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Pop singer Paul Anka was a successful teenage heartthrob of the late '50s and early '60s. His life was chronicled in the 1962 documentary Lonely Boy (1962). Occasionally, Anka plays small roles in feature films. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Canadian-born singer and songwriter Paul Anka had his first hit record, "Diana," in 1957 when he was only fifteen years old. His was no one-shot teen novelty recording, either—Anka followed "Diana" with a string of hits that lasted into the early 1960s. When his popularity on the United States rock and roll scene faded, he began to aim his music at older, non-rock audiences and at his European and Asian fans, by whom he was greatly celebrated. A prolific writer, Anka also penned many hits for other recording artists, including Buddy Holly and Tom Jones, and he is responsible for the ballad standard "My Way," a huge success for both Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. In 1974 Anka scored a triumphant pop comeback with "You’re Having My Baby" and has since pursued fame with other hits, including "I Don’t Like to Sleep Alone," "There’s Nothing Stronger Than Our Love," and "The Times of Your Life."

Anka was born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His parents were immigrants from Lebanon who owned a successful restaurant frequented by Ottawa’s show people. As a small child, Anka delighted in imitating popular singers and performing for neighborhood housewives, paperboys, and sanitation workers. He soon learned a little piano and taught himself how to play the guitar. Anka was generally uninspired by school, except for writing classes, and once intended to become either an actor or a writer, but the allure of music gradually swayed him from these early ambitions. When rock and roll began to flood the music world, Anka was only in his teens but nonetheless was convinced that he could create songs just as good, if not better, than the ones he was hearing on the radio. He began to compose, taking inspiration from Arabic chant melodies that his parents had brought with them from Lebanon and from the rhyming schemes of poet and playwright William Shakespeare.

Anka also formed a vocal trio called the Bobbysoxers with some friends; they played at local dances and at the Central Canada Exhibition of 1955. He also won a competition at the Fairmount Club in Ottawa, receiving as his prize a week’s engagement at the club. Anka took his earnings from this and traveled to Los Angeles, California, in hopes that his uncle, Maurice Anka, a nightclub entertainer, could help him get his music published. Though a recording company there bought one of his songs, it didn’t sell, and Anka had to work as a movie usher to earn his way back home to Ottawa.

In 1957, however, when Anka borrowed money from his father to go to New York City in hopes of publishing his music, he scored a resounding success. The fifteen-year-old performed a song he had written about his unrequited love for a girl three years older than himself,

Diana Ayoub, for the executives of ABC Paramount. The recording company was so excited by what they heard that, presumably because Anka was a minor, they asked his father to come to New York as soon as possible to sign a contract.

Anka’s song, "Diana," was an enormous hit and sold over 8, 500, 000 copies, making it the second best-selling record ever, after crooner Bing Crosby’s rendition of "White Christmas." Anka followed "Diana" with many other records that were snapped up by teenagers, including "You Are My Destiny" in 1958, "Lonely Boy" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" in 1959, and "Puppy Love," about his then steady date, actress Annette Funicello, in 1960. Anka also traveled across the United States and Canada with rock and roll acts like Buddy Holly, for whom he wrote "It Doesn’t Matter Anymore," Chuck Berry, the Everly Brothers, and Fats Domino. And, as part of being considered a teen idol, he was persuaded by his manager to have plastic surgery on his nose, lost weight, and appeared in the films "Girls Town," "The Private Lives of Adam and Eve," and "Look in Any Window." Anka received little if any praise for his acting in these vehicles but fared better with critics in the 1962 film "The Longest Day," for which he also composed the music.

When the advent of British groups like the Beatles caused Anka’s popularity with American teenagers to wane, he began to concentrate on adult nightclub audiences, such as those who frequented New York City’s Copacabana, Los Angeles, California’s, Coconut Grove, and Las Vegas, Nevada’s, Sahara. He toured Europe with great success, and focused more on his songwriting abilities. "I like to have four or five songs going at once," Anka explained to a writer for Time magazine. Among the hits he has composed for other artists, in addition to the stunning "My Way," is "She’s a Lady," recorded by Welsh singer Tom Jones. Anka also wrote the theme for Johnny Carson’s "Tonight Show."

