Paul Anka Musical artist

Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor. Anka became famous in the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". He wrote such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones's biggest hits, "She's a Lady", as well as the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way" (originally the French song "Comme d'habitude"). He was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2005.In 1983, he co-wrote the song "I Never Heard" with Michael Jackson. It was retitled and released in 2009 under the name "This Is It". An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from this 1983 session, "Love Never Felt So Good", was since discovered and was released on Jackson's posthumous album Xscape in 2014. The song was also released by Johnny Mathis in 1984.Anka became a naturalized US citizen in 1990.

Personal facts

Paul Anka
Birth dateJuly 30, 1941
Birth place
Ontario , Ottawa , Canada

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Musical artist

Career started1955
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Jazz
Pop music
Soft rock
Doo-wop
instrument
Guitar
Piano
Singing
record label
EMI Records
Columbia Records
RCA Records

Paul Anka on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://paulanka.com
  2. http://www.paulanka.com