Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Leba… Read Full 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 Syrian 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 he 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 very fitting.

In the 1960s, Anka would begin acting in motion pictures as well as writing songs for them, most notably the theme for the hit movie The Longest Day. From his movie work, he wrote and recorded his monster hit, Lonely Boy. He then went on to become one of the first pop singers to perform at the Las Vegas casinos.

After more than ten years without a hit record, in 1974 he teamed up with Odia Coates to record the number 1 hit, Having My Baby. They would record two more duets that both made it into the Top 10. In 1975, he wrote a jingle for Kodak called The Times of Your Life. The jingle became so popular, he recorded it as a full song, The Times of Your Life, and it became a hit a year later.

By the 1970s, Anka's career centered around adult contemporary and big-band standards, played regularly in Las Vegas. On September 6, 1990, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He returned to his home town to buy a part of the Ottawa Senators hockey team.

In 1999 he visited Lebanon for sell-out performances at the Forum de Beyrouth (The Beirut Forum).

Paul Anka was elected to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1980. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Blvd. In 1991, the Government of France honored him with the title "Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters". He was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 2005.

On the WB show Gilmore Girls, Lorelai named her new dog Paul Anka. He also made a guest appearance as himself in the episode "The Real Paul Anka", which aired April 11, 2006.

Paul Anka recently did a live session on Live @ The Orange Lounge playing songs from his new cover-CD Rock Swings.

Notable rap artist Jay-Z featured his vocals on the track I Did it my Way on The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse in 2002.

He became infamous amongst musicians (and more recently to internet users) for a mid-70's after-show tirade which was secretly recorded by a "snake we later fired" (Anka: Fresh Air interview). The diatribe, in which Anka berates his crew and band members, has spawned a number of in-joke references and quotations, the main ones being: "The guys get shirts", "Where's Joe?", and "Slice like a hammer."

Christmas Greeting From Paul Anka
Paul Anka Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Paul Anka:

(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings The secret way you hold my hand to let me know…
(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love I believe there is nothing stronger than our love I believe…
(You're) Having My Baby Having my baby what a lovely way of saying How much you…
04 -I Love You Baby As I walk by the seaside As I walk through the…
10 A Steel Guitar And A Glass Of Wine Just give me a steel guitar, a glass of wine…
6. Pup your head on my shoulder Put your head on my shoulder Hold me in your arms,…
A Foggy Day Was a stranger in the city Out of town…
A Mi Manera Viví, siempre vivií Y ha sido así mi vida entera Jamás, me…
A Steel Guitar A Glass Of Wine Just give me a steel guitar and a glass of…

