In the Summer of His Years (song)

"In the Summer of His Years"
"In the Summer of His Years"
Single by Mahalia Jackson
B-side	"Song For My Brother"
Released	1963
Recorded	November 29, 1963
Genre	Pop
Length	2:49
Label	Columbia Records 4-42946
Songwriter(s)	Herb Kretzmer, David Lee

"In the Summer of His Years"
"In the Summer of His Years"
Single by Connie Francis
from the album In The Summer of His Years
B-side	"My Buddy"
Released	1963
Recorded	December 2, 1963
Genre	Pop
Length	2:32
Label	MGM Records K 13203
Songwriter(s)	Herb Kretzmer, David Lee
Producer(s)	Danny David
Connie Francis singles chronology

"In the Summer of His Years"
"In the Summer of His Years"
Single by Millicent Martin
B-side	"If I Can Help Somebody"
Released	1963
Recorded	23 November 1963
Genre	Pop
Label	ABC-Paramount Records A45-10514
Songwriter(s)	Herb Kretzmer, David Lee

"In the Summer of His Years" is a 1963 pop song with lyrics written by Herb Kretzmer and music by David Lee. Kretzmer and Lee composed the song as a tribute hours after learning that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.^[1]

"In the Summer of His Years" was first performed by English singer Millicent Martin during a tribute broadcast to President Kennedy that aired on the BBC on 23 November 1963. The show on which the song was introduced was a special broadcast of the BBC's satirical weekly news programme That Was the Week That Was; after the news of the assassination broke, the producers of the show discarded the week's planned scripts and sketches and decided to refashion that week's show as a somber and respectful tribute to President Kennedy.^[2] NBC later rebroadcast the programme.^[3] A soundtrack to the That Was the Week That Was broadcast was also released in the United States on Decca Records.

^ van Rijn, Guido (2007). Kennedy's Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-578-06957-6.
^ Goldman, Lawrence (2013). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. Oxford University Press. p. 1041. ISBN 978-0-199-67154-0.
^ "BBC Kennedy Broadcast Is Hot Item". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 14, 1963. pp. 1, 3. ISSN 0006-2510.

[rijn-1] van Rijn, Guido (2007). Kennedy's Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-578-06957-6.

[2] Goldman, Lawrence (2013). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. Oxford University Press. p. 1041. ISBN 978-0-199-67154-0.

[billboard-3] "BBC Kennedy Broadcast Is Hot Item". Billboard. Vol. 75, no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 14, 1963. pp. 1, 3. ISSN 0006-2510.

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