Lyrics range from sentimental tributes to the victims of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima to messages about the environment.

"Sunrise at Campobello" was Dore Schary's sentimental tribute to F.D.R. and his battle with polio.

His performance helps make the show a touching if sentimental tribute to the power of friendship.

The album also features new recordings of songs including "Beauty and the Beast", "Memory" and a sentimental tribute to The Music Man.

And yet, even some of those who battled with Mr. Helms over the years found themselves offering sentimental tributes today.

Mr. Weiss's "Awakening" was a sentimental tribute to young love with Roseanne Germer and Marin Boieru cast as the lovers.

He wrote under his full name, Clifford Lindsey Alderman, as a sentimental tribute to his mother, whose maiden name was Lindsey.

"Lights in the Dusk" is too hard-headed a movie to be a sentimental tribute to the persecuted little guy with integrity in a cold, corrupt world.

Q: Since this interview will appear on Mother's Day, I must ask you why you keep publishing sentimental tributes to the all-American, nondysfunctional, 50's-style dad.

Singer/pianist/songwriter Dave Frishberg's song "Matty" is a sentimental tribute to Christy.