Frank Sinatra's My Way – how Ol' Blue Eyes' iconic song became a hit ... the hard way

IN the spring of 1968, a 26-year-old pop star-turned songwriter called Paul Anka, who had grown up idolising Frank Sinatra, had dinner in Miami with Ol' Blue Eyes himself. Sinatra, about to turn 53, was going through a mid-life crisis. Bands such as The Beatles and the Rolling Stones had taken the world by storm and crooners like him were looking increasingly less relevant.