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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.
The previous month, "Times of Your Life" had spent one week atop the Billboard easy listening (adult contemporary) chart, Anka's only recording to do so. [4] It was Anka's twelfth and final Billboard Top Ten hit. Anka began including the song in his concert appearances, particularly during his shows in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Paul Anka Sings His Big 15: ABC Paramount CD, LP 4 — 1961 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15, Vol. 2: ABC Paramount LP 72 — 1962 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15, Vol. 3: ABC Paramount LP — — 1962 Diana: ABC Paramount CD, LP — — 1963 Paul Anka's 21 Golden Hits: RCA Victor CD, LP 65 — 1969 Diana: Paul Anka Sings His Greatest Hits: RCA Victor LP ...
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The 1974 single release was an international hit, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 5 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart [2] and No. 2 in Canada. [3] Like most of Anka's and Coates's songs, it performed poorly in recurrent rotation, and ranked among the songs with the most drop-off in airplay from 1975. [4]
Rock Swings is an album by Paul Anka.Recorded in November 2004 and released on May 31, 2005 in Canada and June 7, 2005 in the United States, it contains swing jazz covers of popular rock and pop songs from the 1980s and 1990s.
Allmusic gave the compilation 4.5 stars out of 5 and said, "Not many artists can claim a 20-year run of hits, much less be credited with writing the majority of them as well, but Paul Anka can." [ 1 ]
Anka's version was recorded in August 1958 at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, twenty days before he recorded his no. 1 hit "Lonely Boy", and was released as a single on August 17, 1959, by ABC-Paramount as catalog number 4510040.