Paul Anka Biography
Birth Name: Paul Albert Anka
Born: 1941/07/30
Birth Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died: NULL
Years Active: 1955–present
Genres: Pop, Jazz, Soft Rock, Doo-wop
Born: 1941/07/30
Birth Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died: NULL
Years Active: 1955–present
Genres: Pop, Jazz, Soft Rock, Doo-wop
Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor. He became a naturalized US citizen in 1990.
Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder". He went on to write 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", and the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way".
In 1983, he co-wrote with Michael Jackson the song "I Never Heard", which 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", has since been discovered, and will be released in the near future.
Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder". He went on to write 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", and the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way".
In 1983, he co-wrote with Michael Jackson the song "I Never Heard", which 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", has since been discovered, and will be released in the near future.
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