Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year (with lyrics on screen)

FRANK SINATRA - IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
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
When 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 are 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
It poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year

[@marklyon6344]

I was 15 yrs old when Frank recorded this. I can remember my mother playing this in the house all the time. Loved it then and now that I'm 70, I still love listening to it...albeit, a little more haunting now. Excellent song...rest in peace, Mr. Sinatra.

[@Dave070545]

at 76 I remember my father picking me up for visits on Saturdays. This song seemed to be always on the radio. Great memories

[@paulineburns2042]

I'm not sure when but I guess young I'm 57 I love this

[@lindaflowerpower8498]

Your mother looks nice😂

[@Grandtrunk]

Mark, like you, I am in the autumn of my years. I sit here on a crispy sunny fall day, reflecting on my life. The perfect song for our generation

[@wendyhardin5259]

Was just remembering how I would wake up during the night and mom would be playing music very low. I remember this song.

[@ronkathythompson]

I'm 87 now and it's a ggod year ,this is one of my favorites

[@DailyMotionBetter]

God bless!💯🫡

[@NelsinhoNL]

Are you still alive?

[@rockme1492]

​@@NelsinhoNLstupid!

[@NelsinhoNL]

@@rockme1492 Yes you areeeee.

[@rockme1492]

@@NelsinhoNL your father, yes I am. Kind of 🦍🦧🦍🦧💩💩

[@mickdarabuka7778]

Reminds me of times I was young and my father played this in the car. It me mesmerized me then. I'm old now and it makes me weep oceans. He made me realise that time passes and I never imagined being this age. Young people should know this. I wish I had.

[@bigsonny45]

Best opening to THE SOPRANOS ever!!

[@ascendant95]

I prefer Season 6 Ep 1 Members Only with the Egyptian Poem 7 Souls, but your comment has some validity for sure. I consider Members Only to be a LOCK on top 3 episodes of the greatest show ever. Members Only. Amazing.

[@melodybrookins5600]

It most certainly was

[@fabiodiso2095]

I agree ...but what about the 3rd season and the Cecilia Bartoli's "Sposa son disprezzata"? Fantastic!

[@oswaldoludwig2571]

I'm now approaching the Autumn of the year and this song sounds deeper to me... Sweet sadness.

[@paulk9985]

I'm tearing up. I grew up with Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams.... the list goes on. I'm tearing because we will never have this again. Too much damage has been done to our world. But at least we were able to experience this first-hand and can always go back and visit.

[@OgGwuap]

You’re blessed to have lived during the pinnacle. Sometimes I wonder if I was born in the wrong era.

[@lisadonnelly9650]

Spot on this world is so cruel and no wonder the music is ashow like you i grew up in Liverpool listening to the greats one best moments of my life was hearing him perform in miami 91

[@marklyon6344]

We truly were blessed to have grown up in the boomer yrs. The difference between then and now is so very sad....

[@targaflorio3239]

Timeless. Beautiful song about the bitter-sweet passage of life. Guaranteed people will be listening to this 100 years and more from now.

[@bjjwetw]

+Mark Lilley why even bring that up lol?

[@johneveriss8869]

Much longer than that, Targa, a thing of beauty is a joy forever...

[@gilespotter8274]

Targa Florio 7g

[@izaqueumicene4802]

It's almost infinite

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

@@marklilley589 - ISIS forming on the tips of my wings. Unheeded warnings - I thought i"d thought of EVERYTHING.

[@leoruiz6479]

One of the greatest song Frank Sinatra ever recorded.

[@donalodomhnaill]

Man I love to argue... but I can't argue with what you said. Brilliant song.

[@mattmorrow7777]

A good song to reflect on the past year. Excellent song.

[@marklilley589]

His best.

[@soulhunteralchemist]

One of the greatest songs ever recorded EVER.

[@Dr.Pepper001]

It has my vote as his best.

