"Till I'm Too Old to Die Young" is a song recorded by American

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Moe Bandy Marion Franklin "Moe" Bandy Jr. (born February 12, 1944) is an American country music singer. He was most popular during the 1970s, when he had several hit songs, both alone and with his singing partner, Joe Stampley. Early life and recording ...

. It was released in February 1987 as the second single from his album ''You Haven't Heard the Last of Me''. The song peaked at number 6 on the ''

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chart. The song was also released on the 2004 album ''You Can't Save Everybody'' by

Kieran Kane Kieran Kane (born October 7, 1949) is an American country music artist, as well as the owner of Dead Reckoning Records, an independent record label. Between 1986 and 1990, he and Jamie O'Hara comprised The O'Kanes, a duo which charted seven si ...

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Kevin Welch Kevin Stephen Welch (August 17, 1955) is an American country music artist. He has charted five singles on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts and released eight studio albums. He is also one of the cofounders of the Dead Reckoning Reco ...

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Fats Kaplin Fats Kaplin is an American musician, born in New York City. He is best known as a fiddler. He also plays guitar, button accordion, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, an Arab oud, and a Turkish cümbüş, among others. He has worked with artists such as ...

; and was released under the title "Too Old to Die Young" on the 2006 album ''

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1987 singles Moe Bandy songs MCA Records singles Curb Records singles Songs written by Kevin Welch Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy {{1987-country-song-stub