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. 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.
Track listing "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:31 "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 2:27 "My Way" (Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault) - 4:29 "That's Life" (Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay) - 3:13 "Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:02 "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons) - 2:39 "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 4:11 "Summer Wind" (Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer) - 2:44 "What a Wonderful World" (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) - 2:15 "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) - 3:25 "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
Weekly charts Chart (2007)Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2007)PositionUK Albums (OCC)65
Certifications
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