“My Way” is based on a French song called “Comme d’habitude,” which means “As Usual.” “Comme d’habitude” is about a couple falling out of love because their relationship become mundane. In his 2013 ...

Frank Sinatra (1915-98) had such a long and successful career that he had signature songs for multiple generations. Back in the ’40s, many considered “All or Nothing at All” to be the one. In the ...

“My Way”—A song summing up the life of a decorated man in less than five minutes. It is a modern epic, an expose of success, and an awe-inspiring anthem of life’s choices and their consequences. It is ...

When Paul Anka wrote “My Way,” he specifically had Sinatra’s vocals, and his intonation, in mind but admitted that he was nervous about writing a song for the crooner. Born on July 30, 1941, in Ottawa ...

A new doc on the Paul Anka-penned standard premiered at Cannes in May and detailed its origin as an obscure French pop song and its journey to karaoke mainstay In the 55 years since its release, “My ...

Before Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," Aerosmith's "Dream On" or Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird," there was Frank Sinatra's "My Way." It's the original power ballad, released in March 1969 and ...

On Oct. 22, Misty Copeland (the keynote speaker at Senior Convocation last year) took her final bow after 25 years with the American Ballet Theatre. For her last dance, she performed “Romeo and Juliet ...