Torch Song

A Torch Song is a sentimental form of love song, in which typically the singer did not return on the or the lost love laments.

Pop music

It was mainly singers of popular songs that were referred to as " torch singers " and their repertoire consisted mainly of appropriate material. Torch singing is more of a niche as a genre and extends to the traditional jazz vocals, although the American tradition of Torch songs based more on the melodic structure of the blues. The name comes from the English phrase to carry a torch for someone (German: " someone secretly, eagerly worship, yearn for someone ").

Among the well-known singers of Torch Songs include Mildred Bailey, LaVern Baker, Shirley Bassey, Ruth Brown, Cher, June Christy, Rosemary Clooney, Chris Connor, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Shirley Horn, Lena Horne, Etta James, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Abbey Lincoln, Big Maybelle, Carmen McRae, Helen Merrill, Anita O'Day, Otis Redding, Sade, Bessie Smith, Barbra Streisand, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Lee Wiley, Cassandra Wilson and Adele.

Film and theater

There are several films and theater productions that took up the subject. Mentioned are the two same films Torch Song (1953 ), directed by Charles Walters ( with Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young) and the TV production Torch Song (1993 ) by director Michael Miller ( with Raquel Welch, Jack Scalia, Alicia Silverstone ). A satirical film about a gay is the film Torch Song Trilogy - The Cuckoo's Egg ( U.S. Original Title: Torch Song Trilogy ) from 1988 with director Paul Bogart and starring Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein, Brian Kerwin. The film was based on Harvey Fiersteins Tony -winning three-part stage play The Torch Song Trilogy.