Frank SINATRA - It Was A Very Good Year (Reprise® Recordings 1968)

[Heartlesstod]

Every time I listen I get emotional and it seems ever more perfect!

[cutter195]

Was Franks world we are just living in it!!!

[SalMessina39]

Caro Frank R.I.P. :(

[mailman01562]

Mr. Chairman



[BarryCroucher]

GREAT



[armaggeddonable]

Franky you was the great the best

[rob99rst]

how can you not like this song? 

[mobetta56]

If you don't like it, you don't like it. If you like it, you know a master of voice, a master of phrasing, a master of timing...the man could sing. He had some shitty personal habits, he wasn't the best of humans, but this was his gift...he could take a song and make it tell a story.

[TheVaughan5]

@mobetta56 Agreed, one of the most talented singers of the 20th c.

[rob99rst]

my favorate sinatra song

[sengblo]

I sang my own version of this song, alot of people like it and its on my recording called Southern Pin-Up please look for It Was A Very Good Year by Saycon on Itunes or Amazon

[IKI43kitse]

This was always one of my favorite songs that Francis Albert Sinatra recorded. Always a pleasure to listen to!

[MrOkiteki]

Thank God, I'm old and intelligent enough to hear and listen to this song. Sinatra one of the most unique and amazing talent of the world. He was, and he IS a legend...

[patsguy369]

I think the best songs tell a story,,,frank had one hell of a story to tell.

[valdengo1]

....there are fabulous talents out there, but will never reach the top, perhaps never reach anything, as they will never have the superior arrangers that Sinatra, Dean Martin or Streisand had...from Tommy Dorsey onward, Sinatra had arrangers that could keep up with his talent.......

[akitaman101]

franks voice was SOOOOOO deep and mellow by the 60s...absolutely at his peak, just an utter masterpiece...

[animeobsessed777]

i love this song. was it in something? a movie or something. and no, i don't mean the simpsons.

[MsSavvy8]

@animeobsessed777

Yes, it was in a movie. I think it was "Wild Season"

[hundefutter1]

@animeobsessed777 I have heard it in "The Sopranos, Season 2 episode1" sorry for my bad english ;)

[blainyrules]

When I was 17, I drank some very good beer.

I drank some very good beer I purchased with a fake I.D.

My name was Brian McGee, I stayed up listening to Queen, when I was 17.

[BADBIKERBENNY]

5 people had a very bad year.

[if66was99]

Not to downplay Frankie whatsoever... but I see him as just another of the instruments on this song. The real art is the arrangement. The song, Sinatra's singing, the full orchestra, the arrangement... It's just a perfect song!

[leonardnimoylover1]

how can 5 ppl not like this!!

[wildwing1955]

@leonardnimoylover1 There are easily five idiots in any crowd, that's the answer. Sinatra is for the ones with taste, that's all.

[leonardnimoylover1]

@wildwing1955 oh, point noted thanks you.

[drpsionic]

Wait until you are 60 and you hear it.



[flynntheman90]

I'm 17 and so far it has not been a very good year, maybe 18 will be that fine vintage i need

[anjavan]

I'm 34 and I hope that 35 will be a very good year!

[CatharsisCrazed]

I'm 35 and it's a very good year.

[mkl62]

This hit by Ol' Blue Eyes was the 66th #1 song on Billboard's newly formed chart that is now known as the Adult Contemporary charts. It also hit #28 on the Top 40 charts.

[nick42193]

Simply amazing



[kw19193]

To be listened to with a copy of W M Spackman's An Armful of Warm Girl in one hand, a vermouth cassis in the other . . . Cheers!

[bobzani]

Greatest singer ever- any discipline,any era!

[honeylove1031220]

what a great voice! Francis Sinatra

[ltwinone]

From 35 to his "vintage" years kinda hurts...what about the years in between? Still...I LOVE this song! When I was seventeen "I hid from the light", wow!  What memories!

[nuggett4spd]

timeless

[HENDERSAUR]

5 people should die

[tacklemkr]

one of the great songs of his long career the man was one of the big romantic singers ever songs to love and listen to by the fire place with your lady and a good bottle of wine

[tacklemkr]

one of the great songs of his long career

[leonardnimoylover1]

O_O wow this is really great. haves anyone lisend to william shatner sing this if you havent then your lucky lol poor bill he suckd

[Gerry0804]

Almost his age when he sang this and ........

Moonlight in Vermont is the other one that does it for me.

[greenwich1754]

I always love how Frank stops counting after 35. That means I'm15 years into autumn or early winter. I hope Al Gore is right, I could use some global warming to return me to early summer!

[MarkPope29]

This song makes me want to smoke a fine cigar and have a glass of red wine.

[lneranger4]

@MarkPope29 Why dont you?listen,sing,drink love,nothing better

[blutobelushi]

the voice...rip the greatest singer of all time....

[VelvetViolator]

Totally speechless !!



[iamfloyd89]

The Sopranos

[yorkiethebaby]

when i was 17, i drank some very good beer.

[62dramos]

It does`nt get much better than this very classic real words by one of the greatest crooners ever thanks Ole Blue Eyes for such a memorable unforgettable tune that will never get old R.I.P. dramos62

[cedeshazer]

What an awesome song, done by the best, thank you so much for posting this version.

[blancmel21]

The older you become, the greater this song gets. It paints a tapestry of a life.

