But on February 5, 1966, Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler’s hawkish patriotic single, The Ballad Of The Green Berets/ Letter From Vietnam, entered the US chart, and Uncle Sam had a new military hero.

In 1939, singer Roberta Flack was born in Asheville, N.C. She had a half-dozen ballad hits in the 1970s, including three No. 1 -- ``The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,'' ``Killing Me Softly With His ...

I’m going to repurpose that film debate for “The Ballad of the Green Berets,” a martial paean to fighting men from Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler (yes – that’s how he was credited ...

Yes, we need to stroll back in time and remember those One Hit Wonders that made the 1960s so cool! You might not remember the people who first sang them, but you will always remember the songs they ...

While James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is built on a smidge of deception — Nell and Herb long ago parted ways, both personally and professionally, and it’s quite clear Herb ...

The irresistibly charming, bittersweet “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is jam-packed with whimsy, comedy, and emotion—earning one of Sundance’s biggest standing ovations thus far. Senior ...

Because “The Ballad of Wallis Island” wants to give some time alone to Herb and Nell, Michael feels a little absent from the story at times. But as writers, Basden and Key avoid toothless ...

A weapons sergeant with the 7th’s 2nd Battalion, Tommy, 27, was barely a year into his service there as a Green Beret at Eglin Air Force Base on the Panhandle, sandwiched between surf ...

A release from Ballad Health said the Quillen Center for Urological Services was made possible thanks to “a gift of $1 million from Mike and Debbie Quillen for the purpose […] ...

Until now, that has done nothing to undermine the enduring popularity of the ballad, which spent eight weeks at No 1 in the Billboard charts and remains a perennial if puzzling favourite at weddings.

Nicole Scherzinger performed “As If We Never Said Goodbye,” an emotive song from the Broadway musical Sunset Boulevard, during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. An orchestra ...

Harrigan, a graduate of West Point, returned to Afghanistan in 2015 after becoming a Green Beret. Harrigan in Afghanistan. (Photo: Courtesy of Harrigan for Congress) The congressman joins “The ...