torch song

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torch song

A sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited love.

torch singer n.

torch song

(Music, other) a sentimental or romantic popular song, usually sung by a woman

[from the phrase to carry a torch for (someone)]

torch singer n

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Noun

torch song - a popular song concerned with disappointment in love

song, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"

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torch song [ˈtɔːtʃsɒŋ] N → canción f de amor

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Fierstein Singer Song Torch singer torchy vocal vocaliser vocalist vocalizer			The LP features her audition song, I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables, as well as the Rolling Stones' Wild Horses and the Julie London torch song Cry MeA River. SuBo set to break 1m sales; SuBoset for million by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) What carries the young Londoner is her sheer personality as a performer, and a few occasionally rousing torch songs. PALOMA FAITH King Tut's, Glasgow, September 14 by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) It was a wise choice to separate them because there's an awful lot to take in here, from the art-pop stylings of Hard Times and abrupt beats of Counts Of Casualty, to the torch song of Who Will? PATRICK WOLF by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			topsoil Topsoiling topspin topstitch Topstone topsy-turvily topsy-turvy topsy-turvydom topsy-turvyness topsyturv(e)y TOPV toque Toquet tor Torace Toradol Torah Toran Torbay torbernite torc torch torch battery Torch race Torch singer torch song Torch thistle torchbearer Torcher torchère torchier torchiere torchlight torchlight procession torchon lace Torchon paper torchwood torchwood family Torchwort torchy tore toreador toreador pants torero Toret Toreumatography toreumatology Toreutic toreutics Torfaen Torgoch			Torcello torch torch torch torch torch TORCH agents TORCH Antibody Panel Torch Automobile Group Co., Ltd. torch battery Torch Brazing Torch Brazing Torch Discharge Torch Energy Advisors Incorporated Torch Festival Torch Fight Torch Fishing TORCH infections Torch Lake Protection Alliance Torch lily TORCH panel TORCH panel TORCH panel torch race torch singer torch singers Torch singing Torch Soldering Torch Soldering torch song Torch songs TORCH syndrome TORCH syndrome TORCH syndrome TORCH Test Torch thistle Torch Trinity Graduate School of Theology Torch weed Torch weed Torch Wood Torch-weed Torch-weed Torcha torchbearer Torche torched torched torched torched Torcher torchere torchere torchère torchère torches torches torches torches TORCHI torchier

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