A Steel Guitar And Glass Of Wine Just give me a steel guitar, a glass of wine…
Adam & Eve In the garden of Eden, a long time ago, Yeah, there…
Against The Wind It seems like yesterday But it was long ago Janey was lovely…
All I Have To Do Is Dream Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dr…
All of a Sudden My Heart Sings The secret way you hold my hand to let me know…
All of Sudden All of a sudden my heart sings When I remember little…
And So It's Goodbye So it's goodbye So should I cry You pray a…
Anytime Anytime you need me babe Just call I'll be there Call and…
Autumn Leaves The falling leaves Drift by my window There are the leaves O…
Bad Day Where is the moment we needed the most You kick up…
Bitch I was justified when I was five Raising cane, I spit…
Black Hole Sun In my eyes Indisposed In disguise As no one knows Hides the …
Blackhole Sun In my eyes Indisposed In disguise As no one knows Hides …
Blue Christmas I'll have a blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue…
Blue on Blue [Chorus] Blue on blue, heartache on heartache Blue on blue…
Bonaparte's Retreat Met the girl I love In a town 'way down in…
Both Sides Now Rows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in…
Bring The Wine Bring the wine my lady Bring the wine my love It's the…
Can I can't stop loving you, I made up my mind To…
Can't Get Used To Losing You Guess there's no use in hangin' 'round Guess I'll get dress…
Canadian Sunset Once I was alone So lonely and then You came, out of…
Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at you…
Cinderella Cinderella cinderella, pretty pretty pretty cinderella It's …
Come Rain or Come Shine For once in my life I have someone who needs…
Crazy I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy crazy…
Crazy Love Crazy love it's just a crazy love I love you so…
Cry If I had just one tear running down your cheek…
Crying In The Wind La la la Crying in the wind As a teardrop flies Into the…
Daddy's Home You're my love you're my angel You're the girl of my…
Dance On Little Girl Dance, dance on little girl In the arms of someone new As…
Diana Certo non ne ho viste mai Belle e sexy meglio di…
Diana (Re-Recorded Version) I'm so young and you're so old This, my darling, I've…
Diana feat. Ricky Martin Certo non ne ho viste mai Belle e sexy meglio di…
Dianna ownload "Diana" Ringtone "Diana" I'm so young and you're so…
Did You Have a Happy Birthday Did you have a happy birthday? Even though I wasn't there? D…
Did You Have a Happy Birthday? Did you have a happy birthday? Even though I wasn't there? …
Do I Love You Beyond the shadow of a doubt As the mighty river flows As…
Do I Love You? Beyond the shadow of a doubt, As the mighty river flows, A…
Don I don't like to sleep alone Stay with me Don't go Talk with…
Don T Ever Leave Me Don't ever leave me.. Don't say goodbye.. If you do, I'll be…
Don't Gamble with Love Don't gamble with love It's only for fools So play…
Don`t Ever Leave Me Don't ever leave me.. Don't say goodbye.. If you do, I'll be…
Don`t Gamble With Love Don't gamble with love It's only for fools So play…
Don´t Ever Leave Me Don't ever leave me.. Don't say goodbye.. If you do, I'll …
Eso Mm, eso beso, ooh that kiss Aah, eso beso, ooh…
Eso Beso (That Kiss) Mmm, eso beso, ooh that kiss Aah, eso beso, ooh your…
Every Little Move You Make I'm watching you Watching you to see What you're doing witho…
Every Night Every night I keep prayin' that you love me Every night…
Everybody Hurts When your day is long And the night The night is yours…
Everybody Ought To Be In Love (CHORUS) Everybody ought to be in love Everybody ought to ha…
Everything's Been Changed Rearranged Every room, every floor Every inch from door to…
Eye Of The Tiger Risin' up, back on the street Took my time, took…
Eyes Without A Face I'm all out of hope One more bad dream could bring…
Find My Way Back To Your Heart Another long and restless night, I was wrong and you were…
Fly Me to the Moon Two young lovers have run the world And now there home…
For Once In My Life For once in my life I have someone who needs…
Freedom For The World Look at the madness, Faces of the sadness, People are trying…
Games People Play Oh the games people play now Every night and every day…
Get Here You can reach me by railway, You can reach me…
Goodnight My Love Goodnight, my love Pleasant dreams, sleep tight, my love May…
Happier I felt the closing walls Trouble on the rise You didn't have…
Happy Baby, the world has Been good to you and me And in…
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing Ark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King!…
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Let your heart be li…
Having My Baby You're havin' my baby What a lovely way of sayin' how…
He He's got the whole world in His hands, He's got the…
He'll Have to Go Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone. Let's…
Heaven Oh, thinkin' about all our younger years There was only you…
Hello I've been alone with you Inside my mind And in my dreams…
Hello Jim Hello, Jim, what do you say? Remember my love That I lost…
Hello Young Lovers When I think of Tom I think about a night When the…
Helloyoung Lovers When I think of Tom I think about a night When the…
Hold Me 'Til The Morning Comes Two broken hearts Neither one knows what to say Both falling…
