 These hit songs made him a favorite of middle-of-the-road pop singers like Tony Bennett, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, and Andy Williams.He was also widely covered by easy listening artists like Ray Conniff, Percy Faith, Henry Mancini, and Lawrence Welk.By the late 1960s, the music industry had changed, and many songwriters were now singing their own compositions.