Top 20 Paul Anka Hits

Paul Anka was born in Ottowa, and became an extremely popular teen idol of the 1950's and 1960's. His early singing experience was in church and he first started performing at the age of 12. His father, Andy, financed Paul's first recording, "I Confess" when Paul was 14.
Following the success of "Diana", Paul had a string of hits that stretched into the early 1960's. When the British Invasion hit in 1964, Paul's recording career, like many other stars of the early rock era, came to a grinding halt.

Odia movie Songs was as proficient a songwriter as he was a recording artist wrote and he wrote songs during this hiatus for other performers, including "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" for Buddy Holly.

In 1962, he rewrote a song he had written for Annette Funicello called, "It's Really Love" and he created the theme for The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. He also wrote "She's A Lady", Tom Jones biggest hit, and "My Way" for Frank Sinatra.

In 1973, Paul had a short-lived TV variety series. Then, in 1974, he signed with United Artists records and teamed up with vocalist Odia Coates and returned to number one on the charts with "(You're) Having My Baby." He would have four more Top 20 hits, three with Odia Coates.

On the charts, Paul Anka had 33 Top 40 songs on Billboard's weekly charts, three of which went to number one. Here's a look at Paul Anka's twenty biggest hits, according to the Billboard Weekly Top 40 Charts.

Although Paul hasn't had a top 40 hit since 1983, he remains a popular attraction and he returns to Canada regularly to perform.

In 1983, Paul and Michael Jackson wrote Jackson's 2009 song, "This Is It." Another song, co-written by the two stars and recorded by Jackson, "Love Never Felt So Good" was recently discovered and is expected to be released in the future.

Odia Coates couldn't match the success she had with Paul and, as a solo artist, saw only minor popularity. She died of breast cancer, at the age of 49, in 1991.