IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR

Created on 28/11/2001
Latest update on 02/08/2022

Artist: Kingston Trio
Author: Ervin Drake
Label: Capitol
Year: 1961

On album Goin' Places. Vocal: Bob Shane. See also: Honey.

Covers:

1963:

Lonnie Donegan

1964:

Bud & Travis

1964:

Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass

1965:

Frank Sinatra [the year of his 50th birthday; won him a Grammy]

1965:

Wes Montgomery

1965:

Turtles

1966:

Lou Rawls [with David Axelrod]

1966:

Della Reese

1966:

Brothers Four

1969:

Lee Hazlewood

1974:

Richie Havens

1993:

Homer Simpson [as It Was A Very Good Beer in Simpsons-episode Duffless]

1997:

Paul Young

2001:

Robbie Williams [in fake duet with Frank Sinatra; Robbie witnesses the younger years (17 and 21), Frank gets 35 and older]

2003:

Freek de Jonge [as En Toen Ik 18 Was]

2004:

Ray Charles [with Willie Nelson]

2012:

Jan Rot [as Voortreffelijk Jaar]

2017:

Seal

2018:

Paul de Munnik [as Goed Jaar, title track lp]

2018:

Willie Nelson

2018:

Rod Stewart

And they all scored in a different year.

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