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In 1969, Frank Sinatra commissioned an entire album of poems and songs by McKuen; arranged by Don Costa, it was released under the title A Man Alone: The Words and Music of Rod McKuen. The album featured the song "Love's Been Good to Me", which became one of McKuen's best-known songs. [9]
"Jean" is a popular song from the 1969 movie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. It was written by the American poet and composer Rod McKuen , who also recorded a version of the song. Background
An Extraordinary Collection Of 20 New Rod McKuen Songs: Album demonstration album of Rod songs, performed by McKuen, Glenn Yarbrough, and Art Nouveau & The Tiffany Ten 1967 A Man Alone: Album acetate demonstration recording of the Frank Sinatra “A Man Alone” album; Rod recorded all the songs with an orchestra to present to Sinatra 1971
A Man Alone (fully titled A Man Alone: The Words and Music of McKuen) is a 1969 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, arranged by Don Costa. [2] In a tribute to the poet, all songs on this album were written by Rod McKuen. "Love's Been Good to Me" reached No. 8 on the British charts, and was also notably recorded by Johnny Cash.
Seasons in the Sun is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 Belgian song Le Moribond ("The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, [2] with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by singer-poet Rod McKuen, [3] depicting a dying man's farewell to his loved ones.
The song was a hit for Perry Como in 1971, and was the title track of his 1971 album I Think of You. This recording went into the Top 5 of the US Easy Listening chart and Top 20 on the UK chart. This recording went into the Top 5 of the US Easy Listening chart and Top 20 on the UK chart.
Many other artists have recorded the song. Among the most notable is Shirley Bassey's version released as a single which also appeared on her album And We Were Lovers. McKuen was very fond of Bassey's version and wrote to her saying he enjoyed it and thanking her. [4] In 2002, her version of the song featured in the movie Merci Docteur Rey.
Songs written by Rod McKuen (5 P) Pages in category "Works by Rod McKuen" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.