[@C-U-IN-H3LL]

I’m 27 and this song brings me to tears, what a great voice he had, this song is so beautiful yet haunting, thank you frank for sharing your talent god bless your soul

[@butterzzz6018]

Well said, very haunting but in such an elegant way. I’m 29 myself. Some of Sinatra’s songs make me feel nostalgia for things I haven’t experienced yet.

[@C-U-IN-H3LL]

@@butterzzz6018 I might just have this playing at my funeral at some point as chronic as it sounds. Looking back at life and how foul it becomes. When you finally wake up and see life for what it is, it is very hard to continue. I know I’m living a lie working jobs I hate all for what? Money?only so long I can last on this rodeo. Everything is fake. Atleast back then music came from the soul. Everything nowadays is completely soulless, modern day soddom and gammorah. Oh well just hope I’m at peace when I pass over and pray I don’t get reincarnated into this world again

[@ascendant95]

Frank Sinatra was loved by all Italian-Americans and is even the unofficial patron Saint of La Cosa Nostra lol. Some guy said that in a show about Mob stuff and I thought that was brilliant. The patron saint lol.

[@sauronbadeye]

This song was recommended by my English teacher as a wonderful example of American English pronounce. He also wanted that all the students make a translation of this incredible song into the mother language... From that time on I played it at least onece a week... 😊😊😊😊

[@ascendant95]

@@sauronbadeye Could I ask what your mother language is? I find it fascinating that your teacher would use this great song and would love to know what country you are from. :)

[@diane1390]

This is one of my favorite Sinatra songs. I'm 70 and I think it's been a favorite of mine for years.

[@tinarusso467]

I'm 70 and I remember him singing this song and I saw.. Heard no meaning to it.. But now at my age I understand this song perfectly. Frank bless you wherever you are.

[@kathleenwells883]

My best girlfriend from childhood is in the hospital dying. For some reason, this song keeps playing thru my mind; it's about the passage of time. All day long I kept thinking of all the things we did together over the years. I am sure going to miss her.

[@pinkgypsytees]

😢😢😢💔💔💞👼👼👼👼

[@Frietpan]

think of the good times :) worst is songs reminding you of the bad times.. think of the good times and the song stays good :D

[@pinkgypsytees]

Indeed 😊

[@dmmjsm]

I am sorry you are losing your best friend. I hope you are able to make your goodbyes sweetly and fully. Take care of yourself through these hard times.

[@jsgold2000]

I learned in 2008 my first girl, Barbara, died in another state. Had lost track of her after 1978. Really hit home. So many from my childhood now gone. Good friends, family, and girls.....gone.

[@alhassant9204]

Sinatra's phrasing was amazing. One of the greatest vocalists of all time.

[@barbarascott3350]

Give Dorsey, James and Stordahl some credit… Sinatra-no one better but he had the best behind him too

[@markmisiti8772]

Yes he was! He had an innate sense for timing, impact, and music in general!

[@ProfessorTime]

I'm 56 now, and have lived every chapter of this song. I think a lot of men have.

[@velmarogers2655]

Women too

[@dabneyoffermein595]

You're on the backstretch my friend.

[@omp2772]

Tomorrow 10/08/2021 i will be 64 It will be s good year

[@soaringvulture]

The men who have lived every chapter are very lucky.

[@MysticMair]

I'm hearing this for the first time as a 24yo. I will keep coming back to this every new year eve. Happy new year (2024)

[@ascendant95]

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas sung by Frank Sinatra is also the go to every Christmas. It's amazing.

[@Er-sv5tn]

Keep listening and you will relate more as you get older

[@fakerating]

The strings coming in at 3:02 just breathtaking... doesn't get any better.

[@fernmann7]

No doubt

[@OgGwuap]

No doubt gets me in my feels. Reminds me of my grandparents. God rest their souls.

[@lawdog490]

I heard this many years ago, and wondered what it would be like at the end of the song...I just turned sixty, had a very good life, reflect on many ups and downs, kids born, now grown. Life spent in law enforcement, saw many people who died before their time, many for no fault for their own. I look back, would I change things,sure, some I wouldn't change for the world...Lots to think about...

