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small;">My Way" is an English version of a French song. The
English lyrics were
written by Paul Anka and
popularized by Frank
Sinatra on his 1969 album My
Way. The melody is that of the French song "Comme d'habitude"
composed in 1967 by Claude François and Jacques Revaux.
Anka's English lyrics
are unrelated to the original
French by Claude
François and Gilles
Thibaut. "My Way" is often quoted as the most remade song in history.
| Frank Sinatra | |
|---|---|
 Frank Sinatra in 1960 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Francis Albert Sinatra |
| Also known as | Ol' Blue Eyes[1] The Chairman of the Board[1] The Voice[1] Frankie |
| Born | December 12, 1915 Hoboken, New Jersey, United States[2] |
| Died | May 14, 1998 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California United States |
| Genres | Traditional pop, jazz, big band, vocal[3] |
| Occupations | Singer[1], actor, producer[1], director[1], conductor[4] |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1935–1995[5] |
| Labels | Columbia, Capitol, Reprise |
| Associated acts | Rat Pack, Bing Crosby, Nancy Sinatra, Quincy Jones |
| Website | www.franksinatra.com |
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (pronounced /sɨˈnÉ‘ËtrÉ™/;
December 12, 1915
– May 14, 1998)[6] was an
American singer and actor.
Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry
James and Tommy Dorsey,
Sinatra became a successful solo
artist in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers."
His professional career had stalled
by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1954 after he won the Academy
Award for Best
Supporting Actor (for his performance in From
Here to Eternity).
He signed with Capitol Records and released several critically
lauded albums (such as In the Wee
Small Hours, Songs
for Swingin' Lovers,
Come
Fly with Me, Only
the Lonely and
Nice 'n'
Easy). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records (finding success with albums such as Ring-A-Ding-Ding,
Sinatra at
the Sands and Francis
Albert
Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim), toured internationally, was
a
founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and presidents, including President John F. Kennedy.
Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of
My
Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television
special Frank
Sinatra: A Man and His
Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in
the Night" and "My Way".
Sinatra attempted to weather the changing tastes in popular music,
but with
sales of his music dwindling, and after appearing in several poorly
received
films, he retired in 1971. Coming out of retirement in 1973, he recorded
several
albums; scored a Top 40 hit with "(Theme
From) New York, New York"
in 1980; and toured both within the United States and internationally
until a
few years before his death in 1998.
Sinatra also forged a career as an actor, winning the Academy
Award for Best
Supporting Actor for his performance in From
Here to Eternity, and he was
nominated for the Academy
Award for Best Actor for
The Man
with the Golden Arm. He
also starred in such musicals as High
Society, Pal Joey,
Guys and
Dolls and On the Town.
Sinatra was honored at the
Kennedy
Center Honors in 1983 and was awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom by
Ronald Reagan in
1985
and the Congressional
Gold Medal in 1997.
Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy
Awards, including
the Grammy
Trustees Award, Grammy Legend
Award and the Grammy
Lifetime Achievement
Award.