4 Heartfelt Ballads That Dominated the Charts in 1982
American Pop musician Lionel Richie plays piano as he rehearses on stage at NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center for an appearance on the Saturday Night Live television show, New York, New York, December 10, 1982. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) Ballads ruled the pop music roost in 1982. These four slow ones from that calendar…