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Paul Anka

Highest Rated: 100% The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)

Lowest Rated: 17% Mad Dog Time (1996)

Birthday: Jul 30, 1941

Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

One of the most accomplished entertainers of the late 20th century, Paul Anka began his career as a teen idol with the top-selling "Diana" in 1957 before charting repeatedly over the next five decades as both a singer and a songwriter whose compositions included the theme to "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (NBC, 1962-1992) and Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way." Noted as much for his knack for crafting memorable pop songs and his business acumen as for his breezy vocal delivery, Anka successfully rode out the industry's shift from traditional pop to rock in the early 1960s by refashioning himself as a nightclub singer while writing blockbuster hits for Buddy Holly, Tom Jones and Sinatra. He rebounded in the early 1970s with a string of easy listening hits, including "(You're) Having My Baby," and remained a staple of Las Vegas and the international nightclub scene. His vast body of work kept him in the public eye well into the new millennium, and continued to yield hits with covers of early work and newer material, like "This Is It" (2009), which he penned with Michael Jackson. A tenacious and iconic figure in the music industry, Anka served as an exemplary model for singers and other musicians who hoped to take control of their careers and truly do it their way.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 72% The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
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78% 64% David Foster: Off the Record
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41% 71% Agnes Browne
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17% 51% Mad Dog Time
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
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Girls Town
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Look in Any Window
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50% Shake, Rattle and Rock!
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69% Ordinary Magic
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71% Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon
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Filmography

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David Foster: Off the Record 78% 64% 2019 Self Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon 71% 2011 Self Agnes Browne 41% 71% 1999 Non-Original Music Mad Dog Time 17% 51% 1996 Danny Marks Actor Shake, Rattle and Rock! 50% 1994 Special Appearance Actor Ordinary Magic 69% 1993 Joey Dean Actor Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster 1991 Nick Angel Actor The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle 100% 72% 1980 Non-Original Music Look in Any Window 1961 Craig Fowler Actor Girls Town 1959 Jimmy Parlow Actor
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