As long as there is music, and human beings feel joy or despair, there is Sinatra. We love and miss you, Frank.

[lneranger4]

@blancmel21 I wish somebody could teach me to put these videos/songs on utube,i have all the albums.

[SauerkrautProduction]

I'm going onto 18 now and the first part of the song totally describes what this year was for me. Love Frank Sinatra

[eMerchandisingdirect]

Mr. Sinatrta ....Thanks For All The Advice. The Chairman Of The Board

[1939chevvy]

This song brings a lump to my throat.

[mike89128]

In 1965 I hadn't quite reached 21,now in 2011 I can listen to this man and his music and finally understand the meanings he put into his music.Yes,they were very good years.

[AMAZONAX]

Mr. Ford, thx for posting this great song ! :-)

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

I have this on his album, "The Very Good Years". If anyone doesn't have this album (CD) in their collection, I highly recommend that you acquire it.

[tucksy]

Holy shit! Amazing voice, lyrics and devastating arrangement

[stevej061069]

Jesus, that song makes me want to weep. Nobody, but NOBODY, had the ability to paint a picture in words like Sinatra. The most beautiful male vocal ever recorded in my humble opinion. RIP Frank, you continue to inspire.

[TheMusicguy68]

The Master! The Chairman of The Board! The Voice!

All names for FRANK SINATRA! Sinatra in this song lives up to all these names and far more. This song is a masterpiece. It tells a story of a man's life! The lyrics are incredible, only exceeded by Frank's beautiful and touching interpretation of them. No wonder I have been a fan for over 50 years!!!

[mike4asianwoman]

Mr Ford,

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your quality postings.Long may you run

Sincerly

Mike

[davewvu1]

LOVE the strings in this!!!

[booksbenji]

This a song about a small town boy (Frank) who made it good!! It's his life story in 4:27 minutes. Darn, it's amazing what a story can tell, isn't it!!

[Paolom86]

We need this musical oxygen. We need this quality capsule which comes from the past. ! yes, for bear all the intoxicated musical ambient of nowdays.

[mike4asianwoman]

I have this alblum.I have made so many woman happy to this.I can sing like frank,but he has me beat by a mile.and it came undone when i was 21.love you all that love frank/.

[StashBurners]

Sopranos season 2 1st episode.

[havercake]

My favourite Sinatra song, bought it in 60s when I thought I was a mover and shaker with all the moves; it is the poignant pitch of his voice, the nostalgia of the words and some tasteful and complementary orchestration eg at c2.02. At the moment I think of my life as very good Tetleys, maybe the vintage wine is the next phase...

[dizzypilots1]

chairman of the board.

[15061952]

he cud sing everything & make it a success !!!!

[jaggedittlegirl]

My Dad listend to Frank as i grew up, i love his voice, his character,his swagger jus an awesome man n this has to be my fav as the depth of the song matched with the vocals are simply stunning! Thank you for osting the version i know n love <3

[gallogotti79]

I can't stand "thumbs up if" comments so all I will say is that the two people who voted down have no class whatsoever and don't know what its like to have lived life to the fullest! If you did then this song would have meaning and touch you like no other!! Reminds me of growing up in the NorthEast with all my Italian family and Italian friends, but what once was is never again, sad but true and never forgotten!!

[HeaRtllesSs]

i mean he reminds me of the godfather, sopranos etc. and i mean its like putting memories that never had in my head...remembering old times etc. <3

[bigjohnmac]

what a voice and what an entertainer!!!!

[MusicDoc123]

This by far has to be one of the classic songs ever recorded. Frank had the ability in his music to tell a story. I have the original record that this song was featured on and over the year have NEVER grown tired of putting that vinyl on the turntable and just sit back and reflect. Thank you for putting this out so that others young and old may enjoy the music of the master.

[chinotorano]

This is simply brilliant.....now wait SUPERB !!!!!!!!!!

[TheBadash1]

finally!!! i found the REAL song by him.

[njUNDERSCOREbeth]

@TheBadash1 I so agree ! This has long been my favorite Sinatra record -- even more than his early "Young at Heart." As Billy Blais above you commented, Sinatra's voice "paints the passage of a man's life with such beauty." Still gives me goose bumps, ever since I was in school... : ) One of my favorite recordings EVER.

[TheBadash1]

@njUNDERSCOREbeth that comment REALLY got to me too, its suprising what people can think of down from the heart. i think that only MATURE people understand this mans work

[BlueAquaMarina]

One of the most magnificent songs of all times!! Thank you!!!

[billyblais]

Wow. Sinatra's voice paints the passage of a man's life with such beauty.

If you dont like this then you dont like ice cream. Cause if this doesnt move you, brother, nothin will.

[TheBadash1]

@billyblais dude I agree 100% with you.

[lneranger4]

@billyblais my mother bought this lp for me so many years age,she is still alive,i still remember where it was bought,i still love it.

[wkunzelman1]

@billyblais Ice Cream moves you?

[kbprojekty]

@billyblais I'd go as far as to say that people who don't bow to this song have no soul and deserve to be dead by dawn! But seriously: one of the most beautiful tracks ever made. Sinatra is doing God's work here, amazing even for his usual great standards. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some bowing to do.

[fromthesidelines]

Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins, recorded on April 22, 1965, and originally featured on "The September Of My Years" album [F/FS 1014]. One of the most eloquent songs written about the passing of time, and age...Frank himself turned 50 that year.