But in 1974, Anka came back with a controversial hit of his own, "You’re Having My Baby." Inspired by the childbearing experiences he shared with his wife, Ann de Zogheb, "Baby" includes the passage, as quoted by Time, ’" Didn’t have to keep it/Wouldn’t put you through it/You could have swept it from your life/But you wouldn’t do it, ’" that caused "both right-to-life and pro-abortion groups" to protest the song. "So did feminists," continued Time, "although Baby is rare among macho pop songs in that it acknowledges a woman’s autonomy." Maureen Orth, commenting in Newsweek, labeled the song a "musical miscarriage" but quoted Anka’s response to charges of sexism: "I can’t hand out a pamphlet every time I write a song." Anka has since had other pop successes, including the mellow "The Times of Your Life," which began as a commercial jingle for Kodak film.

Selected discography

Major single releases
"Diana," ABC, 1957.
"I Love You, Baby," ABC, 1957.
"You Are My Destiny," ABC, 1958.
"Crazy Love," ABC, 1958.
"Let the Bells Keep Ringing," ABC, 1958.
"Midnight," ABC, 1958.
"Just Young," ABC, 1958.
"All of a Sudden My Heart Sings," ABC, 1958.

"I Miss You So," ABC, 1959.
"Lonely Boy," ABC, 1959.
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder," ABC, 1959.
"It’s Time to Cry," ABC, 1959.
"Puppy Love," ABC, 1960.
"My Home Town," ABC, 1960.
"Something Happened," ABC, 1960.
"Hello, Young Lovers," ABC, 1960.
"I Love You in the Same Old Way," ABC, 1960.
"Summer’s Gone," ABC, 1960.
"The Story of My Love," ABC, 1961.
"Tonight, My Love, Tonight," ABC, 1961.
"Dance On, Little Girl," ABC, 1961.
"Kissin’ on the Phone," ABC, 1961.
"Cinderella," ABC, 1961.
"Love Me Warm and Tender," RCA, 1962.
"A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine," RCA, 1962.
"Every Night," RCA, 1962.
"Eso Beso," RCA, 1962.
"Love Makes the World Go ’Round," RCA, 1963.
"Remember Diana," RCA, 1963.
"Hello, Jim," RCA, 1963.
"Did You Have a Happy Birthday?" RCA, 1963.

LPs
Paul Anka (includes "Do I Love You"), Buddah, 1971.
Jubilation, Buddah, 1972.
Anka (includes "You’re Having My Baby" and "One Man Woman—One Woman Man"), United Artists, 1974.
Feelings (includes "I Don’t Like to Sleep Alone" and "There’s Nothing Stronger Than Our Love"), United Artists, 1975.
Times of Your Life, United Artists, 1975.
The Painter, United Artists, 1976.
The Music Man (includes "Everybody Ought to Be in Love"), United Artists, 1977.

Sources
House and Garden, September, 1984.
Newsweek, February 24, 1975.
Time, December 8, 1975.
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One of the biggest teen idols of the late '50s, Paul Anka moved to the adult sphere several years later and became a successful performer, songwriter, music businessman, and recording artist, remaining so well into the new millennium. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1941 to parents of Lebanese Christian descent who owned a local restaurant, Anka proved a child prodigy, beginning his show business life at the age of 12 as an impressionist. By the age of 14, he was stealing the family car to drive to amateur singing contests in nearby Hull, Quebec, and writing his own songs. His first single, "I Confess," appeared on the Riviera subsidiary of Jules and Joe Bihari's RPM label. While on a trip to New York with a group of friends who sang as the Rover Boys, Anka gained an audition with ABC producer Don Costa, and sang his own composition, "Diana," an ode to a former babysitter. Costa liked what he heard, recorded the teenager, and watched as the single hit number one on both sides of the Atlantic later in 1957, eventually selling a reported ten million copies worldwide.

Anka placed four songs in the Top 20 a year later, including "You Are My Destiny" and "Crazy Love," tempering the all-out rebellion of rock & roll with songs that questioned parental authority rather than promoting outright disobedience. He wrote one of Buddy Holly's last hits, "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," and moved into movies with Let's Rock and Girls Town. The latter film spawned his biggest American hit, "Lonely Boy," just the first in a string of 1959 chart successes including "Put Your Head on My Shoulder," "It's Time to Cry," and "Puppy Love" (written for old flame Annette Funicello, and later a hit for Donny Osmond as well).

