Sinatra does similar Beatles and Jerome Kern songs about memories..
In 1933, Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach wrote "Yesterdays" with such lines as "Days we knew as sweet sequestered days" . More than 60 years later, Paul McCartney wrote "Yesterday" with lines like " Yesterday -All my troubles seemed so far away,There's a shadow hanging over me- I still believe in Yesterday."
Both songs are personal reflections and memories from the past, something which we can all can recall from our own experiences.
Frank Sinatra does justice to both songs, first with the Kern/Harbach "Yesterdays" and followed by McCartney's " Yesterday" Dfferent styles and language but a common theme of memories with Frank with his most tender and sensitive interpretations.
Despite the many years between the creation of both songs, these performances show that mature songwriting will sustain The Great American Songbook tradition.
https://youtu.be/yu39_FjvusQ Yesterdays
https://youtu.be/rytmTeaUtAY Yesterday
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