Terry Jacks

b. 1944, Winnipeg · Canadian singer, songwriter and producer

Jacks came out of Vancouver via the Chessmen and the Poppy Family, whose “Which Way You Goin’ Billy?” topped the Canadian chart. He first brought the song to the Beach Boys, whom he was producing; when that came to nothing he cut it himself in Vancouver in 1973 and put it out on his own Goldfish label. It is a genuinely great pop record and the biggest-selling international single by a Canadian artist of its era — it simply is not the first version, and Jacks never claimed it was.

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Songs credited to Terry Jacks that are covers

Seasons in the Sun

Cover — originally recorded by Jacques Brel

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