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  1. 85 years ago today, #PaulAnka, Canadian-American #singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder; Diana; Lonely Boy), and #songwriter (It Doesn't Matter Anymore; My Way; She's A Lady), born in Ottawa, Ontario.
    #HappyBirthday #85 ⊹₊ ⋆🎂💐🎉 ₊˚⊹

  2. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" is a pop ballad written by #PaulAnka and recorded by #BuddyHolly in 1958. The song was issued in January 1959, less than a month before Holly's death. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" reached number 13 as a #posthumous hit on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart in early 1959, shortly after Holly was killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. The single was a two-sided hit, backed with "Raining in My Heart".
    youtube.com/watch?v=iukDOULHcgk

  3. "Hold Me 'Til the Morning Comes" is a 1983 song by #PaulAnka, featuring backing vocals by then #Chicago singer #PeterCetera. It was written by Anka with #DavidFoster, and produced by #DennyDiante. It was released as the first single from Anka's 1983 album, Walk a Fine Line. It was later included on Anka's 1998 duets album A Body of Work, with re-recorded vocals, keyboards and drums.
    youtube.com/watch?v=WPPsSvMsxg0

  4. "Hold Me 'Til the Morning Comes" is a 1983 song by #PaulAnka, featuring backing vocals by then #Chicago singer #PeterCetera. It was written by Anka with #DavidFoster, and produced by #DennyDiante. It was released as the first single from Anka's 1983 album, Walk a Fine Line. It was later included on Anka's 1998 duets album A Body of Work, with re-recorded vocals, keyboards and drums.
    youtube.com/watch?v=yndxW8E7US4

  5. "Lonely Boy" is a song written and recorded by #PaulAnka. Recorded in August 1958 with Don Costa's orchestra in New York, "Lonely Boy" was not released until May 11, 1959. Anka also sang this song in the film #GirlsTown, which was released in October 1959. When released as a single, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, becoming Anka's first song to do so, although he had earlier topped Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart with "#Diana".
    youtube.com/watch?v=3yn1OvXND-o

  6. "Puppy Love" is a popular #song written by Canadian-American singer #PaulAnka in 1960 for #AnnetteFunicello, a Mouseketeer, on whom he had a crush. Anka's version reached No. 2 on the #Billboard Hot 100 behind #PercyFaith's "Theme from A Summer Place", No. 4 on the Canadian #CHUMCharts, and No. 33 on the #UKSinglesChart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=zL9gmlwSr2s

  7. "Puppy Love" is a popular #song written by Canadian-American singer #PaulAnka in 1960 for #AnnetteFunicello, a Mouseketeer, on whom he had a crush. Anka's version reached No. 2 on the #BillboardHot100 behind #PercyFaith's "Theme from A Summer Place", No. 4 on the Canadian #CHUMCharts, and No. 33 on the #UKSinglesChart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=gyshr1hhv3E

  8. What is a man?

    What is a man?
    What has he got?
    If not himself,
    then he has naught.

    ~ Paul Anka

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    #PaulAnka #Quotes