He appeared in his first movie in 1958, Let’s Rock, a movie about the new rock ‘n roll phenomenon, and in the 1962 army film, The Longest Day. Anka also appeared in the 1960-61 NBC crime series, Dan Ravenin a cameo as himself.
He also wrote the English lyrics to “My Way” for Frank Sinatra. “She’s A Lady” became a signature song for Tom Jones. His career has included writing songs for others. Subsequent Top Ten hits included “It’s Time To Cry”, “Puppy Love”, “My Home Town” and “Dance On Little Girl”. It was kept out of the #1 spot by Bobby Darin’s “Mack The Knife”. His #2 hit in 1959, “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” spent ten weeks in the Top Ten and seven of these in the Top Five. In July 1959, Paul Anka enjoyed the peak of success with “Lonely Boy” climbing to number-one for four consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. In early 1958 Paul Anka was back in the Top Ten with “You Are My Destiny”. Others performing on the bill included Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Buddy Knox, Eddie Cochran and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. On October 23, 1957, Paul Anka appeared in concert at the Georgia Auditorium in Vancouver. Next, he recorded a duet with Micki Marlo titled “What You’ve Done To Me”.
He was 16 years old when he had a number one hit with “Diana” in August 1957, a song he wrote about a girl in the church he attended. At the age of 14, in the spring of 1956 he traveled to Los Angeles to record his first single “I Confess”. His father was Syrian-American and his mother was Canadian-Lebanese.
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