It Was a Very Good Year (1965 original studio master)

~ Recording by Frank Sinatra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraSeptember of My YearsFrank SinatraAlbum
Reprise RecordsFS 1014
1.8It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraSeptember of My YearsFrank SinatraAlbum
Reprise RecordsF 1014
1.3It Was a Very Good Year4:29Frank SinatraFrank Sinatra's Greatest HitsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise RecordsFS 1025
1.3It Was a Very Good Year4:29Frank SinatraFrank Sinatra's Greatest HitsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records2274-2
1.9It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraNew York, New YorkFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
2.14It Was a Very Good Year4:29Frank SinatraThe Reprise CollectionFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1990-11-20
Reprise Records9 26340-2
1.9It Was a Very Good Year4:29Frank SinatraSinatra Reprise: The Very Good YearsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1991-03-26
Reprise RecordsCD 26501
1.9It Was a Very Good Year4:29Frank SinatraSinatra Reprise: The Very Good YearsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-03-26
Reprise Records9 26501-2
1.9It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraThe Reprise YearsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records7599-26522-2
2.4It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraSinatra: Soundtrack to the CBS Mini‐SeriesFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9 45091-2
9.14It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraThe Complete Reprise Studio RecordingsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-11-21
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)46013-2
2.1It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraThe Very Best of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-06-10
Reprise RecordsCDW 46589
1.16It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraNew York, New YorkFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1997-07-21
Warner Music Germany (Don't use this as release label!)9362 46744-2
1.16It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraMy Way: The Best of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1997-11-24
Reprise Records9362-46710-2
1.16It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraMy Way: The Best of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records, Tusk MusicWBCD 1867
1.16It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraMy Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra (limited edition bonus disc version)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362-46712-2
1.16It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraMy Way: The Best of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362-46710-2
1.16It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraMy Way: The Best of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise RecordsWTVD 46710
1.16It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraNew York, New YorkFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records9362 46744-2
1.16It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraNew York, New York: His Greatest HitsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
9362467442
1.9It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraThank You, Frank!Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
3311
9.14It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraThe Complete Reprise Studio RecordingsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-10-20
Reprise Records47045‐2
1.8It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraSeptember of My YearsFrank SinatraAlbum
Reprise Records9362-46946-2
9.14It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraThe Complete Reprise Studio RecordingsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records47045-2
1.3It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraThe Sopranos: Music From the HBO Original SeriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US1999-12-14
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Play-Tone Records, Sony Music SoundtraxCK 63911
1.3It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraThe Sopranos: Music From the HBO Original SeriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Play-Tone Records, Sony Music Soundtrax, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)497403 2, COL 497403 2
1.3It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraThe Sopranos - Music From The HBO / Network 9 Original SeriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Play-Tone Records, Sony Music Soundtrax497460 2
2.24It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraRomanceFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-02-26
Reprise Records8122 73589-2
1.16It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraMy Way: The Best of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-12-17
2.24It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraRomanceFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records8122 73589-2
2.24It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraA Fine Romance: The Love Songs of FrankFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-01-24
Reprise Records, Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom8122 73589-2
1.8It Was A Very Good Year4:25Frank SinatraSeptember Of My Years (Remastered on 180g "HQ" vnyl)Frank SinatraAlbum
Reprise RecordsR1 73799
1.5It Was a Very Good Year4:29Frank SinatraFly Me to the MoonFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
1.5It Was a Very Good Year4:29Frank SinatraFly Me to the MoonFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Hear Music, Reprise Records, Rhino Special ProductsOPCD 7698 LMM 243
2.8It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraTrilogy: Three Classic AlbumsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Germany (Don't use this as release label!)8122732412
1.14It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraNothing but the BestFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-05-09
Reprise Records8122 799331
1.14It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraNothing but the Best (Original recording remastered)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-05-13
Reprise RecordsR2-438652
1.14It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraNothing but the Best (slipcase)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-05-13
Reprise RecordsR2 438652
1.14It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraNothing but the BestFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-11-24
Rhino (reissue label)
1.22It Was a Very Good Year4:25Frank SinatraRevolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First Fifty YearsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-12-09
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)8-431548
1.14It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraRevolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records: The First Fifty YearsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-12-09
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)431612-2
1.14It Was A Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraNothing but the Best (Starbucks bonus track)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise Records
1.8It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraSeptember of My YearsFrank SinatraAlbum
  • US2010-08-31
Concord Records (for copyrights, use Concord Records, Inc. instead)CRE-32415-02
1.8It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraSeptember of My Years (Deluxe Edition)Frank SinatraAlbum
Reprise Records0602527503660
1.18It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraBest of the BestFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-11-15
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.17It Was a Very Good Year4:25Frank SinatraBest of the BestFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.3It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraThe Sopranos (Music from the HBO Original Series)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US2012-02-06
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Play-Tone Records, Sony Music Soundtrax
1.8It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraSeptember of My Years (expanded edition)Frank SinatraAlbum
Frank Sinatra Digital Reprise, Signature Sinatra
1.14It Was a Very Good Year4:27Frank SinatraNothing but the BestFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-03-18
Reprise Records
1.18It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraUltimate SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-04-21
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)
4.6It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraUltimate SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-04-21
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises), Signature SinatraB0022436-02
4.6It Was a Very Good Year (remastered 2008)4:26Frank SinatraUltimate SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Frank Sinatra Hybrid
1.18It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraUltimate SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • -2015-04-21
UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)602547136992
4.6It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraUltimate Sinatra: The Centennial CollectionFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
4.6It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraUltimate Sinatra: The Centennial CollectionFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2015-06-17
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Signature Sinatra, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)UICY-77244
4.6It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraUltimate Sinatra: The Centennial CollectionFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
1.21It Was a Very Good Year4:29Frank SinatraGreatest Hits (disc 1)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
1.14It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraNothing but the BestFrank SinatraAlbum + CompilationReprise RecordsR2 457980
1.8It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraSeptember of My YearsFrank SinatraAlbumReprise Records1014-2
1.8It Was a Very Good Year4:29Frank SinatraSeptember of My YearsFrank SinatraAlbumReprise Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)1014-2, D 102345
1.8It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraSeptember of My YearsFrank SinatraAlbumReprise RecordsK 44005
1.16It Was a Very Good Year4:28Frank SinatraThe Very Best of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
1.3It Was a Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraThe Very Best of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.2It Was a Very Good Year4:29Frank SinatraSelections From the Reprise CollectionFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Reprise RecordsPRO-CD-4540
(unknown)
1.7It was a very good year4:27Frank SinatraThe Very Best Of Frankie BoyFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010
DJ Specialist
1.18It Was A Very Good Year4:26Frank SinatraBest Of The Best (Deluxe)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)5099967976928

Relationships

recorded in:Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1965-04-22)
recording engineer:Lowell Frank (engineer) (on 1965-04-22)
producer:Sonny Burke (producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1965-04-22)
conductor:Gordon Jenkins (on 1965-04-22)
arranger:Gordon Jenkins (in 1965)
sampled by:NYC Kids by TALES
recording of:It Was a Very Good Year (on 1965-04-22: cover)

It Was a Very Good Year

lyricist and composer:Ervin Drake (Songwriter)
publisher:Memory Lane Music (publishing company)
Reedlands Music Corp.
The Songwriters Guild
later translated versions:C’était une très bonne année
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