Hold Till The Morning Comes Two broken hearts Neither one knows what to say Both falli…
I You caught me fooling around with somebody new You caught me…
I CAN I can't stop loving you, I made up my mind To…
I Can't Help Loving You I can't stop loving you, I made up my mind To…
I Can't Stop Loving You I can't stop loving you so I've made up my…
I Can't Take This Anymore Every time we kiss Something tells me this isn't what it…
I Confess I must confess, i do Yes, my darling, I love you From the…
I Don't Like To Sleep Alone I don't like to sleep alone Stay with me Don't go Talk with…
I Don’t Like To Sleep Alone I don't like to sleep alone Stay with me, don't go Talk…
I Go To Extremes Call me a joker, call me a fool Right at this…
I Love Paris I love you, I love you Is all that I can…
I Love You You always hurt the one you love The one you…
I Love You Baby As I walk by the seaside As I walk through the…
I Love You in the Same Old Way I remember when we used to be in our teens I…
I M Still Waiting Here For You (You didn't even say goodbye) So I sit here &…
I Miss You So Those happy hours I spent with you That lovely afterglow Mos…
i never knew your name Although we've never, never danced I loved you with just one…
I Really Miss You I really miss you, will forever more. Let me say the…
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus Underneath the mistletoe las…
I Went To Your Wedding I went to your wedding Although I was dreading The thought o…
I'd Never Find Another You Don't ever worry that I'll leave you That's such a foolish…
I'll Be Home For Christmas I am dreaming tonight of a place I love Even more…
I'm Coming Home Yeah, yeah, yeah... I've been away from you Such a long,…
I'm Not Anyone I'm not anyone No not just anyone I have the right to…
I'm Still Waiting Here for You (You didn't even say goodbye) So I sit here &…
I've Been Waiting for You All My Life I always knew you'd come along I waited for you for…
I've Gotta Be Me Whether I'm right, whether I'm wrong Whether I find a place…
If You Love Me (Ooh-wop-wa, ooh-wop-wa, ooh-wop-wa-wa) (Ooh-wop-wa, ooh-wop…
Im Not Anyone I'm not anyone No not just anyone I have the right to…
In My Imagination For once in my life I have someone who needs…
In The Still Of The Night Shoo doop, shooby do In the still of the night I held…
It When somebody leaves you, that's the time to cry When you…
It Doesn T Matter Anymore There you go and baby here am I Well you left…
It Doesn't Matter Anymore There you go and baby here am I Well you left…
It's A Sin When I look back upon my life It's always with a…
It's Christmas Everywhere Snowflakes falling down, on every little town A blanket of s…
It's Hard to Say Goodbye There's something in your eyes That's far too revealing Why…
It's My Life This ain't a song for the broken-hearted No silent prayer…
It's Not for Me to Say It's not for me to say You'll love me It's…
It's only make believe People see us everywhere they all think you really care But…
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year I'm dreamin' tonight of a place I love Even more then…
It's Time to Cry When somebody leaves you, that's the time to cry When you…
Its Christmas Everywhere Snowflakes falling down, on every little town A blanket of s…
Its Hard to Say Goodbye There's something in your eyes That's far too revealing Why…
Jambalaya Good-bye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh Me gotta…
Jingle Bells Dashing through the snow On a one-horse open sleigh, Over th…
Johnny B. Goode Way down Louisiana close to New Orleans, Way back up in…
Jubilation Re-jubilation with some celebration beginning Total rejectio…
Jump I get up, and nothin' ever gets me down You got…
Just Young When they see us Walking home together And we're holding han…
Kiddy Kiddy Kiss Me Kiddy, kiddy kiss me! Kiddy, kiddy kiss me! Kiddy, kiddy…
Kissin' On the Phone Every night when I'm all alone All I do is call…
Learning To Love Again Here I go again, trippin on my own feet Lately it…
Les Filles De Paris I've been around, seen the world, So it's safe to…
Let It Snow Oh the weather outside is frightful, But the fire is…
Let Me Be the One Some sleepless night If you should find yourself alone Let m…
Let Me Get To Know You Let me get to know you Help me make it last Help…
Let Me Try Again I know I said that I was leaving But I just…
Let the Bells Keep Ringing Well, there once was a boy from the town of…
Life Song Last night in bed I dreamt I was dead I woke…
Lifesong Last night in bed I dreamt I was dead I woke…
Lonely Boy I'm just a lonely boy Lonely and blue I'm all alone With not…
Loney Boy I'm just a lonely boy, lonely and blue i'm all alone…
Longest Day Many men came here as soldiers Many men will pass this…
Longest Day {From Darryl F. Zanuck's Production "The Longest Day"} Many men came here as soldiers Many men will pass this…
Lonley Boy I'm just a lonely boy Lonely and blue I'm all alone With not…
Love Love makes the world go round Love makes the world go…
Love Cats We move like cagey tigers We couldn't get closer than this …
Love Is Waking up on a Sunday morning Slowly clearing my head You wa…
Love Is A Lonely Song Love is a lonely song on a rainy day You and…

and many more tracks by Paul Anka.

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