1 / 2I did it my way: French musician and composer Jacques Revaux, who wrote the music for"My Way"He wrote the music for"My Way", one of the world's most popular songs, but Jacques Revaux would like to mention a few of his regrets.The legendary American crooner may have made the song a global hit, but not many people know it was actually a French song first.
The prolific songwriter scribbled down a number about a couple falling out of love titled"For Me" in his own rather idiosyncratic English in 1967 when he was 27. They ate together and"Cloclo", as Francois is known to generations of his fans, teased Revaux over never writing a song for him. And now, as tears subside, Revaux finds it all so amusing."I don't regret it," he said, before admitting that actually he has one or two."Peace be upon his ashes, but Claude, like all the big stars, want to claim the credit."
But Anka chipped away at him, and Sinatra recorded it at the end of 1968"in one take", according to the legend.