[@caoimhoreilly1952]

Wise words. Its a roller coaster for many. Hope it goes better in future.

[@SAVETHEKIDS-bn5zo]

lawdog490 o

[@amosburton1505]

I reflect back as well. Grateful for the numbness then of getting the job done. Now the job’s finished and with it the clarity of what was actually there is apparent. Remembering the lifeless bodies. The children. The broken people and the tears. It all comes back.

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

@@caoimhoreilly1952 - I'm sure it will......until....Aaaaaccccckkkk!!!!

[@mikepark7624]

@@amosburton1505 Bob white palm springs chief of police this song I think was sung for him my gramp as Frank was buds. Nobody will understand the loss so don't try just listen to the songs and good luck finding what I will always love about Frankie and thanks sorrentinios palm canyon for letting me bussboy in the upper room cause when Frank came in it was always the best day of our lives sorry Mr Bob nope oh mean hope

[@carlastonecipher8093]

My grandparents always listened to Frank. I started loving him while watching the "Soprano's". Timeless....LOVE IT :)

[@horridcorridor]

The way the orchestra intensifies as the song progresses signifying the passing of time itself...pure genius. And of course those hauntingly tell tale lyrics. One can't help but reminisce upon the bittersweet, nostalgic memories of ones youth.

[@videowilliams]

Wow, that brought tears.

[@williamfeldner9356]

I am 69 now, this song haunts me…………

[@reklawyksgo1860]

Id like to know why ? I could use a bit of direction

[@joegreen4333]

I'm black, 43. This is style, grace and class at its best..

[@john.john.johnny]

Why do you feel that you need to say you're black. Damn. That's why non colored people have problems with you. Just enjoy the music you are human right.

[@john.john.johnny]

@tubenshaft Yep... But when you said you don't care if they are this or they are that, I only suggest to you that that's what they actually want ....they want you to care that they are this or they are that... because unfortunately they are struggling internally and that gets into a whole psychological examination but yeah, they do want you to care.. But how??!? There's no endgame with them... so we're going about it the wrong way in so many ways. Still tyingg to figure it.

[@kingwithoutacrown1]

@tubenshaft Fully concur. Wer mehr zu bieten hat als nur seine Hautfarbe oder seine sexuelle Präferenz, benötigt diese "special snowflake"-show offs nicht. Mittlerweile empfinde auch ich es als Dreistigkeit - um es soft auszudrücken - ohne Aufforderung das CV eines jeden Komischen aufgetischt zu bekommen. Es begann einst mit den klassischen "i'm just 12, but i like the Beatles"-Kommentaren um Beifall zu ergattern, inzwischen ist die comment section auf KZbin oft ein Grund zum Fremdschämen. Immerhin ein Trost zu sehen. dass unter all diesen Buffoons noch ein paar Normale verweilen, all the best, stay cool and noble !

[@kingwithoutacrown1]

@tubenshaft Thank you dear Sir, greetings & salutations !

[@Aeren69g]

LMAO

[@yvonnewratten5855]

Brilliant .brings back gd memories of 1968when i was 19.

[@lydiajoy1823]

I think I was a child when this song came out and I thought it was so slow and not very interesting. Now in my let’s say middle age, I really appreciate it. He’s such a great vocalist and he put so much into the lyrics.

[@EXPLISITemcee]

the song is like vintage wine... some things get better with age as he says

[@2ghetto4greyhound55]

&How was year 17?

[@elizclark1967]

Truly, I too was uninterested in any of the music that my parents played, 30-40 years ago. Today, I am in my 50's and both parents have passed. I cannot stop listening, to all the different music they played! Funny, huh? This song in particular, because I can recall it was one of dad's favorites... Music, like love, is a tie that binds! 🕊

[@lynneforsyth8231]

I was 11 when this song was produced and it is my all time favourite Frank songs. The orchestration is perfection

[@brachio1000]

Made the mistake of listening to this in the wee hours. Now I'm teary-eyed and thinking of when I was 18: mischievous girls with sky-blue eyes, 27: voluptuous girls who could spin a tale, 45: Southern girls with lop-sided grins and voices like butter on hot biscuits. Those were the three.

