Released March 1969 My Way
(1969) A Man Alone
(1969) Release date March 1969 Producers Don Costa, Sonny Burke | Length 32:54 Artist Frank Sinatra Label Reprise Records | |
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Recorded December 30, 1968, February 18, 20, 24, 1969, Western Studio A in Hollywood, Los Angeles Genres Jazz, Vocal jazz, Traditional pop music Similar Frank Sinatra albums, Traditional pop music albums | ||
My Way is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1969.
Contents
The album is a collection of contemporary pop songs, such as Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson", and The Beatles' "Yesterday", French songs such as "If You Go Away", and of course the anthemic title song "My Way", which effectively became Sinatra's theme song in this latter stage of his career.
My Way was recorded and mixed at EastWest Studios, then called Oceanway Recording. Later it was remixed and reissued by Concord Records in 2009 to mark its 40th Anniversary. Two bonus tracks were included, and new liner notes from Bono. The bonus tracks were a rehearsal of "For Once in My Life" from 1969, for Sinatra's eponymous Emmy Award nominated 1969 television special, Sinatra, and a live 1987 performance of "My Way" at the Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas.
Bono's liner notes had previously appeared as his New York Times Op-ed column on January 9, 2009. The article discussed Bono's personal relationship with Sinatra, and Sinatra's thoughts on Miles Davis. Bono also mused on Sinatra's performances of "My Way", and the new year.
Track listing
- "Watch What Happens" (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy) – 2:17
- "Didn't We?" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:55
- "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) – 2:47
- "Yesterday" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:56
- "All My Tomorrows" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:35
- "My Way" (Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault) – 4:35
- "A Day in the Life of a Fool" (Luiz Bonfá, Carl Sigman) – 3:00
- "For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) – 2:50
- "If You Go Away" (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen) – 3:30
- "Mrs. Robinson" (Paul Simon) – 2:55
- "For Once in My Life" – 4:11 studio rehearsal, NBC Studio 2, Burbank, California, August 13, 1969
- "My Way" – 3:09 live performance at the Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas, October 24, 1987
Personnel
Songs
1Watch What Happens2:20
2Didn't We2:58
3Hallelujah - I Love Her So2:51