As the Years Go Passing By

"As the Years Go Passing By" is a song penned by Peppermint Harris for Fenton Robinson, who first recorded it in 1959 on Duke Records, Duke #312. It is credited to have been written by 'Deadric Malone' (a pseudonym of Don Robey), owner of Duke, which was a customary practice for some producers and label owners at that time. It was originally titled "As the Years Go By"

Other Recorded Versions

Over the years, many other artists have recorded their own versions of this song.

• Albert King recorded it for his 1967 Stax album Born Under A Bad Sign, Stax 723.^[1]
• Eric Burdon and The Animals covered it on their 1968 album Love Is, MGM SE-4591-2.^[2]
• Carlos Santana played it many times in his early career, although it wasn’t issued until his 1997 release Live at the Fillmore 1968, Columbia C2K 64860.^[3]
• The Elvin Bishop Group recorded it for their 1970 album Feel It!, Fillmore Records Z 30239.^[4]
• Al Kooper included a version on his 1973 album Naked Songs, Columbia KC 31723.^[5]
• George Thorogood & the Destroyers recorded it for their 1982 album Bad to the Bone, EMI America ST-17076^[6]
• Gary Moore included it on his 1990 album Still Got the Blues, Virgin CDV 2612^[7]
• Boz Scaggs and Booker T & the MG’s recorded a version in the 1990’s that was released on several compilation albums.
• Otis Rush included it on his 1994 album Ain’t Enough Coming In, This Way Up Records 314 518 769-2.^[8]
• The Jeff Healey Band covered it on their 1995 album Cover To Cover, Arista 74321 23888 2.^[9]

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics