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Can we all not agree that we did it 'My Way' or wanted to? Without owning our actions, our life of work, our play, all relationships, all good deeds and miss-steps to- then whose way could it be?

Mark Kolke
Dec 30, 2023
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The great Canadian songwriter/boy wonder, Paul Anka, broke onto the popular music scene in 1958 with his first hit, Diana.

In 1967 he wrote the version of a song we’ve known as My Way. From what I’ve read or heard over the years, though it was written for and at the invitation of Frank Sinatra [ there is much more to the story ] - it was also a personal …

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