" Ogni volta " (" Every Time ") was sung by Anka during the Festival di San Remo of 1964 and then sold more than one million copies in Italy alone ; it was also awarded a gold disc.

Tom Jones recorded a version of " My Way " in 1971, when it was released as the B-side to his big hit " She's a Lady " ( which Anka had also written ).

Girls Town is a 1959 film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé and Ray Anthony ; Paul Anka also appears in his first acting role.

The film, another rock-exploitation film aimed at the teenage drive-in crowd, was produced and directed by Harry Foster and also features performances from the Tyrones, Paul Anka, Wink Martindale, Roy Hamilton, Danny & the Juniors and the Royal Teens.

Besides his work with Toto, he also performed as a session musician with artists such as Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Willy DeVille, Jackson Browne, Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, Rickie Lee Jones, Michael Jackson, Go West, Nik Kershaw, Love and Money, Paul Simon, Don Henley, Madonna, Airplay, Al Jarreau, George Benson, the Manhattan Transfer, America, Peter Frampton, the Bee Gees, Tom Scott, Michael McDonald, Amy Holland, Joe Cocker, Stan Getz, Sérgio Mendes, Lee Ritenour, Christopher Cross, James Newton-Howard, Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Walsh, Jim Messina, Poco, Exile, the Four Tops, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, Les Dudek, Gerry Sack, Warren Zevon, Bonnie Raitt, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Roger Hodgson, Paul Anka, Eric Carmen, Eric Clapton, Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Tommy Bolin, Larry Carlton, Mari Iijima and Seals & Crofts.

She also appeared as a guest musician on albums by Bruce Cockburn and Connie Kaldor, appeared in theatre productions for the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario and worked as a backup singer for Paul Anka on tour.

Many hits were to follow, not only with Lawrence and Gorme, but with Lloyd Price, George Hamilton IV, and Paul Anka .. Apart from his arranging skills, Costa was an excellent guitarist and during the period 1956-1957 he released two 45s on ABC-Paramount using the alias Guitar ' Muvva ' Hubbard, the first an R & B styled instrumental ' Ponytail ' which he also wrote, as well as a cover version of Bill Justis ' hit record, ' Raunchy '.

He also recorded songs with Paul Anka in Las Vegas.

He also co-wrote the song " Goodnight My Love " with George Motola made famous by Jesse Belvin and Paul Anka.

Coates also recorded " Make It Up To Me in Love ", a sequel to " One Man Woman / One Woman Man ", with Anka in 1977.

Canadian crooner and Paul Anka protégé Michael Bublé also recorded a lushly arranged version of it on his eponymously titled 2003 debut album.

His talent went beyond the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 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 ") since Anka composed Tom Jones ' biggest hit record " She's a Lady " and wrote the English lyrics to " My Way ", Frank Sinatra's signature song sung by many well known artists.

The follow-up was another hit that Anka wrote for Sinatra, " Anytime ( I'll Be There )", peaking at # 33.

An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from this 1983 session, " Love Never Felt So Good ", has since been discovered, and will be released in the near future.

The song, " Diana ", brought Anka instant stardom as it rocketed to number one on the Canadian and U. S. music charts.

It became so popular Anka recorded it as a full song, which peaked at # 7 in the U. S. pop charts in 1976.

According to Anka, after recording the song, Jackson decided not to use it and the tune was then recorded and released by singer Sa-Fire.

An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from this 1983 session, " Love Never Felt So Good ", was discovered shortly thereafter and will be released in the near future.

This song was re-recorded several years later by Anka and Celine Dion and was included in his album, A Body of Work.

1958 saw its first Canadian rock and roll teen idol Paul Anka, who went to New York City where he auditioned for ABC with the song, Diana.

This song brought Anka instant stardom as it reached number one on the US Billboard charts.

Its lyrics were written by Paul Anka and set to music based on the French song " Comme d ' habitude " composed in 1967 by Claude François and Jacques Revaux, with lyrics by Claude François and Gilles Thibault.

Paul Anka heard the original 1967 French pop song, Comme d ' habitude ( as usual ) performed by Claude François, while on holiday in the south of France.

Back in New York, Anka re-wrote the original French song for Sinatra, subtly altering the melodic structure and changing the lyrics: " At one o ' clock in the morning, I sat down at an old IBM electric typewriter and said, ' If Frank were writing this, what would he say?

" Anka finished the song at 5 am.

" Despite this, Anka would later record the song in 1969 ( very shortly after Sinatra's recording was released ).

Elvis Presley began performing the song in concert during the mid-1970s, in spite of suggestions by Paul Anka, who told him it was not a song that would suit him.

TMZ founder and People's Court legal analyst Harvey Levin covered the song with Anka in 2011.

* The chorus of Bon Jovi's " It's My Life " ( subsequently covered by Paul Anka on Rock Swings ) references the song in the line " My heart is like an open highway / Like Frankie said, I did it my way.

In the 2006 episode of Gilmore Girls called " The Real Paul Anka ", Luke Danes's daughter April and her classmates sing the song on the bus.

*" Diana ", a song by The Misfits ( a cover of the Paul Anka Song )

*" Diana " ( song ), by Paul Anka, from 1957

Category: Songs written by Paul Anka

* " Love ( Makes the World Go ' Round )", an original song written and recorded by Paul Anka in 1963.

" Put Your Head on My Shoulder " is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka.

Category: Songs written by Paul Anka

The word Anka comes from the word for " necklace ", for the bird's neck is covered with white feathers forming like a necklace.

In the 1960s Anka began acting in motion pictures as well as writing songs for them, most notably the theme for the hit movie The Longest Day, in which he made a cameo appearance as a US Army Ranger.

After Anka threatened to sue for credit and a share of royalties, the administrators of Jackson's estate granted Anka 50 % of the copyright.

Already locally famous as a teenage idol for his songs in English language, in 1960 Anka tried to hit the Italian market with " Summer's Gone ", released as " Dove Sei?

Sometime in the mid-1980s, Anka was secretly recorded while launching a tirade against his crew and band members, berating them for unprofessional behavior in the show they had just played.

The album Sylvie à Nashville included the hits " La plus belle pour aller danser " and " Si je chante " and three news songs in English ( featuring Paul Anka again for one of them ).

Charlie Christensen uses his friends as inspiration for the characters and story in Arne Anka.

Singer Paul Anka claimed that Bandstand was responsible for creating a " youth culture.

However, it was the early 1960s that became known as the " Golden Age " for pop teen idols, who included Paul Anka, Fabian, Ricky Nelson and Frankie Avalon.

'" Anka claimed: " When my record company caught wind of it, they were very pissed that I didn't keep it for myself.

Numerous world-famous musicians ( including, for example, Tori Amos, Art Blakey, James Brown, Phil Collins, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Alicia Keys, Paul Simon, Jamiroquai, Macy Gray, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, Paul Anka, Kanye West, Sting and others ) have performed at the festival through the years, as well as lesser-known groups from Finland and elsewhere.

The acquisition was beneficial for UA as Anka, Coates, Conti and Rafferty had yet to issue albums for Mediarts but would enjoy hits for UA.