| "Tender Years" | ||||
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| Single by George Jones | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Battle of Love" | |||
| Released | April 1961 | |||
| Recorded | February 8, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:30 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | George Jones, Darrell Edwards | |||
| Producer(s) | Shelby Singleton | |||
| George Jones singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio | ||||
| "Tender Years" on YouTube | ||||
"Tender Years" is a song written by American country music artist George Jones and Darrell Edwards, recorded and released in 1961. It became Jones' second #1 country hit. The song also spawned two successful foreign language versions two years later in 1963, First in French by Johnny Hallyday ("Tes tendres années"), and in Dutch by singer and actress Willeke Alberti ("Spiegelbeeld "), being adapted from the former French version. Both versions have been covered by many others since.