who sang seasons in the sun?

Answer 1

The culprit was Terry Jacks (1973/74). You might well be forgiven for assuming that this constitutes the "original" version of "Seasons In The Sun". You'd be completely wrong.

"Seasons in the Sun" had been written in French in 1961 under the title of "Le Moribond" (The Dying Man), by Belgian poet-composer Jacques Brel. Rod McKuen translated it to English, and Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio recorded it. Although that version didn't sell well, Terry Jacks heard it. Before Jacks put his version out, he'd been trying to produce it for the Beach Boys. Here's the clip. http://www.gearchange.org/clips/The%20Beach%20Boys%20-%20Seasons%20In%20The%20Sun.mp3

The death of a close personal friend of Terry's, which made the song's theme more meaningful to him. Terry got permission to changing part of "Seasons in the Sun", rewriting the last verse. He released it on his own label, Goldfish Records, and was amazed when it became the largest-selling single in Canadian history -- more than 285,000 copies sold in a matter of weeks. Bell's A&R vice president, Dave Carrico, heard the record, flew to Vancouver, and snapped up American rights. On February 14, 1974, it earned its first RIAA Gold Award, for sales of over a million copies. Eventually, the 1973/74 version sold more than three million copies in the United States alone, and worldwide, the figure is over six million.

Answer 2

Terry Jacks sang" seasons in the sun"

Answer 3

Terry Jacks, a one-hit-wonder.

"Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We've known each other since we're nine or ten.
Together we climbed hills or trees.
Learned of love and ABC's,
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Pretty girls are everywhere.
When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the hills that we climbed
were just seasons out of time.

Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me,
I was the black sheep of the family.
You tried to teach me right from wrong.
Too much wine and too much song,
wonder how I get along.

Goodbye, Papa, it's hard to die
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Little children everywhere.
When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the wine and the song,
like the seasons, all have gone.

Goodbye, Michelle, my little one.
You gave me love and helped me find the sun.
And every time that I was down
you would always come around
and get my feet back on the ground.

Goodbye, Michelle, it's hard to die
when all the bird are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
With the flowers ev'rywhere.
I wish that we could both be there.

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the stars we could reach
were just starfishs on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone

All our lives we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun

Answer 4

Terry Jacks

Answer 5

Terry Jacks

Answer 6

Terry Jacks. Quite appalling!

Answer 7

terry jacks sang it awful song makes ya wanna cut ya wrists

Answer 8

The song “Seasons in the Sun” spent more than three months on the U.S. charts and more than four months in Canada. Its accumulated sales topped more than 11 million copies, making it one of the best singles in the world.

Answer 9

well i know Westlife sang it, but dont remember first time around

Answer 10

wrong not fact oh deer
yes sang it but not origionel
sorry english not 1st lang!