Paul Anka
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Paul Albert Anka is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and actor. His songs include "Diana", "You Are My Destiny", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", "(You're) Having My Baby" and "My Way".
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Paul Albert Anka is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, actor, and film actor. Born in Ottawa in 1941, he began his work period in 1955. He speaks and writes in English and plays the piano, guitar, and voice. His musical genres include pop music, doo-wop, jazz, and soft rock. Anka has recorded for ABC Records, Columbia Records, EMI Records, and RCA Records.
He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection and has received the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canada's Walk of Fame, and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres awards. He also holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Anka resides in Ottawa and is married to Anna Anka. They have six children, including Amanda Anka. His copyright representative is Broadcast Music, Inc.
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known for his signature hit songs including "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". Anka also wrote the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; one of Tom Jones' biggest hits, "She's a Lady"; and the English lyrics to Claude François and…
Known for
- My Way — Self2024
- Paul Anka: His Way — Self2024
- Vegas: The Story of Sin City — Self - Entertainer2024
- Mireille Mathieu - Singen, nur singen — Self (archive footage)2021
- Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth — Self2020
- David Foster: Off the Record — Self2019
- Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin — Self2019
- The Masked Singer — Broccoli2019
- The Masked Singer — Broccoli (archive footage)2019
- Buddy Holly: Rave On — Self2017
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Albert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Ottawa
- Spouse
- Anna Anka
- Child
- Amanda Anka
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Sanremo Music Festival 1964
- Field of work
- popular music
- Genre
- soft rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Canadian-American Records
- Official website
- www.paulanka.com
- Image
- Paul Anka 1995.jpg
- Number of children
- 6
- Residence
- Ottawa
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- Commons category
- Paul Anka
- date of birth
- 1941-07-30
- birth name
- Paul Albert Anka
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- name in native language
- Paul Albert Anka
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- social media followers
- 515000
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and actor. His songs include "Diana", "You Are My Destiny", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", "(You're) Having My Baby" and "My Way".
Anka also wrote the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; one of Tom Jones' biggest hits, "She's a Lady"; and the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song "My Way", which has been recorded by many artists including Elvis Presley. He co-wrote three songs with Michael Jackson: "This Is It" (originally titled "I Never Heard"), "Love Never Felt So Good", and "Don't Matter to Me", which became posthumous hits for Jackson in 2009, 2014, and 2018, respectively.
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