I was listening to 60's pop on RadioIO today and it reminded me: If there is one sub-genre I like, it is the teen tragedy song. You know the type: girl falls for boy (or vice versa), girl or boy dies tragically and the story is told by the survivor. The late 50's and early 60's were the golden years of the teen tragedy song, although you can find them in almost every decade, arguably even back to the days of Stephen Foster ("Beautiful Dreamer").
For the record, here are some of my favorite teen tragedy songs:
and my favorite parody of the genre:
Leader of the pack...now he's gone.
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