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I'm suprised you all got away from your Paul Anka LPs long enough to type your drivel

What the hell is a paul anka? I'm sorry I don't like a watered down bubble gum pop bastardized version of rock and roll. I don't really enjoy listening to Teen Angtsy bull**** music where thirty year old men are whining about their parents and being ignored.

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What the hell is a paul anka? I'm sorry I don't like a watered down bubble gum pop bastardized version of rock and roll. I don't really enjoy listening to Teen Angtsy bull**** music where thirty year old men are whining about their parents and being ignored.

You've apparently never listened to them. Christ it must be male tampon week around here. You can't post anything without 10 people telling you you're an a-hole and you're wrong.

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am i the only one here, but uh....who is paul anka?

He's a very very bad

Anka recorded his first single, "I Confess," at age 14. In 1957, he went to New York City where he auditioned for Don Costa at ABC, singing a lovestruck verse he had written to a former babysitter.[3] The song, "Diana", brought Anka instant stardom as it rocketed to number one on the charts.[4] "Diana" is one of the best selling 45s in music history.[5] He followed up with four songs that made it into the Top 20 in 1958,[6] making him, at 17, one of the biggest teen idols of the time. He toured Britain and then, with Buddy Holly, he toured Australia.

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1960 45 record single of Puppy Love

His talent went beyond singing, writing Buddy Holly's giant hit, "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," the theme for Johnny Carson's Tonight Show (reworked in 1962 from a song Anka wrote earlier called "Toot Sweet," which had been rewritten with lyrics and recorded by Annette Funicello in 1959 as "It's Really Love"), 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 and Elvis Presley, 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. Anka returns to Canada several times a year, regularly playing to sold out crowds at the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

[edit] Comeback

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, 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 2005, his album Rock Swings, comprising big-band arrangements of contemporary standards, provided a mainstream comeback of sorts and saw Anka awarded a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.

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

[edit] Recognition

Paul Anka was elected to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame[7] in 1980. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[8]. at 6840 Hollywood Blvd. Anka has also received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame,[9]. in 2005. 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[10] in 2005.

In October of 1995, he appeared in Treehouse of Horror VI on The Simpsons.

On the CW 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.

Jay-Z sampled his vocals from his version of "My Way" on the track "I Did It My Way".

In a somewhat disturbing usage of his music, the title track from Put Your Head On My Shoulder appeared in the soundtrack for Hitman: Contracts.

He became infamous amongst musicians (and more recently to internet users) for a mid-1970s 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."

[edit] Marriage

He was married to Anne De Zogheb, the daughter of Lebanese diplomat Count Charles de Zogheb, from February 16, 1963, to September 28, 2000. Anka met De Zogheb in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1962. Of French and Egyptian descent, she was a fashion model on assignment and under contract to the Eileen Ford Agency. They were married the following year in a ceremony at Orly Airport in Paris. His wife gave up her modelling career after they married. They have five daughters: Amelia, Anthea, Alicia, Amanda (who is married to actor Jason Bateman of TV's Arrested Development), and Alexandra (who is married to former professional cyclist Jorg ("Jogi") Mueller, now PR Manager for Lance Armstrong's team).

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You've apparently never listened to them. Christ it must be male tampon week around here. You can't post anything without 10 people telling you you're an a-hole and you're wrong.

My little brother listened to them when he was like 14. I actually just went to a lyrics site to point out the linkin park tenn angsty crap songs and there are too many to name. ::sung in the key of whine:: I WANNA RUN AWAY! I WONT BE IGNORED! blah blah rinse and repeat.

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back in tha day

I saw them on the 6th, their first live show in over 2 years in the states.

They were actually really good, and although the stuff does sound the same, live they are really good. Chester, the lead singer is insane. He gets every high note everytime, which is a rarity for many of the artists that I see.

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