Tender Years
| "Tender Years" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by George Jones | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Battle of Love" | |||
| Released | April 1961 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Writer(s) | Darrell Edwards | |||
| Producer(s) | Shelby Singleton | |||
| George Jones singles chronology | ||||
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"Tender Years" is a song written by Darrell Edwards and recorded by American country music artist George Jones. The song was George Jones' second number one on the country chart where it spent seven non consecutive weeks at the top and a total of 32 weeks on the country chart.[1] "Tender Years" also made it to the Hot 100, peaking at number 76. The famous French singer Johnny Hallyday recorded the original song during a Nashville session and afterward he recorded a French version Tes Tendres Années. This French version of the song was used as a basis for the 1963 Dutch hitversion Spiegelbeeld written by Lodewijk Post and sung by Dutch singer Willeke Alberti.
Chart performance
| Chart (1961) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 76 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 180.
External links
| Preceded by "I Fall to Pieces" by Patsy Cline "Walk On By" by Leroy Van Dyke |
Billboard Hot C&W Sides number-one single August 21-September 18, 1961 October 2-October 9, 1961 |
Succeeded by "Walk On By" by Leroy Van Dyke "Walk On By" by Leroy Van Dyke |