It Was the Best of Times It Was the Best of Times It Was the Best of Times is the third live album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in April 1999. The album title makes use of the opening line from "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. "It Was the Best of Times" was recorded in September 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK during the "It's About Time" tour (set up in support of the "Some Things Never Change" studio album). The band includes vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Mark Hart performing songs originally sung by Roger Hodgson. Supertramp are also augmented by
The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1961 Last of the Just" by André Schwarz-Bart. That book, a multi-generational saga translated from the French, spent 18 weeks slowly rising to the top, and spent 4 weeks there before being toppled by "The Agony and the Ecstasy". It continued among the top 15 best sellers for another 20 weeks. The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1961 This is a list of adult fiction books that topped "The New York Times" Fiction Best Seller list in 1961. The most popular titles of the year were "Hawaii" by "James Michener", "The Agony and the Ecstasy", by Irving Stone and