How Frank Sinatra inspired Usher to make his classic ‘My Way’ album 25 years ago
nypost.com“Off the Wall” and Bobby Brown’s “Don’t Be Cruel.” But more surprisingly, the young artist also took special inspiration from a certain blue-eyed crooner: Frank Sinatra. “It was Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ song that made me think about naming an album ‘My Way,’ ” Usher, 43, told The Post. “My girlfriend at the time was educating me, and she made me listen to it.
I’m like, ‘That’s an incredible song!’ And that was my first time ever listening to Frank Sinatra at that age.”Now, 25 years after “My Way” was released on Sept.
16, 1997 — when Usher was just 18 — the eight-time Grammy winner is celebrating how he became a superstar by doing it his way on his second LP.
And the album — which has sold more than seven million copies thanks to the hits “You Make Me Wanna…,” “Nice & Slow” and the title track — is being given a silver salute with “My Way 25th Anniversary Edition,” which will be released on Friday.
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