"My Way" is a song co-written and recorded by

Eddie Cochran Ray Edward Cochran (; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician. Cochran's songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", " C'mon Everybody" and " Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire ...

. It was recorded in January 1959 and released posthumously as a single on

Liberty Records Liberty Records was a record label founded in the United States by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revival ...

in April 1963. In the UK the single reached number 23 on the charts.

Background

"My Way" was written by Eddie Cochran and

Jerry Capehart Jerry Neil Capehart (August 22, 1928 – June 7, 1998) was an American songwriter and music manager. Capehart co-wrote the songs "Summertime Blues" and " C'mon Everybody" with Eddie Cochran, whom he also managed. One of his most-recorded so ...

. It was released posthumously as a 45 single in April 1963 in the UK as LIB 10088 on Liberty Records/E.M.I. backed with "Rock 'N' Roll Blues". The single reached number 23 on the UK singles chart in a ten-week run. The song was recorded on January 17, 1959. The single was also released in Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands. The song appeared on the 1964 UK album ''

My Way "My Way" is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra set to the music of the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed by Jacques Revaux with lyrics by Gilles Thibaut and Claude François and first performed in 1967 by Claude François. Its E ...

''. The song was also featured on the 1972 '' Legendary Masters Series'' compilation album.

Personnel

- vocal, guitar, guitar overdub * Irving Asby - guitar * Conrad 'Guybo' Smith - bass * Ray Johnson - piano * Jewell Grant - saxophone * Plas Johnson - saxophone * Jackie Kelso - saxophone * Unidentified - drums

Other recordings

"My Way" has been recorded by

The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist and singer John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered ...

who also performed it live at the

Fillmore East The Fillmore East was rock promoter Bill Graham's rock venue on Second Avenue near East 6th Street in the (at the time) Lower East Side neighborhood, now called the East Village neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan of New York City. ...

in New York on April 6, 1968. The studio recording is on the reissued ''

Odds & Sods ''Odds & Sods'' is an album of studio outtakes by British rock band the Who. It was released by Track Records in the UK and Track/MCA in the US in October 1974. Ten of the recordings on original eleven song album were previously unreleased. ...

'' compilation album.

George Thorogood George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Delaware. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the ...

recorded the song on his 1979 '' Better Than the Rest'' album. He also released the song as a 45 single on MCA in the U.S. and Australia. The song has also been recorded by Blue Rock in 1977 on EMI in Belgium,

The Real Kids The Real Kids are an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, led by guitarist, singer and songwriter John Felice. Career Felice (born 1955) grew up in Natick, Massachusetts, as a neighbor and friend of Jonathan Richman, a ...

in 1977, The Rattlers on their ''Live in Europe'' album, Dr. Feelgood in 1984 on Demon Records,

The Rockats Levi and the Rockats are a British rockabilly revival band originally from Essex but currently based in New York City. They are recognised as one of the pioneering neo-rockabilly groups of the 1980s. History Levi & the Rockats were founded in ...

in 1982, who performed the song on the USA Hot Spots TV program, Johnny Angel and the Nomads,

Guana Batz The Guana Batz are an English psychobilly band who formed in 1982 in Feltham, West London, England. The band are most well known for their frequent appearances at the Klub Foot, an early psychobilly club. History The original group members we ...

in 1986 on I.D. Records, and a live version in 2010 by Eddie Nichols, The Blasters,

James Intveld James Intveld (born November 12, 1959) is an American rockabilly musician, singer, songwriter, performer, actor, and film director from Los Angeles, California, United States. Early career Born in the Netherlands, Intveld's parents moved to C ...

, and

Albert Lee Albert William Lee (born 21 December 1943) is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked, both in the studio and on tour, with many famous musicians from a wide range of genres. He has also mai ...

at the Eddie Cochran Festival.

Chart performance

References

External links

Eddie Cochran UK discography
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