads

1952 Cliff Adams, born in London, England, rocker, formed Cliff Adams Singers, known for ballads and novelty songs

1948 "Ballet Ballads" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 62 performances

1948 "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 62 performances

1936 Wolf Biermann, born in Hamburg, Germany, singer, songwriter, former East German dissident, wrote folk music, political ballads, studied political economics at Humboldt University of Berlin

1878 John Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate, Salt-Water Ballads

1867 Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku and tanka poet/diarist, Salt Water Ballads


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