My Way by Elvis Presley Song Info
Elvis Presley began performing “My Way" in concert during the mid-1970s, despite Anka's suggestions that the song did not suit him. Nevertheless, on January 12 and 14, 1973, Presley sang the song during his show Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite, beamed live and on deferred basis (for European audiences, who also saw it in prime time), to 43 countries via Intelsat. On October 3, 1977, several weeks after Presley's death, his live recording of "My Way" (recorded for the Elvis in Concert CBS-TV special on June 21, 1977) was released as a single. In the U.S., it reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in late 1977/early 1978 (higher than Frank Sinatra's peak position), number 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and went gold for its successful sales of over a million copies. The following year the single reached number 2 on the Billboard Country singles chart but went all the way to number 1 on the rival Cash Box Country Singles chart. In the UK, it reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Presley's studio version of the song, recorded in 1971, was included on the fourth disc of Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters.
