Best Music Ever: Yesterday When I Was Young

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Yesterday When I Was Young

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

ONE of THE GREATEST FEMALE SINGERS

of The 1960s 70s and 80s

DUSTY

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG

ROY CLARK

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG

The Song YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG tells a story of a man reflecting on his life. He recounts how he had wasted his youth on self-centered pursuits, and that, now that he is older, he will not be able to do all that he had planned; this implies that he may be close to his impending death. The song is poignantly beautiful and bittersweet and one of my all-time favorites.

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG was Written by Charles Aznavour performed this song with Patrick Bruel in a live performance. This version can be heard on Aznavour's 40 chansons d'or album.

In the United States, the best-known version was recorded by country music performer Roy Clark. His version became his biggest hit up to that time on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at No. 9 in August 1969, and indeed, it became his only top 40 pop hit, peaking at No. 19. Clark performed the song at Mickey Mantle's funeral in 1995, at Mantle's personal request.^[2]

Amanda Lear recorded her personal version for her 2001 CD Heart.

The song has been performed and recorded by many international stars, such as Bing Crosby, Shirley Bassey, Dusty Springfield, Roy Clark, Mel Torme, Lena Horne, Andy Williams, Jimmy Durante, Bobby Bare, Al Martino, The Peanuts, Glen Campbell, Julio Iglesias, Eddy Mitchell, Dean Reed,^[4] Johnny Mathis, Marc Almond, Patricia Kaas, Nora Aunor, etc., and an uptempo version by Blossom Dearie. Accordig to Billboard, more than 90 versions of the song were recorded before 1972.^[