[@PurpleMintSam]

wow . . . I can almost see them

[@kjonesnewyork1]

When he sings about the days grown short and being in the AUTUM of the Year, I get a lump in my throat.Sappy I know but it has that certain touch

[@thomascapitalmgt]

one new yorker I too am a Sap

[@scottjohnson5303]

one new yorker .Yesterday my twin and I spoke of this song. My pops often played this song. When he states the line about the autumn of his life .we tear . I see my dad's face. Chicago .south side. Rest in Peace Sidney Holmes Johnson. The one and only.

[@donnaspaller5875]

I too get sappy when I hear this...things I did and things I shouldn't have done,wishing I could have a second chance..The Chairman of the board got it all so right!

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

New Yorkers should be better at spelling 'Autumn', so they don't come off sounding like ignorant morons.

[@yvonnemendez3075]

Me too I m 72 and I ask where did the go. Life is precious don't abuse it.

[@6120mcghee]

When I was a kid, this was the very first Sinatra song that I listened to. It is still my favorite. Thank you, Chairman of the Board.

[@EXPLISITemcee]

life is short.. this song is exactly that.. he goes from 17 to 21? to 35? he is saying life is precious in the end

[@notmyworld44]

This is the very pinnacle of Sinatra's art, and the arrangement by Gordon Jenkins is pure magic!

[@mottthehoople684]

What's amazing about Sinatra is that his voice resonates with passion with an undercurrent of melancholy reflecting how fast life passed by.. and that inevitably will must face our own mortality.. this song defines art that is timeless

[@saldamico2075]

Season 2 of Sopranos intro. Awesome!!

[@stefanhammel192]

Jungle fever 1991 - Paulies shop in Bensonhurst

[@AJslayer86]

Millennial here: thanks I was wondering where I heard this

[@rosajeffrey6112]

@@AJslayer86 On Jones college radio, which as become extinct. obsolete ¿?

[@johneveriss8869]

'When I was forty-four, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for culture and charm, I watched your warm smile disarm, all my worries and fears. You helped me off the floor, when I was forty-four.' To Mrs Williamson with love and gratitude for that year and those few that followed, Mr Everiss....

[@spudlee1749]

💗

[@elizclark1967]

👏(applause) Well done! And, how sweet & loving, what a Blessing!

[@topdroog]

Far and away my favorite Sinatra song.

[@psychotronic_x]

topdroog How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap, stinking chip oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarbles, you eunuch jelly thou!

[@jeancome8848]

Merveilleux Sinatra; irremplaçable!!! Envoûtant ❤

[@alangreen2698]

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SINATRA SONG

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I first heard this in 1966 on a jukebox at the enlisted men's bar on an Army base somewhere in West Virginia. I was a Marine with the 2nd Tank Battalion at Camp Lejeune. That winter we convoyed to the Army base (forgot the name -- it was 56 years ago) for cold weather training in the mountains. Every night for the 3 weeks we were there we went to the enlisted club to drink, bat the breeze, and listen to jukebox music. This song was played so much that I memorized the lyrics. I was just a young fart...age 21. Whenever I listened to this song I couldn't relate to all of it, specifically to the part where he was 35, and when in "the autumn of the year." Now I'm 76 and man can I ever relate.

[@lindajamshidi]

This song gives me chills no matter how many times I hear it.

[@kjonesnewyork1]

Frank Sinatra captures this sweet sadness with such depth of vision. It makes me feel the transition of life from innocence to decay as time progresses. Kinda sad but touching and reminds me of my mother who is growing older and less spry. Such is Life...Melody and lyrics are fire!

