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On January 15, 2015, Drake died at his home in Great Neck, New York due to complications from bladder cancer shortly before his 96th birthday. Awards and honors. Drake received several honorary doctorates and achievement awards, as well as being inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 1983.
Jan 17, 2015 · Mr. Drake, who wrote lyrics and music, produced television programs and was president of the American Guild of Authors and Composers, died on Thursday at 95 at his home in Great Neck, N.Y. The...
Jan 16, 2015 · Ervin Drake, songwriter of ‘It Was a Very Good Year,’ dies at 95. By Adam Bernstein. January 15, 2015 at 10:16 p.m. EST. Composer and lyricist Ervin Drake with wife Edith, who was an ...
Jan 16, 2015 · 2015. January. 16. Ervin Drake, the songwriter who composed 'It Was a Very Good Year' and then on to have 50 more very good years, died Jan 15. at age 95.
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Jan 15, 2015 · Ervin passed away today at the age of 95, and is survived by his ever-loving wife Edith, and his children, Linda Bovina, Betsy Rodriquez and Jed Berman. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lustgarten Foundation, fighting pancreatic cancer: http://www.lustgarten.org.
"It Was a Very Good Year" is a song composed by Ervin Drake in 1961 and originally recorded by Bob Shane with the Kingston Trio. It was made famous by Frank Sinatra's version in D minor, which won the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in 1966 and became Sinatra's first number one Adult Contemporary single, also peaking at No. 28 on the Hot 100.
Jan 27, 2015 · Ervin Drake, who has died aged 95, was the songwriter behind the Frank Sinatra classic It Was a Very Good Year (1966), Billie Holliday’s heart-wrenching Good Morning Heartache (1946) and...
