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From: mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
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Subject: Re: ABC-PARAMOUNT LABEL FAVORITES
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 20:34:45 +0000
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On Fri, 23 May 2025 3:12:57 +0000, DianeE wrote:

> I always heard that he made more money from having written the
> (instrumental) "Tonight Show" theme than he did from anything he sang.

He is generally supposed to have made a small fortune from turning the
French ballad "Comme D'habitude" into "My Way" for Sinatra. I've read
several times that he is supposedly the richest 1950's singer still
living