Singer PAUL ANKA.

My mother loved some Paul Anka song.

Songs he wrote

He had a reputation as a total asshole.

He was cheap.

His daughter is married to Jason Bateman. For a long time.

Daddy like

He appeared in the Grade B movie Girls Town with DL icon Mamie Van Doren and sang his biggest hit "Lonely Boy."

Young Paul Anka. Nice head of hair. Of Lebanese descent.

His song “Closing Doors” from his album The Painter is a real gut punch of a song; very melancholy and not what you’d usually associate with Paul Anka.

I'd love to know what his royalties were for this melody he whipped out in just a few minutes.

[quote] It was performed more than 1.4 million times during the Johnny Carson's 30-year run as host. The song earned him the Classic Contribution Award from BMI.

Took his shirt off on The Mike Douglas Show once. I spontaneously came.

You're havin my baby - what a horrible way to show how much you love me

r10, I haven't heard that theme song in 30 years and even without clicking on your link, I still remember it exactly.

Richard and Karen Carpenter hated him, they fired him as the opening act of their tour. Allegedly, Paul and Richard almost got into a fistfight.

#13 - I just thought the same thing! Good ole Doc Seversen!

R14, you got that mixed up. That was Neil Sedaka.

[quote]A prolific songwriter and singer he had his first big hit when he was only 15 - "Diana" went to #1 and earned him a gold record.

That's [italic]my[/italic]song--it speaks to my endless pain and heartache, and yet tells me someone is watching out for me and cares for me.

It's no one else's song--it is certainly not William's.

In the mid-1980s,[38] 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 around 2004, and a number of quotes from it became famous, including "The guys get shirts!"; "Don't make a maniac out of me!"; and "Slice like a fucking hammer".[39] Some of the quotes were reproduced verbatim by Al Pacino's character in the 2007 film Ocean's Thirteen.[38]

I was once at a function and, while leaving, picked a place card up off the floor. It said, "Mr. Paula Anka, Table Four." I now have it on a shelf alongside other curios.

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He dated Connie Francis and wrote the hit "Teddy" for her.

R8, for years, I mistakenly thought he was Italian.

[quote] for years, I mistakenly thought he was Italian.

When really, like Mr. Danny Thomas, he is actually Lesbian!

Paul Anka, then and now.

Paul Anka wrote this sorta woke thing that I like.

I always thought he was hawt. A little short for my taste, but a little fuck machine I bet.

He wrote the worst song of all time.

LOVE THIS DUET w/ Peter Cetera.

There's a few versions of this but this is the best one. Has nothing to do with The Notebook, its just a fan edit.

Paul Albert Anka, 79

Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka Sr., who owned a restaurant called the Locanda. His parents were both of Lebanese Christian descent. His father came to America from Bab Tuma in Damascus, Syria, and his mother was an immigrant from Lebanon. His mother died when he was 18.

Sad his mom never saw his success

^as in, “I just don’t see it, Paul. Neil Sedaka on the other hand”

He was only 16 when he wrote and recorded "Diana"? I never would have thought that; he sounds fully adult on the recording... guess his voice changed early.

Anyway, that gives a whole new "Ewww" meaning to the text.

Creepy dude. I always imagined he was behind Sam Cooke's death.

R21 Connie is great, but that song not so good. She did not even like it and removed it from the B side of Mama and replaced it with a Sedaka penned song, Valentino.

Very honest mini-doc about the making of a teen idol. And the professionalism that leads to longevity, whereas others fade into oblivion.

Hawt guy. I swear he served up major bulge on the Carson show in the ‘70s. Definite BDE, but he’s like 4’10.” Anger management issues to be sure. Trade, at most. Pity….

He was Annette's first love.....I think his book was released the week she died.... I remember him on I think THE VIEW and someone asked him about her.....

I can't imagine Neil Sedaka almost getting into a fistfight with anyone. He was just a big ol' girl's blouse.

Didn't he write the them song to the Tonight Show... and made something like $400 every time they played it... 200 times a year for 30 years?

Oops, I forgot my link (bonus: Paul in his underwear).

Richard Carpenter was apparently jealous that Sedaka was getting more audience applause in his warm up than the "Carpenters" did.

Isn't he a dwarf?

He has a sense of humor, at least, on the Gilmore Girls:

I always hated his having a baby song.

He just celebrated his 80th birthday. Here’s a happy birthday video featuring messages from the stars nckuding from his daughter Amanda’s BFF Jen Aniston and his son-in-law Jason Bateman.

He's having MY baby.

I called him "the little arab."

Did I miss Jason Bateman in that video or did he not appear in it?

R47 I posted the wrong link! Posted below now. Jason Bateman appears just before the 4.00 minute mark looking like he’s very sleepy on the Ozark set. This vid includes messages from lots of DL “faves” - Aniston, Kimmel, Travolta, ONJ, Leeeeeza Gibbons not Liza sadly.