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Paul Anka

Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Lebanese-Canadian singer and songwriter. He began singing as a child, first starting in the St Elijah Syrian Orthodox Church choir in Ottawa. As a student at Ottawa's Fisher Park High School he was part of a trio called the Bobby Soxers. Encouraged by his parents, at age 14 he recorded his first single, I Confess. In 1957 he went to New York City where he auditioned for ABC, singing a lovestruck verse he had written to a former babysitter, Diana Ayoub. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Put Your Head on My Shoulder
2295541
2Diana
532479
3Puppy Love
306080
4Put Your Head on My Shoulder - Remastered
283368
5Smells Like Teen Spirit
212671
6Wonderwall
163181
7You Are My Destiny
157265
8It's My Life
110640
9Black Hole Sun
103489
10Eye Of The Tiger
103057

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