Doing It My Way
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| artist = Ray Quinn
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| recorded = January 2007
Los Angeles, California
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| genre = Vocal jazz
| length = 34:05
| label = Syco
| producer = Nigel Wright
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| next_year = 2020
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|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1024728|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
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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.{{cite news |title=X Factor loser Ray wins record deal |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30289825.html |work=Irish Examiner |date=18 December 2006 |accessdate=17 January 2023}}{{cite news |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds40862.html |title=X Factor's Ray heads to Sinatra studios |work=Digital Spy |date=18 December 2006 |accessdate=13 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113164119/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds40862.html |archivedate=13 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-jahmene-douglas-needs-just-19k-to-hit-no-1/055536|title=Official Charts Analysis: Jahmene Douglas needs just 19k to hit No.1|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=29 July 2013|work=Music Week|publisher=Intent Media|accessdate=17 December 2015|url-access=subscription }}
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 Way{{'}}s liner notes.)
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- 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
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Charts and certifications
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Chart (2007)
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{{album chart|Ireland|5|year=2007|week=12}} |
{{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20070318}} |
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=20070318}} |
{{album chart|UKDigital|12|date=20070318}} |
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Chart (2007)
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UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20070107/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2007|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=2 December 2021}}
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=Certifications=
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Ireland|title=Doing It My Way|artist=Ray Quinn|award=Gold|certyear=2007|relyear=2007}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Ray Quinn|title=Doing It My Way|award=Gold|certyear=2013|certmonth=7|relyear=2007|id=9598-2786-2}}
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References
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