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It Was A Very Good Year (Live At The Sands Hotel And Casino/1966)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Vocals
Al Aarons
Al Aarons
Trumpet
Al Grey
Al Grey
Trombone
Bill Hughes
Bill Hughes
Trombone
Bill Miller
Bill Miller
Piano
Bobby Plater
Bobby Plater
Alto Saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
Baritone Saxophone
Count Basie
Count Basie
Piano
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Tenor Saxophone
Eric Dixon
Eric Dixon
Tenor Saxophone
Freddie Green
Freddie Green
Guitar
Grover Mitchell
Grover Mitchell
Trombone
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
Trumpet
Henderson Chambers
Henderson Chambers
Trombone
Marshall Royal
Marshall Royal
Alto Saxophone
Norman Keenan
Norman Keenan
Double Bass
Percival "Sonny" Payne
Percival "Sonny" Payne
Drums
Phil Guilbeau
Phil Guilbeau
Trumpet
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Conductor
Sonny Cohn
Sonny Cohn
Trumpet
The Count Basie Orchestra
The Count Basie Orchestra
Orchestra
Wallace Davenport
Wallace Davenport
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ervin Drake
Ervin Drake
Songwriter
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke
Producer

Lyrics

Thank you
Here's an awfully pretty folk song
When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen
When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one
Then I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
We'd ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five
But now the days grow short
I'm in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life
As vintage wine from fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year
It was a massive good year
Thank you very much
Written by: Ervin Drake

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