By 1961, when the teen idol craze began to cool off, Anka (a millionaire while still a minor) could boast of the over 125 compositions under his belt, his own record label (Spanka), and the recognition of being behind the second-best-selling single of all time (only "White Christmas" had sold more copies than "Diana"). Instead of resting on his laurels, Anka took on the adult market. First, he groomed a solo act and got bookings into that haven for sophisticates, the Copacabana. Anka next moved to RCA and, in yet another shrewd business move, bought the rights to his old masters and made a fortune on reissues alone. He diversified his career by appearing in several more movie roles (including the 1962 drama The Longest Day, for which he provided the title song). One of the first pop singers to do shows in Las Vegas, he also hosted television variety shows like Hullabaloo, The Midnight Special, and Spotlite, and moved on to foreign audiences in Asia and Europe (where he found his wife, Parisian model Anne de Zogheb). He wrote the theme to The Tonight Show (aired every weeknight for almost 30 years), rewrote the French lyrics to the song "Comme d'Habitude" for one of Frank Sinatra's most famous later songs, "My Way," and also wrote Tom Jones' biggest hit, "She's a Lady." Anka also branched out in the recording studio, recording theme albums such as Excitement on Park Avenue and Strictly Nashville.

Although he had hit the Top 40 only once since 1963, Anka stormed the number one slot in 1974 with "(You're) Having My Baby," a duet recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with his singing protégée, Odia Coates. The duo's next two singles, "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" and "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone," both hit the Top Ten (his 1974 LP Anka reached gold), and his 1975 solo single, "Times of Your Life," reached number seven. Anka charted into the early '80s, continuing his many casino and international appearances while recording sparingly but continually. As such, concert recordings and compilations constituted the bulk of his '80s and '90s discography, although he entered the studio also, most notably on the 2005 Verve date Rock Swings, a collection of contemporary standards. Its large success prompted a follow-up (of sorts), Classic Songs: My Way, from 2007, which included more contemporary standards as well as duets with Michael Bublé and Jon Bon Jovi. Anka returned in 2011 with an album of Christmas songs, Songs of December, backed by a full orchestra. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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Anka at the 2007 North Sea Jazz Festival
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Birth name Paul Albert Anka
Born July 30, 1941 (1941-07-30) (age 70)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Genres Pop, jazz, soft rock, doo-wop
Occupations Singer, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active 1955–present
Labels EMI Columbia, RCA, Columbia
Website paulanka.com

Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941 Ottawa) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.

Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit 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 and one of Tom Jones's biggest hits, "She's a Lady", and the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way" (originally French song "Comme d'habitude").

In 1983, he co-wrote with Michael Jackson the song "I Never Heard", which was retitled and released in 2009 under the name "This Is It".[1] An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from this 1983 session, "Love Never Felt So Good", has since been discovered, and will be released in the near future.[2] The song was also released by Johnny Mathis in 1984.

Anka became a naturalized US citizen in 1990.

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Early life

Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario in Canada to Andy and Camelia Anka who owned a restaurant called The Locanda there. His parents are of Lebanese descent.[3] He sang with the St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church choir under the direction of Frederick Karam, with whom he studied music theory. He also studied piano with Winnifred Rees.

Career

Early success

Paul Anka at Gröna Lund, Stockholm 1959.

Anka recorded his first single "I Confess" at age 14. In 1957 he went to New York City where he auditioned for Don Costa at ABC, singing what was widely believed to be a lovestruck verse he had written to a former babysitter. In an interview with NPR's Terry Gross in 2005, he stated that it was to a girl at his church who he hardly knew.[4] The song, "Diana", brought Anka instant stardom as it rocketed to number one on the Canadian and U.S. music charts.[5] "Diana" is one of the best selling singles ever by a Canadian recording artist.[6] He followed up with four songs that made it into the Top 20 in 1958,[7] including "It's Time to Cry", which made #4 and "(All Of a Sudden) My Heart Sings", which reached #15, making him, at 17, one of the biggest teen idols of the time. He toured Britain and then, with Buddy Holly, he toured Australia. Anka also wrote "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" a song written for Buddy Holly which Holly recorded just before he died in 1959. Anka stated shortly afterward -

“ "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" has a tragic irony about it now, but at least it will help look after Buddy Holly's family. I'm giving my composer's royalty to his widow - it's the least I can do. ”

NME - June 1959[8]

His talent went beyond the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (reworked in 1962 from a song Anka wrote earlier called "Toot Sweet" which had been rewritten with lyrics and recorded by Annette Funicello in 1959 as "It's Really Love") since Anka composed Tom Jones' biggest hit record "She's a Lady" and wrote the English lyrics to "My Way", Frank Sinatra's signature song sung by many well known artists.

