I heard ‘My Way’ for the first time and I started crying. He says, ‘Kid! Listen to this.’ Took the phone, put it up to the speaker. I knew that by the reaction he gave me he was going to do it. “I flew out to Vegas where he was at Caesars. Anka described the emotional moment he heard Frank’s recording: Anka bought the rights for this song for just one dollar.

Written by Paul Anka specifically for Frank Sinatra, it uses the chords of “ Comme d'habitude” by French singer Claude François. It consists of the 12 keys of a piano or music keyboard. Take a look at the piano keyboard chart below. That song stuck and he couldn’t get it off his shoe. We see in our piano keyboard layout above that the 12 keys are C, C-Sharp (D-Flat), D, D-sharp (E-Flat), E, F, F-Sharp (G-Flat), G, G-Sharp (A-Flat), A, A-Sharp (B-Flat), and B. He always thought that song was self-serving and self-indulgent. It has been covered by everyone from Elvis Presley to The Sex Pistols.ĭespite its success, according to his daughter Tina, Sinatra hated the song: It holds the record for the most time spent in the UK top 40 singles chart at a massive 75 weeks and was also successful in the US, peaking at #27 in May 1969, and Belgium where it reached #19. One of Sinatra’s most well-known songs, “My Way” is considered an all time classic.

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