The song "Yesterday, When I Was Young" was the biggest hit for which singer?

Roy Clark recorded and published the song "Yesterday, When I Was Young" in 1969; it was his biggest hit song. This song was written by Charles Aznavour in 1964 under the original title "Hier encore".

It was a big hit for Clark on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at No. 9 in August 1969. This song became Clark's only top 40 pop hit, peaking at No. 19. Clark performed the song at Mickey Mantle's funeral in 1995, at Mantle's personal request.

'Country Music People' (CMP), the world's longest-running and very respected country music magazine, noted that Roy Linwood Clark (Roy Clark) was born on April 15, 1933, in Meherrin, Virginia. He was an American country music musician and performer who died on November 15, 2018, at the age of 85 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is best known for hosting "Hee Haw", a TV country variety show that ran from 1969 to 1992.

CMP wrote, "Roy Clark was a very important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and someone helping to popularize the genre. Most of all, he was seen as an entertainer, with an amiable personality and a telegenic presence."