Paul Anka - Diana (Lyrics
on Screen)
Paul Anka - Puppy Love
Paul Anka - Lonely Boy
Paul Anka
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Paul Anka
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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 (from Syrian and Lebanese parents),
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 forFrank
Sinatra's signature
song, "My Way",
which has been covered by many including Elvis
Presley. 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.
