Doing It My Way Explained

Doing It My Way is the debut studio album by The X Factor series 3 runner up Ray Quinn. The album was recorded at Capitol Records Tower in Los Angeles in January 2007.^{[2] [3]} It was released on 12 March 2007 and entered the UK Albums Chart at number one the following week, making Quinn the first person to have a number-one album without releasing a single. It sold 126,985 copies in its first week, enough to be certified Gold.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:31
2. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 2:27
3. "My Way" (Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault) - 4:29
4. "That's Life" (Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay) - 3:13
5. "Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:02
6. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons) - 2:39
7. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 4:11
8. "Summer Wind" (Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer) - 2:44
9. "What a Wonderful World" (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) - 2:15
10. "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) - 3:25
11. "New York, New York" (John Kander, Fred Ebb) - 3:09

Credits and personnel

(Credits taken from AllMusic and Doin It My Ways liner notes.)

• Paul Anka - Composer
• David Arch - Orchestration
• John III Baker - Music Preparation
• Dick Beetham - Mastering
• Marc Blitzstein - Composer
• Hans Bradtke - Composer
• Bertolt Brecht - Composer
• Sammy Cahn - Composer
• Paula Chandler - Digital Editing, Engineer
• Fred Ebb - Composer
• Rick Fernandez - Assistant Engineer
• Dorothy Fields - Composer
• Simon Fowler - Photography
• Claude François - Composer
• Kelly Gordon - Composer
• Jimmy Van Heusen - Composer
• Bart Howard - Composer
• John Kander - Composer
• Dean Kay - Composer
• Jerome Kern - Composer
• Henry Mayer - Composer
• Johnny Mercer - Composer
• Bruce Monical - Assistant Engineer
• Joanne Morris - Design
• Geoff Parsons - Composer
• Ray Quinn - Primary Artist
• Eric Rennaker - Assistant Engineer
• Jacques Revaux - Composer
• Robin Sellars - Engineer
• J. Neil Sidwell - Orchestration
• Richard Sidwell - Music Preparation
• Anne Skates - Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Contractor
• Paul "Scooby" Smith - Assistant Engineer
• Gilles Thibault - Composer
• Bob Thiele - Composer
• Aaron Walk - Assistant Engineer
• Jerry Jeff Walker - Composer
• Kurt Weill - Composer
• George David Weiss - Composer
• Nigel Wright - Conductor, Orchestration, Producer

Charts and certifications

Certifications

Notes and References

1. Web site: iTunes - Music - Ray Quinn by Ray Quinn. iTunes Store (Apple Inc.). 1 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140602114911/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ray-quinn/id218314298. 2 June 2014.
2. News: X Factor loser Ray wins record deal . . 18 December 2006 . 17 January 2023.
3. News: X Factor's Ray heads to Sinatra studios . . 18 December 2006 . 13 February 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070113164119/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds40862.html . 13 January 2007 .
4. Web site: Official Charts Analysis: Jahmene Douglas needs just 19k to hit No.1. Jones. Alan. 29 July 2013. Music Week. Intent Media. 17 December 2015. subscription .
5. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2007. Official Charts Company. 2 December 2021.