I Was A Teenage Angel of Death (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781931608770)

"Why can't I meet someone like you?... but not you?"

-Sarah Hue Hayes, 1955

"Teen Tragedy" songs were all the rage in the 1950's. Songs like Jody Reynolds' "Endless Sleep", Mark Dinning's "Teen Angel", Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her", and J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers' cover of "Last Kiss", not only climbed the charts, but climbed into the hearts and minds of teenagers. One unrequited-lovestruck teenager, Robert Dwight "Buddy" Brown would compose a proto-Rock Opera that was "one big Teen Tragedy song." Buddy is the archetype of the cowlicked nerd. She is the girl-next-door. There is a greaser from the wrong side of the tracks. Buddy Brown spins a yarn that weaves from prose into song lyrics and back into prose and into lyrics again, composing a tapestry that is unique: I Was A Teenage Angel of Death, a rock opera without any music. Buddy Brown is hopelessly (and hopefully) in unrequited love with Sarah Sue, the girl-next-door, who is smitten with Johnny Angel, the greaser from the wrong side of the tracks. It is a tale as old as time... well as old as the 1950's anyway.

SIDE ALike it Was YesterdayThe Girl Next DoorThe Girl Next Door - Part 2Why Do Good Girls Love Bad Boys?Thank God! Good Girls Love Bad Boys!Daddy's AngelSIDE BThe Wrong Side Of The TracksCheap CigarettesCheap Cigarettes (Reprise)Tear Stains On My ShoulderI Need Someone Like YouHeartache HangoverMorbid AngelSIDE CThe Stairway To Heaven HopClass of '57Along At The PunchbowlWhen the Heart Begins To TalkThe Night of SurprisesOn That Fateful NightOne That Fateful Night - Part 2SIDE DThe NoteDeath AngelHealing Does ComeLike It Was Yesterday (Reprise)

Trigger Warning: This story contains mentions of suicide. Please take care while reading. If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, please reach out for help.

Author: Robert Dwight Brown
ISBN-10: 1931608776
ISBN-13: 9781931608770
Publisher: Allonymous Books
Language: English
Published: 06/13/2025
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.29d