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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Paul Simon
Vocals
Dean Parks
Electric Guitar
Sid McGinnis
Electric Guitar
Steve Gadd
Drums
Greg Phillinganes
Rhodes Piano
Michael Boddicker
Synthesiser
Michael Riesman
Conductor
George Marge
Bass Clarinet
Jill Jaffe
Viola
Marin Alsop
Violin
Fred Zlotkin
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Simon
Songwriter
Philip Glass
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Paul Simon
Producer
Roy Halee
Producer
Lenny Waronker
Co-Producer
Russ Titelman
Producer
Andy Hoffman
Assistant Recording Engineer
Dan Nash
Assistant Recording Engineer
Dave Greenberg
Assistant Recording Engineer
Eric Korte
Assistant Recording Engineer
Gene Paul
Additional Engineer
Greg Calbi
Mastering Engineer
Jason Corsaro
Additional Engineer
Jim Dougherty
Additional Engineer
Jimmy Santis
Assistant Recording Engineer
Ken Deane
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lee Herschberg
Additional Engineer
Mark Linett
Additional Engineer
Stuart Gitlin
Assistant Recording Engineer
Terry Rosiello
Assistant Recording Engineer
Tom Bates
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
I was reading a magazine
And thinking of a rock and roll song
The year was 1954
And I hadn't been playing that long
When a man came on the radio
And this is what he said
He said, "I hate to break it to his fans
But Johnny Ace is dead"
Well, I really wasn't
Such a Johnny Ace fan
But I felt bad all the same
So I sent away for his photograph
And I waited 'til it came
It came all the way from Texas
With a sad and simple face
And they signed it on the bottom
From the late great Johnny Ace
It was the year of the Beatles
It was the year of the Stones
It was 1964
I was living in London
With the girl from the summer before
It was the year of the Beatles
It was the year of the Stones
A year after J.F.K.
We were staying up all night
And giving the days away
And the music was flowing amazing
And blowing my way
On a cold December evening
I was walking through the Christmastide
When a stranger came up and asked me
If I'd heard John Lennon died
And the two of us went to this bar
And we stayed to close the place
And every song we played was
For the late great Johnny Ace
Writer(s): Paul Simon
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