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Paul Albert Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka Sr., who owned a restaurant called the Locanda. [2] According to Anka's autobiography, My Way, both of his parents were of Lebanese Christian descent; however, he also states in his autobiography that his ancestors came from Bab Tuma, in Syria.
Aldon Music was a New York–based music publishing company, founded by Don Kirshner and Al Nevins in 1958. Aldon is regarded as having played a significant role in shaping the Brill Building Sound in the late 1950s and 1960s.
In 1961, after Goldner transferred his Gone and End record labels to music industry executive Morris Levy, [9] Ripp became national promotion director at Nevins/Kirshner Associates, Inc., founded by Al Nevins and Don Kirshner. [10] (The company was the parent of Dimension Records and its music publishing division Aldon Music (BMI). [11]
Paul Anka shot to fame in the 1950s as a young heartthrob from Canada with an incredible voice.
Kirshner achieved his first major success in the late 1950s and early 1960s as co-owner of the influential New York-based publishing company Aldon Music with partner Al Nevins, which had under contract at various times several of the most important songwriters of the so-called "Brill Building" school, including Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Neil Sedaka, Neil Diamond, Paul Simon, Phil Spector ...
It was 1957 -- sixty years ago -- when a 16-year-old Paul Anka used an uncle's gift of $100 to travel to New York City. He auditioned for ABC's Dan Costa. By 1958, he was a star.
By 1964, Dante, Jordan and Wynn were all staff writers and session singers for Aldon Music, the music publishing company that had been founded by Don Kirshner and Al Nevins: that year the three eighteen-year-olds had collaborated in writing the Ronnie Dante single "Little Lollypop" and as the Cabin Kids the trio were recording surf music style ...
Paul Anka in 2019; Michael Jackson in 1996. Michael Jackson ’s death on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50 shocked the world, but the aftermath of the King of Pop’s passing packed an extra punch ...