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"It Was a Very Good Year" is a song composed by Ervin Drake in 1961 and originally recorded by Bob Shane with the Kingston Trio. [1] [2] It was made famous by Frank Sinatra's version in D minor, [3] which won the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in 1966 and became Sinatra's first number one Adult Contemporary single, also peaking at No. 28 on the Hot 100.
The song can be heard in the background of a scene in the 2004 film Mean Girls. [70] Some critics felt it represented the character named Janis Ian. [17] [70] Liz Lemon (portrayed by Tina Fey) performed a karaoke version of "At Seventeen" in a season one episode of 30 Rock.
When I Was 17 is a MTV television series. It featured celebrities of today and looked back on "when they were 17" with pictures as well as interviews with family and friends. Celebrities on the show include Kelly Rowland, Queen Latifah, Donald Trump, Khloé Kardashian, Drake, singer Trey Songz and internet star Perez Hilton. [1]
In August 1958, it peaked at No. 4 on Billboard ' s country and western best seller chart. [2] It spent 10 weeks on the charts and was ranked No. 41 on Billboard ' s 1958 year-end country and western chart. [3]
In June 2012, Sheeran disclosed that One Direction would be recording two of his songs. [3] In October 2012, Sheeran acknowledged Bevan's songwriting credit in an interview with British radio network Capital FM: "The great thing about it is I wrote that song with a girl called Fiona Bevan when I was 17 and we lost the song. I've kept in touch ...
"When You Were Young" is a song by American rock band the Killers. It was released on September 18, 2006, as the lead single from their second studio album, Sam's Town (2006). The song was written and produced by The Killers and co-produced by Flood and Alan Moulder .
"And When I Die" was the first song written by then-17 year old Laura Nyro. [3] She sold the song to folk group Peter, Paul and Mary for $5,000, [4] who recorded it for their sixth studio album The Peter, Paul and Mary Album. The song appeared on the self-titled second album by Blood, Sweat & Tears.
", "Opus 17" features a rhythmic vocal hook within each verse, but, unlike in most Four Seasons singles up to that point, the song uses very little falsetto from Frankie Valli other than in the closing coda; by 1966, Valli was tiring of singing falsetto and, over the next several years, would begin singing music that did not require it. [5]