[@opheliacyanide2370]

Yesterday my family buried my grandmother. She was a huge Frank Sinatra fan, so my dad found a playlist of Sinatra tunes to play at the memorial. We played a song at the graveside service, after all was said and done, and by chance this was the song that came on. I can't think of a better song to play to memorialize my grandma's long, accomplished life. I always think of her when I hear Sinatra, but now this song will have special meaning to me.

[@onethreefiveeye]

I'm 45 years old... have a son of 6... non native speaker, but this man brings me almost to cry with this voice, lyrics and record quality. Which makes him thanks to modern techniques almost tangible here in my living room...I'm sure, he is somewhere...call it heaven if you will.

[@MrToddKa]

Man I'm 57. Grew up on Zeppelin. There's something about Sinatra that is magical, indescribable. Master of voice, phrasing. I love watching this.

[@rpenmark1776]

I've heard this song a thousand times when younger. Now, I am in the 'Autumn' of my years. The lyrics now take on a new meaning for me. I look back over the past with gratitude and look to the future with eagerness.

[@elizclark1967]

Exactly!!! And, how timeless is that???

[@nickwetmore3968]

How can you not like this song... classic

[@timm.2840]

I did not fully appreciate what a great singer Sinatra was until I was in my sixties, I now appreciate a lot of things that I took for granted in my younger years. Tim M.

[@HandMeDeals]

what do you appreciate now that you didn't before

[@timm.2840]

Life in general and all of the people that have come and gone and touched me in so many ways.

[@RollerCoasterLineProductions]

How old are you now?

[@timm.2840]

I am70 going on

[@timm.2840]

I am 70 going on 35. Tim M. 7/15/2018

[@bbro6154]

Sinatra’s version is way better than The Kingston Trio’s version. Not even in the same neighborhood. He sings it like he's telling a story of his own life. So great.

[@fernmann7]

It was

[@swt32567]

B. Bro, You said it. This is the BEST rendition ever hands down. The Kingston who?

[@lneranger4]

this is a song,sung by a master that encapusalates most of our lives who are of a certain age,its just wonderful

[@aaronmunro8198]

A truly beautiful and haunting song...his voice is devastating

[@elizclark1967]

"Devastating" , yes , that is exactly the right adjective, thank you! My spirit agrees 100%~~~

[@stratovani]

I always get very emotional when listening to this song. I remember hearing it when it first came out in the mid 60s, and it touched my very young soul. I'm now 65, I'm in the autumn of my year, and I look back at my life like vintage wine from fine old kegs, from the brim to the dregs, it pours sweet and clear, it was a very good year. Sinatra's voice can move you like no other.

[@mattanjohnsonjohnson2396]

One of his best songs.

[@pedalpowered1]

And I just fell In love with Sinatra. Just like that.

[@jimmyduncan7650]

pedalpowered1 yes

[@adamz0037]

Shut up

[@eddiejohn7744]

Takes me back younger days. What a beautiful world it was then compared to the disaster it is now.

[@randolphstephenson]

Sinatra's Ode to himself. Marvelous work😊

[@lindaflowerpower8498]

Those were the days ☃️❄️we were lucky 💃 🌞 Memory is the only paradise that we can’t be expelled from 🌞

[@junebermingham9300]

Stages of his life!! Got to be his best song!! Wonderful!!!!

[@meem527]

My parents had Frank as the music of their life. I’m so grateful I got to know Frank. Amazing orchestra

[@robertrivard2703]

You cannot appreciate your life as it is now, but only in retrospect. youth is truly wasted on the young.

[@THEmaggspie]

isnt it though...

[@RottenDoctorGonzo]

Speak for yourself, mate. Some folks can make themselves present and enjoy the moment. However, I do know what you're getting at.

[@elainepeterson2284]

Very true Robert!

[@dave327ful]

One of Frank Sinatra's best!

