Paul Anka
Pop
The next Paul Anka concert is scheduled for Saturday, June 21, 2025 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, United States. See all 2 upcoming concerts
![Listen to (You're) Having My Baby [feat. Odia Coates] by Paul Anka, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music124/v4/c9/1b/8b/c91b8b9c-dc4c-4d89-daf8-f99d3391d175/05099994122152.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to (You're) Having My Baby [feat. Odia Coates] by Paul Anka, see lyrics, music video & more!")
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![Watch My Way (with Frank Sinatra) [Live] music video by Paul Anka](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video128/v4/b0/de/29/b0de29d4-fb4b-267d-7d06-1471cec6d2c8/8864439309880101VIC.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch My Way (with Frank Sinatra) [Live] music video by Paul Anka")
![Watch I'm Not Anyone (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) [Live performance video] music video by Paul Anka](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video118/v4/70/6f/14/706f1402-9cd7-23ee-c90b-40d270487adf/8864439378710101.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch I'm Not Anyone (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) [Live performance video] music video by Paul Anka")
![Watch Do I Love You (Yes, In Every Way) [Live] music video by Paul Anka](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video118/v4/a2/5e/bf/a25ebf04-9a37-36e5-d765-0553254b5fd8/8864439309710101VIC.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Do I Love You (Yes, In Every Way) [Live] music video by Paul Anka")
![Watch You Are My Destiny (with Patti LaBelle) [Live Performance] music video by Paul Anka](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video128/v4/b6/94/2c/b6942c67-fdcc-3d2f-e6eb-34aab8757fba/8864439309640101VIC.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch You Are My Destiny (with Patti LaBelle) [Live Performance] music video by Paul Anka")
![Watch Winter Wonderland (Llegó la Navidad) [feat. Paul Anka] music video by Emmanuel](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video211/v4/7e/eb/ef/7eebef64-9581-1fda-2681-5964723d2488/dj.gguembzh.png/575x575mv.webp "Watch Winter Wonderland (Llegó la Navidad) [feat. Paul Anka] music video by Emmanuel")
About Paul Anka
Hometown
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Born
July 30, 1941
Genre
Pop
Pop singer Paul Anka was a clean-cut teen idol in the 1950s thanks to a flurry of Top 10 hits. He was also a versatile musician who wrote songs that were hits for other artists as part of a career stretching more than 65 years.
• Anka recorded his first song, “I Confess,” in 1956 at the age of 14. But he didn’t find chart success until 1957 with the No. 1 hit “Diana,” which he also wrote.
• His biggest period of chart success came in 1959–60, when five of his singles reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 hit “Lonely Boy” in 1959 and the No. 2 hits “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” (1959) and “Puppy Love” (1960).
• Anka wrote the theme music for The Tonight Show, based on his own 1962 song “Toot Sweet.” He also wrote the English-language lyrics for “My Way,” originally a French song, which Frank Sinatra turned into a signature hit.
• After a long stretch without a hit in the ’60s, Anka returned to the charts in 1974 with “(You’re) Having My Baby,” a duet with Odia Coates that hit No. 1. Anka and Coates teamed up on two subsequent Top 10 songs, “One Man Woman/One Woman Man” (No. 7 in 1974) and “I Don't Like to Sleep Alone” (No. 8 in 1975).
• His 1983 song “Hold Me ’Til the Morning Comes” was Anka’s last single to reach the Top 40. Peter Cetera, then the singer for Chicago, sang backing vocals.
• Anka resurfaced in pop culture with his 1998 collaborative album A Body of Work, featuring artists including Céline Dion, Patti LaBelle, and Tom Jones.
• In 2005 Anka released Rock Swings, a collection of jazz covers of rock songs originally recorded by artists like Bon Jovi, Nirvana, R.E.M., and Van Halen.
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