Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger) Newsgroups: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s Subject: Re: ABC-PARAMOUNT LABEL FAVORITES Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 20:34:45 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: <0f9f820310addd38b1012497e37c3737@www.novabbs.com> <3e040582b657b402cceaf67660046832@www.novabbs.com> <8e39ff16e9c184aedfcfc13e16af5fe5@www.novabbs.com> <16696509bd063132c09469f4c7c3827e@www.novabbs.com> <92a93f88a4d7dc9d3839703bb784cf93@www.novabbs.com> <_3QXP.2$S_65.1@fx48.iad> <565870dd7da02faed508da8a73416c21@www.novabbs.com> <73d54860da2ff20d6c2c7158c306a29b@www.novabbs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1636097"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="RdTzbdQMl4AomIx1b1xqthAcwov5mMFuDRq4vmkpdJQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$pFZsjQECRiBqimZ3lPSdJOEQkmY3wuGqZ6X3ZClbgqa4/kUnSwk/S X-Rslight-Posting-User: ea0fd7aeb10ce4c545d8ca4480c1c21858dd33aa 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