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Paul Anka
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Paul Anka
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Anka at the 2007 North Sea Jazz
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Background information
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Birth name
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Paul Albert Anka
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1955–present
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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".[1] 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.
Early
life[edit]
Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario to
Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka, Sr., who owned a
restaurant called the Locanda.[2] His
parents were both Antiochian
Orthodox Christians.[3] He is of
Lebanese descent. [4]
Anka sang with the St. Elias
Antiochian Orthodox Church choir
under the direction of Frederick Karam, with whom he studied music theory. He
studied piano with Winnifred Rees. He attendedFisher Park High School,
where he was part of a vocal trio called the Bobby
Soxers.[5][
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