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 and American singer-songwriter, actor, and film actor. Born in Ottawa in 1941, he began his work period in 1955. Anka performs on the piano, guitar, and voice, working within the pop music, doo-wop, jazz, and soft rock genres. He has recorded for ABC Records, Columbia Records, EMI Records, and RCA Records. His notable works include *My Way*, *Greatest Hits Live*, and *Essential Paul Anka*.
Anka resides in Ottawa and is married to Anna Anka. The couple has six children, including Amanda Anka. He speaks English as his native language. Throughout his career, Anka has received several honors, including induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Canada's Walk of Fame. He was also awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Canada's Photographer l Photographe du Canada
- Essential Paul Anka
- My way
- 80. The Essential Paul Anka
- Greatest Hits Live
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Wikidata facts
- 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
- P8168
- A Ceremony of Carols
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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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