# Terry Jacks | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/terry-jacks
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/terry-jacks/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 06:46 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/terry-jacks
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/terry-jacks/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/terry-jacks/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Terry Jacks
- Visible lyric pages: 4

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `terry-jacks`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 06:46 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-5378ee7664b518b2
- Visible lyric pages: 4
- Pages with stored lyric text: 4
- Video-backed song pages: 4
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 6554
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 43
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 18
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Rock 'N Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life), Seasons In The Sun, Concrete Sea, and If You Go Away
- Current-month titles with activity: Rock 'N Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life), Seasons In The Sun, Concrete Sea, and If You Go Away
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Terry Jacks was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1944. He started performing as a teenager and formed The Poppy Family with Susan Pesklevits in 1967. Their psychedelic folk sound produced hits like "Which Way You Goin', Billy?" and "Where Evil Grows" before the group dissolved in 1972. After The Poppy Family ended, Jacks recorded a version of Jacques Brel's French song "Le Moribond" in 1974. He translated it as "Seasons...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Rock 'N Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) — https://lyroverse.com/terry-jacks/rock-n-roll-i-gave-you-the-best-years-of-my-life
2. Seasons In The Sun — https://lyroverse.com/terry-jacks/seasons-in-the-sun
3. Concrete Sea — https://lyroverse.com/terry-jacks/concrete-sea
4. If You Go Away — https://lyroverse.com/terry-jacks/if-you-go-away