Originally Posted by humphreysmar
Speaking of death songs, we have to include

teen angel

and

tell laura i love her
I believe that either Teen Angel or Tell Laura were written and produced to lampoon the sappy teen age death songs of the time. Do you remember Leader of the Pack by the Shagri-Las, which became number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 28, 1964? How about Leader of the Laundromat by the Detergents, which was a parody of Leader of the Pack? It was funny, but ended the careers of the Detergents, because back then you didn't make fun of Top Ten Hits.