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Eye of the Tiger(04:04)
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- You Are My Destiny(02:46)
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- Mr. Brightside(03:50)
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- Diana(02:25)
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Crazy Love(02:24)
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Put Your Head on My Shoulder(02:38)
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Tonight My Love Tonight(02:09)
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I Love You Baby(02:12)
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Something Happened(02:35)
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Dance on Little Girl(01:56)
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Summers Gone(02:45)
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Loveland(02:19)
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- I'm Just a Lonely Boy(02:32)
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The Painter(04:33)
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Paul Anka bio
Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Lebanese-Canadian singer and songwriter.
He began singing as a child, first starting in the St Elijah Syriac Orthodox Church choir in Ottawa. As a student at Ottawa's Fisher Park High School he was part of a trio called the Bobby Soxers.
Encouraged by his parents, at age 14 he recorded his first single, I Confess. In 1957 h... e went to New York City where he auditioned for ABC, singing a lovestruck verse he had written to a former babysitter, Diana Ayoub. The song, Diana, brought Anka instant stardom as it rocketed to number one on the charts. Diana is one of the best selling 45s in music history. He followed up with four songs that made it into the Top 20 in 1958, making him one of the biggest teen idols of the time. He toured Britain and then, with Buddy Holly, toured Australia.
His talent went beyond singing, writing Buddy Holly's giant hit, It Doesn't Matter Anymore, the theme for Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, Tom Jones' biggest hit record, She's A Lady, and the English lyrics for My Way, Frank Sinatra's signature song and sung by many well known artists, including Greta Keller, for whom the words were ve Full bioRead more
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