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To: JustPiper
Paul Anka hit the big time when he was 16! How old is he now?
258 posted on 05/20/2003 7:18:28 PM PDT by Carolinamom
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To: Carolinamom
Paul Anka hit the big time when he was 16! How old is he now?

According to imdb.com:

Date of birth (location)
30 July 1941
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

He also has a Web site.

Amazing the stuff I'm able to get done when I'm avoiding stuff I should be doing. ;)
265 posted on 05/20/2003 7:23:28 PM PDT by Fawnn (I think therefore I'm halfway there....)
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To: Carolinamom

Singer / Songwriter

1950's song: Diana

Birthdate:July 30, 1941

Birthname:Paul Anka

Town:Ottawa, ON.

1960's Record:Puppy Love

Early Bio:

Paul Anka started entertaining at an early age. By high school age he was interested in songwriting. On a summer vacation in Los Angeles, he takes some of his songs to a record company. The record company records and sells several thousand copies of one of his songs. In 1957 he wins a trip to New York. While in New York, through the advice of friends, he visits Don Costa at Paramount Records. Costa is impressed by such a young man with songwriting and singing talents, and signs Anka up on the Paramount Record Label.

276 posted on 05/20/2003 7:33:07 PM PDT by JustPiper (If we are deemed 'far right wingers', does that make them 'left side wrongers'?)
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