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Paul Anka
Paul Anka
Paul Anka
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Since leaving Ottawa for New York at age 16,
he’s never looked back. He’s wealthy, a name entertainer
around the world, and a perennial success - one of the few
recording artists in history to have a top-50 record in five
consecutive decades. He has sold more than 40 million albums
and singles. Arguably, he’s been even more successful
as a composer, writing more than 900 songs: My Way, for Frank
Sinatra, She's A Lady, for Tom Jones, and Jubilation, for
Barbra Streisand. He composed The Tonight Show theme for Johnny
Carson and earned an Academy Award nomination for his theme
song for the movie The Longest Day (1962).
Destiny: Life and Times of Paul Anka follows in the footsteps
of the ground-breaking 1962 NFB film, Lonely Boy, and presents
a portrait of a driven performer, a star who is still chasing
stardom. Cutting between the teen-ager of Lonely Boy and the
61-year-old performer of today, the documentary reveals Anka’s
life-long pursuit of success and show business appeal. He’s
really come full-circle. His five daughters are grown up and
he and his wife are separated after almost 40 years of marriage.
In the documentary, Anka returns to Ottawa to reconcile with
his past, performing for the first time in 21 years in the
hometown he sees as unappreciative. His reputation as a shrewd
businessman, a survivor of almost 45 years in show business,
earned him a place on Billboard Magazine's top 20 list of
the world's most successful artists. Anka has endured, surviving
musical trends, from teen idol through the British Invasion,
from the psychedelic '60s through disco, and he can still
pack in an audience.
Original Air Date - January 14, 2003
Links
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Anka official Web site
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Anka (from the Canadian Music Encyclopedia)
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