Ray Quinn
Studio album by
Ray Quinn
Released12 March 2007[1]
RecordedJanuary 2007
Los Angeles, California
GenreVocal jazz
Length34:05
LabelSyco
ProducerNigel Wright
Ray Quinn chronology
Ray Quinn
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Professional ratings
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AllMusic[2]

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.[3][4] It was released on 12 March 2007 and entered the UK Albums Chart at number one the following week, making Quinn the first person ever to have a number-one album without releasing a single. It sold 126,985 copies in its first week, enough to be certified Gold.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:31
  2. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 2:27
  3. "My Way" (Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault) - 4:29
  4. "That's Life" (Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay) - 3:13
  5. "Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:02
  6. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons) - 2:39
  7. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 4:11
  8. "Summer Wind" (Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer) - 2:44
  9. "What a Wonderful World" (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) - 2:15
  10. "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) - 3:25
  11. "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.)

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ^ "iTunes - Music - Ray Quinn by Ray Quinn". iTunes Store (Apple Inc.). Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ "X Factor loser Ray wins record deal". Irish Examiner. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. ^ "X Factor's Ray heads to Sinatra studios". Digital Spy. 18 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 January 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2007.
  5. ^ Jones, Alan (29 July 2013). "Official Charts Analysis: Jahmene Douglas needs just 19k to hit No.1". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 12, 2007". Chart-Track. IRMA.
  7. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  8. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2007". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  11. ^ "The Irish Charts - 2007 Certification Awards - Gold". Irish Recorded Music Association.
  12. ^ "British album certifications – Ray Quinn – Doing It My Way". British Phonographic Industry.


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