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It Was a Very Good Year
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It Was a Very Good Year
"
It Was a Very Good Year
" is a song
Ervin Drake
composed in 1961 for and originally recorded by
Bob Shane
with
The Kingston Trio
. It was subsequently made famous by
Frank Sinatra
's version in
D minor
, which 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 became Sinatra's first #1 single on the
Easy Listening
charts. That version can be found on Sinatra's 1965 album
September of My Years
, and was featured in
The Sopranos
season two opener, "
Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...
". A live, stripped-down performance is included on his
Sinatra at the Sands
album.
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