In the 1960s Anka began acting in motion pictures as well as writing songs for them, most notably the theme for the hit movie The Longest Day, in which he made a cameo appearance as a US Army Ranger. From his movie work, he wrote and recorded one of his greatest hits, "Lonely Boy" and also "My Home Town", which was a #8 pop hit for him the same year. He then went on to become one of the first pop singers to perform at the Las Vegas casinos. Anka returns to Canada several times a year, regularly playing to sold out crowds at the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario in Canada. In 1960, he appeared twice as himself in NBC's short-lived crime drama Dan Raven, starring Skip Homeier and set on the Sunset Strip of West Hollywood.

Comeback

Paul Anka's star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

In 1960 Anka signed with RCA Records, but like most North American recording artists saw his career stalled by the British Invasion. By the late 1960s, Anka's career centered around adult contemporary and big-band standards, played regularly in Las Vegas. In the early 1970s he signed with Buddah Records. After more than ten years without a top 25 hit record, Anka signed with United Artists and in 1974 teamed up with Odia Coates to record the number one hit, "(You're) Having My Baby". The two would record two more duets that made it into the Top 10, "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" (#7) and "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" (#8), and the #15 duet "(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love". In 1975 he recorded a jingle for Kodak written by Bill Lane (lyrics) and Roger Nichols (melody) called "Times of Your Life". It became so popular Anka recorded it as a full song, which peaked at #7 in the U.S. pop charts in 1976. The follow-up was another hit that Anka wrote for Sinatra, "Anytime (I'll Be There)", peaking at #33. Anka's final Top-40 hit in the U.S. to date was "Hold Me Til The Mornin' Comes", which included backing vocals from then-Chicago frontman Peter Cetera, in the summer of 1983.

His 1998 album A Body of Work was his first new U.S. studio release since Walk a Fine Line in 1983; vocals and performers include Celine Dion, Kenny G, Patti LaBelle and Skyler Jett. The album also included a new version of "Hold Me 'Til the Morning Comes," once again performed with Peter Cetera. On September 6, 1990, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.[9] In 2005, his album of big-band arrangements of contemporary standards, Rock Swings, provided a mainstream comeback of sorts that saw Anka awarded a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.

On October 12, 2009, Anka stated that Michael Jackson's new release titled "This Is It" was a collaborative effort between the two musicians, and that it was co-written by Anka in 1983. According to Anka, after recording the song, Michael Jackson decided not to use it and the tune was then recorded and released by singer Sa-Fire. After Anka threatened to sue for credit and a share of royalties, the administrators of Jackson's estate granted Anka fifty percent of the copyright.[10] An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from this 1983 session, "Love Never Felt So Good", was discovered shortly thereafter and will be released in the near future.[2]

His album Songs of December charted at #58 in Canada in November 2011.[11]

Italy

Already locally famous as a teenage idol for his songs in English language, in 1960 Anka tried to hit the Italian market with "Summer's Gone", released as "Dove Sei?" with lyrics translated into Italian. The record got immediate success charting #4 in Italian hit lists[12] opening a promising foreign career. Anka then underwent an intense collaboration with Italian musicians of the time, including composer/director Ennio Morricone, singer/songwriter Lucio Battisti and lyricist Mogol. His official discography reports nine 45rpm records released by RCA Italy,[13] but the Italian charts list at least six other songs he interpreted or recorded in Italian language. His top hit has been "Ogni giorno" which scored #1 in 1962, followed by "Piangerò per te" and "Ogni volta", that reached both #2 in 1963 and 1964 respectively. "Ogni volta" ("Every Time") was sung by Anka during the Festival di San Remo of 1964 and then sold over one million copies in Italy alone; it was also awarded a gold disc.[14] Anka went to San Remo again in 1968, this time with the song "La farfalla impazzita" by Battisti-Mogol. In that occasion, the same title was interpreted by Italian crooner Johnny Dorelli; however, the pair of singers was eliminated before the final stage of the competition. Anka, maybe only coincidentally, left the Italian scene shortly thereafter.

In 2003, Anka came back with an exclusive concert in Bologna, organized by Italian company Mapei during the CERSAIE exhibition. He also recorded a version of "My Way" with alternate lyrics dedicated to the sponsor of the evening.

In 2006, Anka recorded in duet with 1960s Italian hitmaker Adriano Celentano a new cover of "Diana", with Italian lyrics by Celentano-Mogol and with singer/songwriter Alex Britti on the guitar.[15] The song immediately reached #3 on the charts.

Other countries

With less success than in Italy, Anka tried the French market as well. At least two songs by Anka with French lyrics are known: one reported by the Italian charts (Faibles femmes, 1959[12]) and another reported by his official discography (Comme Avant[13]) with Mireille Mathieu.

