SEASONS IN THE SUN

You guys really have it out for mid-1970s soft rock. This one is another song about a tragedy. "Billy Don't Be A Hero" is about a woman begging her boyfriend to be safe while fighting the Civil War, and Terry Jacks' 1974 mega-hit is about a dying person saying goodbye to his loved ones. The song was written by poet Rod McKuen in the early 1960s and first made a hit by Belgian singer Jacques Brel in 1961. The version by Terry Jacks hit Number One around the world in 1974, but Jacks largely retired from music just a few years later. (www.rollingstone.com)