Tender Years

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"Tender Years"
Bradley Film & Recording Nashville
GenreCountry
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)George Jones, Darrell Edwards
Producer(s)Shelby Singleton
George Jones singles chronology
"Family Bible"
(1961)
"Tender Years"
(1961)
"Did I Ever Tell You"
(1961)

"Tender Years" is a song written by American country music artist George Jones and Darrell Edwards. It became Jones' second #1 country hit.

Background

"Tender Years" spent seven non consecutive weeks at #1 and a total of 32 weeks on the country chart.

Nashville Sound' production (complete with muted accompaniment and a vocal chorus) produced a smoother, but no less expressive George Jones." Years later Jones would perform the song with Faron Young and Marty Robbins during a segment on Robbins' television show (the video is available on YouTube
).

The famous French singer

Nashville session and afterward he recorded a French version Tes Tendres Années. This French rendition was used as a basis for the 1963 Dutch hit 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[2] 76

Johnny Hallyday version (in French)

"Tes tendres années"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
from the album Les Bras en croix
B-side"Les Bras en croix"
Released1963 (1963) (France etc.)
Length2:22
LabelPhilips
Songwriter(s)Ralph Bernet, Darrell Edwards
Producer(s)Lee Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
"Elle est terrible"
(1962)
"Tes tendres années"
(1963)
"Les Bras en croix" / "Quitte-moi doucement" / "Quand un air vous possède" / "Quitte-moi doucement" / "Quand un air vous possède" / "Dis-moi oui"
(1963)

The song was covered in French by Johnny Hallyday. His version (titled "Tes tendres années") was released in early 1963 and reached no. 1 in the Netherlands. In Wallonia (French Belgium) his single spent 28 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 2, in Flanders (Dutch Belgium) – 12 weeks peaking at number 9.[3]

Charts

Chart (1963) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 1

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 180.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 443.
  3. ^ "ultratop.be - Johnny Hallyday - Tes tendres années". Ultratop. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "Johnny Hallyday – Tes tendres années" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ "Johnny Hallyday – Tes tendres années" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ^ "Johnny Hallyday – Tes tendres années" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.