Try to Remember
| "Try to Remember" | ||||
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| Single by Ed Ames | ||||
| from the album Try to Remember | ||||
| B-side | "Love Is Here To Stay" | |||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriters | Tom Jones (lyrics), Harvey Schmidt (music) | |||
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"Try to Remember" is a song about nostalgia from the musical comedy play The Fantasticks (1960). It is the first song performed in the show, encouraging the audience to imagine what the sparse set suggests. The words were written by the American lyricist Tom Jones while Harvey Schmidt composed the music.