From teenage stardom with "Diana" to writing "My Way" for Sinatra, his songs became standards.
For his early sound, try "Put Your Head On My Shoulder." For his later writing range, "My Way" says it all.
He wrote "Diana" at fifteen and became a late-1950s teen star with that and "Put Your Head On My Shoulder." Later, he wrote "My Way" for Frank Sinatra and "She's a Lady" for Tom Jones. Those songs have been covered by countless artists, and he worked with everyone from Celine Dion to Michael Jackson.
He started as a teenage singer with "Diana" in the late 1950s. In the following decades, he shifted to writing for other major artists while continuing to record his own material.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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