I love the song and it’s a bit of an anthem for me but now that I know the backstory I’m happy he sang the lyrics that Paul Ankna personally wrote for him, Frank asked his good friend Paul to write a song for his retirement. It was deeply personal for both and it revived Franks’s career.
Here is the link to the article in People Online. https://people.com/frank-sinatra-my-way-the-strange-saga-of-a-standard-8655019
It’s a shame, Frank stopped liking after so many years of singing and getting demands for the song. I think it was his best song. Many went on to record his version or changed versions of the song. The Elvis version is great, I’m a huge Elvis fan and believe he sang it properly even though Paul Anka didn’t want Elvis to record it, they were close friends as well.
The story is quite interesting in musical history,
Here are my two favorite videos, one of Frank Sinatra and the other from Elvis.
Frank Sinatra – My Way (Live At Caesars Palace/1978)
Elvis Presley – My Way (Aloha From Hawaii, Live in Honolulu, 1973)
I love music history in many genres.
Enjoy.
Melinda
lookingforthelight.blog 
I’m impressed with creations that stand the test of time. Great art, music, and writing that is revered decades, and hundreds of years later speaks to humanity on an intensely human level.
Music can take me anywhere including places I haven’t been. It’s in my soul. I turned to music at an early age, after my parents divorced when I was six, music comforted me from the abuse of my mother. It’s a life saver. 🙂