[@dannygiles2442]

When ol' blue eyes sings this song you feel like he is truly taking you on a part of his incredible life, you can feel each and every word he sings. They don't make em like Frank and the rest of the Rat pack. True legends and their music will never ever go away or be forgotten because it is literally art in the form of beautiful, magical, and timeless music.

[@OgGwuap]

This song reminds me of my grandparents. Brings me to tears every time.

[@scottpaulyoung6396]

There will NEVER be another Sinatra.Loved his interpretation and the depth of feeling he gave to all of the songs he sangall my long life.

[@MyTroubadour]

Une magnifique mélodie signée Ervin Drake à la fois magistralement bien interprétée par Sinatra mais aussi quelle orchestration !! Superbe.

[@mikemartin8088]

My favorite all time song from Frank!

[@edoardozampetti4601]

im 60 and when listened Frankie ..it was a very very good years..

[@lionslair7]

Sinatra was incomparable at his peak

[@stellacarlyon7827]

That voice with that orchestration...unbelievable....

[@johneveriss8869]

'When I was forty-four, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for culture and charm. I watched your warm smile disarm, all my worries and fears. You helped me off the floor, when I was forty-four.' To Mrs Williamson with heartfelt thanks and gratitude for that wonderful, wonderful year.... Mr Everiss

[@RM-lj8bv]

I miss these fabulous singers so much.

[@blackpowerdiva4958]

Orchestral arrangement = PERFECTION

[@ryankeogh6611]

Loved this in the Sopranos !!! Best song

[@GauthamThomas]

My favorite Sinatra song of all time.

[@frankfurfaro1885]

Song hits you right in the heart!

[@peternapolitano860]

Yes for sure pisan !! 👍👍👍

[@orhuncan2716]

As a 20 years old boy it is sad to read all these comments that are belongs to ones that lived a long life and writes about how fast the time flies and losing their loved ones...it reminds me that one day I will wear their shoes...love and respect to all of you out there

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

You're wearing them now, you just haven't arrived there yet. All time exists now, Einstein proved it. (well, with pencil and paper anyway.)

[@wayofthecass]

Enjoy your youth and create some of your own very good years.

[@geminiwednesday16]

Even way back in my 'teens I loved this...this and "Strangers In The Night"....yes,I was also mad about The Beatles,The "Stones", The Yardbirds,The Kinks,Donovan,Lulu,Cream,The Animals...etc,etc.etc.........but there was something positively magical about Frank Sinatra and Matt Monro..(oh,how I adored his voice and still do).....I think it might have been that amidst the dawning of the "pop" of the late '50's into the '60's and '70's,such wonderful singers still had our emotions in the palms of their hands. Songs they sang carried so much emotion and meaning,sung in rich,mellow tones,with ease and conviction. I daresay there might yet be young ones today,given a real chance,long enough,to hear such beautiful songs and tap into the "lost" part of them these days,they might find a love and soul within themselves that reaches beyond the inane "rap" and "hip-hop" stuff!! I believe when crime hits,rather than prison bars,they ought to be placed for a good few months in a room with constant access to nothing other than a stereo and heaps of great classic cd's such as this.........well,one can dream of a better World through music??!! "If music be the food of love,play on". OH.....and...... Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. Martin Luther K xx

[@frederickallen802]

We'd hide from the light when I was 17 liked ur comment 5 yrs ago LOL

[@BigBoshV]

When I was seventeen, I drank some very good beer, I drank some very good beer, I purchased with a fake ID, My name was Brian McGee, I stayed up listening to Queen, When I was seventeen.

[@jaysmith6305]

This song is amazing .... I’d never heard it untill about 10 Years ago ! ..... wowowowowow ....

[@EXPLISITemcee]

time flies... that is the point of the song

[@mvl71]

I'm 53, and I just heard a bit of this song at the end of a CSI episode (S13E4). I've never heard this song before but I'm glad I found it here. Beautiful.

[@pascalfromfrance1594]

Juste sublime ! Un enchantement cette chanson !

[@ladonnafoster-hayes7297]

My favorite by Frank Sinatra. He was one smooth operator.

