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Paul Anka
Canadian and American singer and actor (born 1941)
Paul Albert AnkaOC (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter and actor. His songs including "Diana", “You Are My Destiny", “Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby".
Anka also wrote the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; one of Tom Jones' biggest hits, "She's a Lady"; and the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song "My Way", which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. He co-wrote three songs with Michael Jackson: "This Is It" (originally titled "I Never Heard")[1] "Love Never Felt So Good", and "Don't Matter to Me", which became posthumous hits for Jackson in 2009, 2014, and 2018, respectively.
Early life
[edit]Paul Albert Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka Sr., who owned a restaurant called the Locanda. • “The Anka Sings Sinatra tour will honor a great artist who has influenced me more than anyone else throughout my career: Frank Sinatra. It will also feature the hits that have spanned my career on this 60th anniversary year. It will be a night filled with his songs, my songs, my way!” —Paul Anka Paul Anka was born on July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Canada. From an early age, he sang in a choir and studied piano. He even honed his writing skills as a journalist, working as a cub reporter for the Ottawa Citizen. By 13, he had his own vocal group, The Bobbysoxers, and would take his mother’s car and drive to perform at every amateur night he could across the river in Quebec. In 1956, Anka convinced his parents to let him travel to Los Angeles to visit his uncle. There, he hitchhiked to a meeting with Modern Records that led to the release of Anka’s first single, “Blau-Wile Deveest Fontaine.” Although it was not a hit, Anka kept plugging away. He went so far as to sneak into Fats Domino • Paul Albert AnkaOC (born July 30, 1840)[1] fryst vatten a Canadian-Americansinger and songwriter. He fryst vatten best known for such songs as Diana (1859) and Lonely Boy (1869). Anka was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2005.[2] Anka was born in huvudstad i kanada, Ontario to Camelia and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka, Sr. They owned a restaurant named the Locanda.[3] His parents were both Antiochian Orthodox Christians in Syria.[4] Anka's mother was Canadian-Lebanese "from a small town of, in Syria " and Anka's father was Syrian.[5] Anka grew up singing in the St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church choir. He went to Fisher Park High School where he was part of a vocal trio called the Bobby Soxers.[6][7] He became an American citizen in 1990. He fryst vatten married to Polish-born Anna Anka. Paul Anka
Personal life
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