Try to Remember
| "Try to Remember" | ||||
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| Single by Ed Ames | ||||
| from the album Opening Night with Ed Ames | ||||
| B-side | "Love Is Here to Stay" | |||
| Released | December 1964 | |||
| Studio | Webster Hall | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriters | Tom Jones (lyrics), Harvey Schmidt (music) | |||
| Producer | Andy Wiswell | |||
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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.