[@onzaol]

I’m 25 years old and continuously find myself coming back to this song

[@jmeredith9278]

This is one the most evocative songs--music and lyrics--ever. Gets me every time. :'( (I don't know how the pros can sing these types of songs without crying. I guess that's why they're called pros.)

[@clintonhunt9733]

This song always makes me cry 😢 it’s such an amazing song and sung beautifully 😢

[@howiecricket52]

Now I'm 58, and it's a very good year!! I can be of good cheer!!! It was a very good year...!!!!! I'll be 59 in May, I say!!

[@ForViewingOnly]

Goosebumps. Very moving.

[@hisknibs]

always brings a lump to the throat of this old grump.

[@edmundmcgrath213]

That "lump" is stage 4 thoracic/laryngeal cancer with a very poor prognosis indeed. I do so hate to diagnose long distance, but I must say, get off of you tube at once and settle your affairs.

[@EXPLISITemcee]

grump? your a chump

[@74bshs]

Somewhere, maybe way back in this comment column, someone mentioned that this song was recorded in one straight take, no interruptions, no cuts. Wow. If that is true, that is true musicianship. In any case, it's a great song! :)

[@soaringvulture]

Well, it was harder to cut and splice in 1965. Besides that, it was the complete pro, Frank Sinatra, with a session band of complete pros. They could do that stuff. They didn't make mistakes.

[@robertlemuel1577]

a sinatra classic

[@depaola63]

The voice and the soundtrack of our lives ! ( I am 55 and my Mother played Sinatra daily !!

[@pjamajones8304]

50 years ago this tune was used for a car commercial and stuck with me ever since.

[@joechapmannn6557]

Haunting. Mesmerizing im almost there back in that era. And i feel sadness only because of the comparison. Of two different eras. The simplicity. And. Unity u could be urself. And not poisoned by technology. People simply loved each and holding hands meant something. Lunacy has set in with the advancement of technologhy

[@bellamarieimvu2344]

My grandad died in August 2019 and this played at his funeral I only knew him for a year and that doesn’t stop me from missing him everyday because even tho I knew him for a year in that year we made a lot of memories his ashes are displayed on my fire place and I look at him at think “wow I miss him so much” no now I’ll listen to this song every night before going asleep fly high grandpa

[@michaelwalker2676]

A song of nostalgia, looking back on your life and loves. An ideal song for Frank Sinatra.

[@raymondmalcuit8361]

This Song Went To Number 28 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart In 1966.

[@akathecops]

I play guitar and sing this at the campfire. But since i turned 65 i make sure never to end with it, lol

[@realABN]

Masterpiece

[@danhorne3582]

A great song . The music has left the last chapter of his life to our imagination . Well done Frank ans the composers .Great then , Great now .

[@dukemoose1307]

The Moose must admit that this is his favorite Sinatra song. What a classic that makes one think of the past and ponder the future all the while hoping for the best.

[@BellaBA7]

I’m only 42 but regardless… this song and the King who wrote it are legendary! 🎉 nostalgic, reflective , classy, soft, and just simple sweet! I’m sure everyone can relate somehow!

[@lindaflowerpower8498]

Those were the days ☃️❄️we were lucky 💃 🌞 Memory is the only paradise that we can’t be expelled from 🌞

[@michaeljmccall]

The GREATEST SONG Frank Sinatra Ever Recorded!!!

[@anthonyperdue3557]

michaeljmccall the companion piece to this is Summer Wind, my personal favorite.

[@colerainfan1143]

The perfect interpretation of this wise, and touching song. A gift.

[@lisadonnelly9650]

Was fortunate enough to see francis Albert perform in miami when i was 22,i rember crying coz i knew id never see anyone like him my da loves this song,i playit for my da and his blue eyes twinkle hes got dementia but music brings his eyes back to life

[@djmbenga3517]

Happy birthday to the legend, Mr. Francis Albert Sinatra!