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• It Was a Very Good Year written by Ervin Drake - English
  • C'était une très bonne année written by Robert Charlebois - French
  • Ma plus belle année written by Eddy Marnay - French

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It Was a Very Good Year written by Ervin Drake - English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1		It Was a Very Good Year	The Kingston Trio	June 1961
2		A Very Good Year	Lonnie Donegan and His Group	May 1963
3		It Was a Very Good Year	The Modern Folk Quartet	1963
4		It Was a Very Good Year	Shawn Phillips	1964
5		It Was a Very Good Year	Frank Sinatra	August 1965	Sampled by Robbie Williams
6		It Was a Very Good Year	The Turtles	October 1965
7		It Was a Very Good Year	The 3 Sounds	1966
8		It Was a Very Good Year	Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	1966
9		It Was a Very Good Year	Gabor Szabo	1966
10		It Was a Very Good Year	Lou Rawls	1966
11		It Was a Very Good Year	The Quartette Trés Bien	1967
12		It Was a Very Good Year	Trudy Pitts	1967
13		It Was a Very Good Year	William Shatner	1968
14		It Was a Very Good Year	Ray Conniff and The Singers	1968
15		It Was a Very Good Year	Tennessee Ernie Ford	February 3, 1969
16		It Was a Very Good Year	Vince Guaraldi	1969
17		It Was a Very Good Year	Lee Hazlewood	1969
18		It Was a Very Good Year	The Freedom Sounds featuring Wayne Henderson	1969
19		It Was a Very Good Year	Toshiko Akiyoshi	1971
20		It Was a Very Good Year	Richie Havens	1973
21		It Was a Very Good Year	Richard Hunt and Jim Henson	1979
22		It Was a Very Good Year / I'm a Foster Child	Marlena Shaw	1979
23		It Was a Very Good Year	Flaming Lips	1993
24		It Was a Very Good Year	James Moody	1996
25		It Was a Very Good Year	Keely Smith	March 13, 2001
26		It Was a Very Good Year	Robbie Williams	November 19, 2001	Uses samples from Frank Sinatra
27		It Was a Very Good Year	James Cotton	2001
28		It Was a Very Good Year	Ray Charles with Willie Nelson	August 31, 2004
29		It Was a Very Good Year	Michael McCloud	2004
30		It Was a Very Good Year	David "Fathead" Newman	2006
31		It Was a Very Good Year	Jeff Duff Band	2006
32		It Was a Very Good Year	Russell Watson	March 5, 2007
33		It Was a Very Good Year	Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch	February 12, 2008
34		It Was a Very Good Year	Lizzy Parks	September 7, 2009
35		It Was a Very Good Year	Vassilikos	December 4, 2009
36		It Was a Very Good Year	The Charades	2009
37		It Was a Very Good Year	Alfie Boe	October 2012

C'était une très bonne année written by Robert Charlebois - French

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1		C'était une très bonne année	Robert Charlebois	2001

Ma plus belle année written by Eddy Marnay - French

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1		Ma plus belle année	Romuald	1963
2		Ma plus belle année	Eddy Mitchell	November 23, 2009