For Once in My Life - Frank Sinatra - MP3 instrumental karaoke

"For Once in My Life" is a classic song penned by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden and first recorded by Motown artist Jean DuShon in 1966. Though the original version was a slow ballad, it was Stevie Wonder's 1967 uptempo rendition that popularized the song and made it into a standard. Stevie Wonder’s recording of “For Once in My Life” reached the Top 5 of the US and UK charts in the late 1960s. The song would go on to be recorded by other musicians such as Barbara McNair and Tony Bennett. The iconic American crooner Frank Sinatra recorded his own version of the track, a big band rendition, in 1969. This brought further popularity to the song and further cemented its place as a standard. The Frank Sinatra version of “For Once in My Life” was included on his 1969 album My Way and became a hit in both the US and UK, hitting Number 11 in the US and Number 2 in the UK. The song's popularity has endured and it has been covered by many more artists over the years.