When looking to pop music to make us think of special bonds, there is no shortage of songs about mothers. But for too long, most songs about fathers were about pain and regret.
Mothers have been honored by songs for decades, from the Italian staple “Mama” that was recorded countless times, to American artists as varied as Tupac Shakur, Dolly Parton, Bob Seger, Boys II Men, Kacey Musgraves and The Beatles, just to name a few. The songs these artists and others sing about their mothers are overwhelmingly positive and sentimental.
