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.