ervin drake wrote the lyrics to it was a very good year.
who wrote the lyrics to it was a very good year?
ervin drake
it was also recorded by italian-american singer connie francis in italian in 1962 and in a bilingual version later during the same year, with connie writing the english lyrics instead of using ervin drake's. 









































donida is best known in america for writing "uno dei tanti," or "i (who have nothing)". english lyricist drake also wrote the lyrics for such songs as "quando, quando, quando" and "good morning heartache", and both the music and lyrics for "it was a very good year".









































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al di là
pretty good year









































"pretty good year" is a single by the american singer-songwriter tori amos, taken from her second album "under the pink". it was released as the second single from the album in europe in march 1994, and the fourth single from the album in australia in november 1994. it was not released as a single in north america.









































"pretty good year" became her second single to reach the top 10 on the uk singles chart, following "cornflake girl", where it peaked at number seven. 









































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bullet::::1. "pretty good year" – 3:25
pretty good year