It Was A Very Good Year ( Cover by John Jones )

Hope you enjoy my cover of this song. "It Was a Very Good Year" is a song composed by Ervin Drake in 1961 for and originally recorded by Bob Shane of The Kingston Trio[1][2] and subsequently made famous by Frank Sinatra. Sinatra's version won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male in 1966. Gordon Jenkins was awarded Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the Sinatra version. This single peaked at #28 on the U.S. pop chart, and it became Sinatra's first #1 single on the "Easy Listening chart", which Billboard had begun publishing in 1961.[3] The song can be found on Sinatra's 1965 album September of My Years. A live, stripped-down performance is featured on his Sinatra at the Sands album.

The song recounts the type of girls the singer had relationships with at various years in his life: when he was 17, "small-town girls on the village green"; at 21, "city girls who lived up the stairs"; at 35, "blue-blooded girls of independent means." Each of these years he calls "very good." In the song's final verse, the singer reflects that he is older, and he thinks back on his entire life "as vintage wine." All of these romances were sweet to him, like a wine from a very good (i.e. vintage) year.

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[TheSwingSinger]

Great song and great vocals, I would love to perform it myself but I am not sure if it would be suitable as I am only 18

[JohnJoneseasylounge]

Thanks Jack, much appreciated and I'm sure you'd do a fine job on this song.

Take care my friend.  John

[SergioVellatti]

Bravo!

[JohnJoneseasylounge]

Hi Sergio ,Thank you for dropping by,You got good timing ,I just posted this ,your the first one to hear it ,thanks for the rating.

Your Pall. John

[americangalbasseyfan]

Beautifully sung. Much appreciated song.

[Tr762Fn94]

I enjoyed your laid-back approach to this popular song. You sound a bit like Jerry Vale. Nice job.

[TheSwingSinger]

The best cover on youtube of this song...so far ;)

Jack