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Ervin Drake (born Ervin Maurice Druckman; April 3, 1919 – January 15, 2015) was an American songwriter whose works include such American Songbook standards as "I Believe" and "It Was a Very Good Year". He wrote in a variety of styles and his work has been recorded by musicians around the world.
Drake wrote the song in less than a day, although he had been considering employing the metaphor of life as a vintage wine in a lyric for several years prior. Ervin Drake's inspiration to write the song was his then wife-to-be, Edith Vincent Bermaine.
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Jan 15, 2015 · I Ain't Gonna Lead This Life No More. Ervin Drake. Dean Martin. September 1959. Covered by The Rocking Boys. I Believe. Ervin Drake, Al Stillman, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl. Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD. December 23, 1952.
- April 3, 1919
- January 15, 2015
Jan 5, 2015 · As for Ervin Drake, did he have some very good years? When he was 17, or thereabouts, he fell in love with a Broadway chorus girl called Edith. But she threw him over and so he wrote "Good Morning, Heartache" as a kind of therapy.
Inductee. 1919- 2015 Born/Died. 1983 Inducted. Wrote, composed, and produced some 700 prime time network programs. Composer and lyricist Ervin Drake had a remarkably varied career, including extensive work as a producer in television and significant activism on behalf of songwriters.
Jan 16, 2015 · Ervin Drake, a prolific songwriter who wrote the words and music of “It Was a Very Good Year,” an introspective ballad that helped define the autumn of Frank Sinatra’s career, and...
Composer | 2012. Ervin Drake was born in 1919. His penned American Songbook standards such as “It Was a Very Good Year,” “Tico-Tico”, and “Perdido.”. Drake had a major hit in 1945 when he wrote both the words and music for “The Rickety Rickshaw Man,” which sold more than a million copies.
