Paul Anka's version of the song "Good Night My Love".
Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor. Anka became famous in the late 1950s, '60s, and '70s with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby".
He wrote such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones's biggest hits, "She's a Lady", as well as the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way" (originally the French song "Comme d'habitude").
In 1983, he co-wrote the song "I Never Heard" with Michael Jackson.
It was retitled and released in 2009 under the name "This Is It".[1]
An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from this 1983 session, "Love Never Felt So Good", has since been discovered, and will be released in the future.
The song was also released by Johnny Mathis in 1984.
Anka became a naturalized US citizen in 1990.
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Anka at the 2007 North Sea Jazz Festival
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul Albert Anka |
| Born | July 30, 1941 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Pop, jazz, soft rock, doo-wop |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, guitar |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Labels | EMI Columbia, RCA, Columbia |
| Website | Official website |
Other film and television appearances
Anka was the subject of the 1962 National Film Board of Canada documentary Lonely Boy, considered a classic work of cinema verite.[22]He wrote and performed songs in a 1985 Canadian children's Christmas cartoon, George and the Christmas Star.
In American Idol's seasons 2 and 3, he made a special appearance and sang an adapted version of "My Way" that mocked the format of the show, as well as participants, judges, and the host.
The performance was praised as "One of the Best Moments in American Idol".[citation needed]
Popular culture
In the mid-1980s,[23] Anka was secretly recorded while launching a tirade against his crew and band members, berating them for behavior that he considered unprofessional.When asked about it on the interview program Fresh Air, he referred to the person who did the recording as a "snake we later fired".
The recording became widely known after being uploaded to the Internet and a number of quotes from it have since become famous, including "The guys get shirts!"; "Don't make a maniac out of me!"; and "Slice like a fucking hammer!".[24]
Some of the quotes were reproduced verbatim by Al Pacino's character in the 2007 film Ocean's Thirteen.[23]
He was mentioned in the "Fish Licence" sketch in the tenth episode of Series 2 (23rd overall) of Monty Python's Flying Circus, which was first broadcast on December 1, 1970.
Dealing with a postal clerk (Michael Palin) who thought it absurd to give all of one's pets the same name, Praline, (John Cleese) countered that there was nothing wrong with it, citing Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as an example.
To support his argument, he submitted as evidence an entry from the book "Kemal Ataturk, the Man by E.W. Swanton with a foreword by Paul Anka".[25]
On Gilmore Girls, Lorelai Gilmore named her Polish Lowland Sheepdog after Anka.[26]
Series co-creator Daniel Palladino chose the name after hearing the Rock Swings album at a coffeehouse.[27]
In the cold open to the episode The Real Paul Anka, both Paul Ankas were featured in a dream sequence Lorelei describes to her daughter, Rory.[28][29]
On That 70's Show, Paul Anka made a brief cameo in the episode 'Red's Last Day'.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
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| 1958 | Let's Rock | Self | |
| 1959 | Verboten! | Self, behind opening credits | |
| 1959 | Girls Town | Jimmy Parlow | |
| 1960 | The Private Lives of Adam and Eve | Pinkie Parker | |
| 1961 | Look in Any Window | Craig Fowler | |
| 1961 | The Seasons of Youth | Self | Documentary |
| 1961 | Make Room for Daddy | Paul Pryor in episode Old Man Danny | TV Series |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | U.S. Army Ranger | |
| 1965 | The Red Skelton Hour | Bonnie Prince Gorgeous in episode Nuts of the Round Table | TV Series |
| 1974 | Kojak | Buddy Maus in episode The Betrayal | TV Series |
| 1977 | Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me | Self | TV Special |
| 1977 | Elvis in Concert | No role - Soundtrack #12: My Way written by Paul Anka | TV Special |
| 1982 | The Paul Anka Show | Host | TV Series |
| 1983 | The Fall Guy | Vic Madison in episode Dirty Laundry | TV Series |
| 1987 | Crime Story | Anthony 'Tony' Dio in episode Top of the World | TV Series |
| 1991 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster | Nick Angel | TV Movie |
| 1992 | Captain Ron | Yacht Broker Donaldson | |
| 1993 | Ordinary Magic | Joey Dean | |
| 1994 | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Self | TV Movie |
| 1996 | Mad Dog Time | Danny Marks | |
| 2001 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | Pit Boss #1 | |
| 2005 | Las Vegas! | Self in episode Fake the Money and Run | TV Series |
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