"Tender Years" is the title of a song written by Darrell Edwards and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist George Jones

George Jones

George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....

. The song was George Jones second number one on the country chart where it spent seven non consecutive weeks at the top and a total of thirty-two weeks on the country chart. "Tender Years" also made it to the Hot 100 peaking at number seventy-six.

Chart performance

Chart (1961)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	76