Latest Release
- JUN 28, 2024
- 3 Songs
- Sings His Favorites · 1959
- 1950's Greatest Hits · 1959
- Evergreens · 2007
- Put Your Head On My Shoulder: The Very Best Of Paul Anka · 1959
- Paul Anka Sings His Big 15 (Remastered) · 1959
- The Best of the United Artists Years 1973-1977 · 1996
- Anka · 1974
- A Body of Work · 1998
- Sings His Favorites · 1957
- Paul Anka Sings His Big 10, Vol. 1 · 1992
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- Dreamy and love-struck, this Canadian crooner was one of the first teen idols.
- The Canadian crooner penned unforgettable pop that helped build icons.
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About Paul Anka
Pop singer Paul Anka was a clean-cut teen idol in the 1950s thanks to a flurry of Top 10 hits. He was also a versatile musician who wrote songs that were hits for other artists as part of a career stretching more than 65 years. • Anka recorded his first song, “I Confess,” in 1956 at the age of 14. But he didn’t find chart success until 1957 with the No. 1 hit “Diana,” which he also wrote. • His biggest period of chart success came in 1959–60, when five of his singles reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 hit “Lonely Boy” in 1959 and the No. 2 hits “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” (1959) and “Puppy Love” (1960). • Anka wrote the theme music for The Tonight Show, based on his own 1962 song “Toot Sweet.” He also wrote the English-language lyrics for “My Way,” originally a French song, which Frank Sinatra turned into a signature hit. • After a long stretch without a hit in the ’60s, Anka returned to the charts in 1974 with “(You’re) Having My Baby,” a duet with Odia Coates that hit No. 1. Anka and Coates teamed up on two subsequent Top 10 songs, “One Man Woman/One Woman Man” (No. 7 in 1974) and “I Don't Like to Sleep Alone” (No. 8 in 1975). • His 1983 song “Hold Me ’Til the Morning Comes” was Anka’s last single to reach the Top 40. Peter Cetera, then the singer for Chicago, sang backing vocals. • Anka resurfaced in pop culture with his 1998 collaborative album A Body of Work, featuring artists including Céline Dion, Patti LaBelle, and Tom Jones. • In 2005 Anka released Rock Swings, a collection of jazz covers of rock songs originally recorded by artists like Bon Jovi, Nirvana, R.E.M., and Van Halen.
- HOMETOWN
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- BORN
- July 30, 1941
- GENRE
- Pop