“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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

In the 1970s, Elvis Presley began covering “My Way,” a song Paul Anka wrote for Frank Sinatra. Anka saw Sinatra’s version of the song as defiant, and he didn’t think Elvis was capable of striking this ...

“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 ...

French singer-songwriter Yseult had her fill at the Paris Olympics' Closing Ceremony where she performed a stellar rendition of Frank Sinatra's iconic "My Way" in front of the world. But why was the ...

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 ...

This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. It's hard to imagine ...