Sinatra’s “My Way” remains his most popular song and it still gets played on the radio even though it’s almost 60 years old. However, Elvis’ cover is all but forgotten.

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 ...

By ’77, with his days winding down, even Elvis Presley (1935-77) took a stab at “My Way.” In his 2013 biography, Anka recalled trying to talk the King out of recording it.

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When Anka finished writing “My Way”, Presley had seen the lyrics and told him, “Those words, they mean so much to me. Boy, I want to do that song one day,” per My Way: An Autobiography.