Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some songs don’t just sound emotional — they carry emotional wreckage. Behind beautiful melodies and iconic choruses are stories ...

These songs hit differently now... Join us as we explore unforgettable cover versions that gained heartbreaking new meaning due to the artists' personal struggles and tragic fates. From Johnny Cash's ...

In 1967, folk-country singer Bobbie Gentry became famous for her song “Ode to Billie Joe.” The unlikely hit about a young man’s tragic jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge in Mississippi went to No. 1 on ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...