Paul Albert Anka, OC (born 30 July 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor of Lebanese origin.articles/2002_04_27.php" target="_blank">http://www.paulanka.com/html/news/news_articles/2002_04_27.php He became a naturalised US citizen in 1990.

Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hits songs like '_Diana', 'Lonely Boy', and 'Put Your Head on My Shoulder'. He went on to write such well known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Tom Jones' biggest hit 'She's A Lady', and the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song 'My Way'.

Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ) is a Lebanese-Canadian singer and songwriter . He began singing as a child, first starting in the St Elijah Syriac Orthodox Church choir in Ottawa. As a student at Ottawa’s Fisher Park High School he was part of a trio called the Bobby Soxers . Encouraged by his parents, at age 14 he recorded his first single, I Confess . In 1957 he went to New York City where he auditioned for ABC, singing a lovestruck verse he had written