Try to Remember (song)

"Try to Remember" is a song from the musical comedy The Fantasticks. It is the first song sung in the show, to get the audience to imagine what the sparse set suggests. Its lyrics, written by Tom Jones, famously rhyme "remember" with "September", "so tender", "ember", and "December", and repeat the sequence -llow throughout the song: verse 1 contains "mellow", "yellow", and "callow fellow"; verse 2 contains "willow", "pillow", "billow"; verse 3 contains "follow", "hollow", "mellow"; and all verses end with "follow". Harvey Schmidt composed the music.

"Try to Remember" was originally sung by Jerry Orbach in the Original Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks.

"Try To Remember" made the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart three times in 1965 in versions by Ed Ames, Roger Williams, Barry McGuire, The Kingston Trio, The Sandpipers, and The Brothers Four.

Eddie Fisher released a version in 1965 on his LP Eddie Fisher Today!

The Kim Sisters released a version in 1959 on their album The Kim Sisters: Their First Album, through Monument Records.

Patti Page released a version in 1965 on her album Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.

Andy Williams released a version in 1966 on his album The Shadow of Your Smile.

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