Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor of Lebanese origin.[LINK: http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608001205/Paul-Anka.html] Paul Anka Biography He became a naturalized US citizen in 1990. Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hits songs like Diana, Lonely Boy, and Put Your Head on My Shoulder. He went on to write such well known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Tom Jones' biggest hit She's A Lady, and the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song My Way. Early life Anka's parents, Andy and Camelia, who owned a restaurant, were of Lebanese Christian (Orthodox) and a Syrian descent. He sang with the St Elijah Lebanese Antiochian Orthodox Church choir under the dir

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