Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks
Saturday, March 2, 1974
– March 22, 1974
All day
Artist: Terry Jacks Weeks at #1: 3 weeks Chart dates: March 2, 1974 – March 16, 1974
About
Seasons in the Sun is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 Belgian song Le Moribond ("The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by singer-poet Rod McKuen, depicting a dying man's farewell to his loved ones. "Seasons in the Sun" became a worldwide hit in 1974 for singer Terry Jacks and reached Christmas number one in the UK in 1999 for Westlife.
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