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2	[[caption-width-right:280:''"Put your head on my shoulder..."'']]
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4	One of the most influential {{Teen Idol}}s of TheFifties and [[TheSixties '60s]], Paul Anka (born July 30, 1941 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actor, who found success as early as the age of 14. His early songs crooned about topics such as young love, heartbreak, and longing, but starting in TheSeventies he began writing about more mature themes to stay with his maturing audience. Much of his success also came from writing hits for other artists such as Music/FrankSinatra (notably his SignatureSong, "Music/MyWay") and Connie Francis, and TV theme music (such as the opening theme for ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson''.)
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6	!!Discography:
7	* ''Paul Anka'' (1958)
8	* ''My Heart Sings'' (1959)
9	* ''Swings For Young Lovers'' (1960)
10	* ''It's Christmas Everywhere'' (1961)
11	* ''Young, Alive and In Love!''
12	* ''Let's Sit This One Out''
13	* ''3 Great Guys'' (with Music/SamCooke and Music/NeilSedaka)
14	* ''Our Man Around the World''
15	* ''Italiano''
16	* ''Goodnight My Love''
17	* ''Life Goes On''
18	* ''Paul Anka'' (1972)
19	* ''Jubilation''
20	* ''Anka''
21	* ''Feelings''
22	* ''The Painter''
23	* ''The Music Man''
24	* ''Listen to Your Heart''
25	* ''Headlines''
26	* ''Both Sides of Love''
27	* ''Walk a Fine Line''
28	* ''Freedom for the World''
29	* ''Somebody Loves You''
30	* ''Amigos (Duets in Spanish)''
31	* ''Rock Swings''
32	* ''Classic Songs, My Way''
33	* ''Songs of December''
34	* ''Duets''
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36	!! These tropes have got Paul Anka's guarantee![[note]]Guarantee void in UsefulNotes/{{Tennessee}}.[[/note]]
37	* AgeGapRomance: "Diana" tells of Paul's longing for an older girl (later revealed to be inspired by a girl from his church he barely knew.)
38	* BabiesEverAfter: "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin (You're) Having My Baby]]", a duet with Odia Coates.
39	* GenreShift: Although most of his music could at least loosely be described as pop rock, he started out as a Doo-Wop-influenced RockAndRoll TeenIdol. In the '70s, his music shifted towards an adult contemporary and SoftRock sound ranging from Music/BarryManilow-esque (right down to both having similar crooning singing styles) middle-of-the-road influenced songs (such as "Yesterday My Life"), to a Yacht Rock style similar to musicians and bands like Music/HallAndOates and the Michael [=McDonald=]-era [[Music/TheDoobieBrothers Doobie Brothers]], such as "(You're) Having My Baby", "Do I Love You?" (both the original version, and his later recordings of the song), and "Times of Your Life". A few of his songs from the '70s also have {{Disco}} elements, such as "Love Is", and "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" (also a duet with Odia Coates). Coincidentally, he would collaborate with Michael [=McDonald=] and The Doobie Brothers, co-writing with [=McDonald=] "Dedicate This Heart" from their 1980 album ''One Step Closer''.
40	* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: {{Downplayed\|Trope}} in "(You're) Having My Baby", where the singer is less adamant that abortion is bad, and just more appreciative that his love decided against it:
41	-->''"Didn't have to keep it\
42	Wouldn't put ya through it\
43	You could have swept it from your life\
44	But you wouldn't do it\
45	No, you wouldn't do it"''
46	* LonelyAtTheTop: "Lonely Boy," about a protagonist who's rich and famous, but completely lonely.
47	* ParentalLoveSong: "Papa" is about his relationship with his father through the years and his appreciation of his sacrifices.
48	* PuppyLove: His song of the same name is about the singer finding love at the age of seventeen, and becoming desperate when adults dismiss it as "just puppy love."
49	* RockAndRoll: He started out in this genre.
50	* ShoutOut: He changed one to also become a self-reference: when covering Music/BonJovi's "It's My Life", the line "like Frankie said, I did it my way" became "he did it My Way"
51	* SillyLoveSongs: His most well-known music consists of sweet youth-focused love ballads.

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