Below we’ve ranked the 50 Greatest Power Ballads in Rock History ... It’s hard to overstate the magnitude of the ‘80s power ballad trend. Cheap Trick, who’d already achieved great success ...

One of the more underrated bands of the 1980s, Tesla, which is still going strong today, hit it big (reaching No. 10 on the Hot 100) with this ballad from 1989's The Great Radio Controversy. T hat ...