A single release in Japanese (Kokoro No Sasae / Shiawase E No Tabiji) is also reported on his discography.

In 1993 he recorded a duet with Philippine singer Regine Velasquez entitled "It's Hard to Say Goodbye" included in her album Reason Enough. This song was re-recorded several years later by Anka and Celine Dion and was included in his album A Body of Work.

Personal life

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Anka was married to Anne de Zogheb, the daughter of Lebanese diplomat Charles de Zogheb, from February 16, 1963, to September 28, 2000[citation needed]. In 1962, he met Zogheb in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was a fashion model on assignment, under contract to the Eileen Ford Agency. Zogheb, raised in Egypt, is of English, Lebanese, French, Dutch, and Greek descent. The couple married the following year in a ceremony at Paris-Orly Airport. She quit modeling after their second child was born. They have five daughters: Amelia; Anthea Anka, a singer and writer; Alicia; Amanda, (an actress married to actor Jason Bateman); and Alexandra.

In 2008, Anka married his personal trainer, Anna Åberg, in Sardinia.[16] They divorced in 2010 and share custody of their son, Ethan.

Anna was featured in the Swedish TV3 show Svenska Hollywoodfruar (Swedish Hollywood wives).

In 1975, a street in Ottawa was named Paul Anka Drive. In 1981, the Ottawa City Council named 26 August Paul Anka Day, to celebrate his 25 years in show business.[17] He attended Fisher Park High School and Lisgar Collegiate Institute.

The woman who inspired his hit song "Diana" lives with her family in Ottawa; she was the babysitter of his younger siblings. After receiving a negative review for a 1981 performance in Ottawa, he swore off performing there until an April 2002 fundraiser gala at the Ottawa Congress Centre.[18]

In 1991, he signed an investment agreement with the new Ottawa Senators NHL franchise. The agreement ended up being dissolved in an out-of-court settlement in 1993.

Acting career

Anka's first acting role in a major film was in a cameo performance in The Longest Day (1962). During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Anka starred in such teen exploitation films as Girls Town (1959) and Look in Any Window (1961), in which he played a peeping tom. He later played an Elvis-hating casino pit manager in 3000 Miles To Graceland (2001) and a yacht broker in Captain Ron (1992).

Anka guest-starred as a murder suspect in The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991). In October 1995, he appeared in the episode Treehouse of Horror VI on The Simpsons. He also made a guest appearance as himself in the episode "Red's Last Day" on That '70s Show. He has also made several appearances on the NBC TV series Las Vegas.

On Gilmore Girls, Lorelei named her Polish Lowland Sheepdog after Anka.[19] Series co-creator Daniel Palladino chose the name after hearing the Rock Swings album at a coffeehouse.[20] In the cold open to the episode The Real Paul Anka, both Paul Ankas were featured in a dream sequence Lorelei describes to her daughter, Rory.[21][22]

Other film and television appearances

Anka was the subject of the 1962 National Film Board of Canada documentary Lonely Boy, considered a classic work of cinema verite.[23]

Anka wrote and performed songs in a 1985 Canadian children's Christmas cartoon, George and the Christmas Star.

In American Idol's Seasons 2 and 3, he made a special appearance and sang an adapted version of "My Way" that mocked the format of the show, as well as participants, participants of past seasons, judges and the host. The performance was praised as "One of the Best Moments in American Idol" by several members of the cast.[citation needed]

In an episode of the animated TV series The Simpsons entitled "Treehouse of Horror VI", he guest stars as himself.

He makes a special appearance in Las Vegas, a show on Star World.

He was referenced several times on the T.V. show Gilmore Girls including an episode where one of the characters had a dream about him and a dog named after him.

Soundtrack appearances

In the popular video game Hitman: Contracts, in the Abbatoir party mission, in the room where the player finds a girl hanging upside down and severely mutilated, 'Put Your Head On My Shoulder' is playing from a music player on repeat on the desk.

Anka's song "(You're) Having My Baby" was featured on the first season of the TV show Glee, namely in Episode 10, "Ballad", in which the character Finn sings the song to his pregnant girlfriend, Quinn.

References in popular culture

Sometime in the mid-1980s,[24] Anka was secretly recorded while launching a tirade against his crew and band members, berating them for unprofessional behavior in the show they had just played. (Asked about it on the interview program Fresh Air, Anka referred to the person who did the recording as a "snake we later fired.") The recording became widely known after being uploaded to the internet, and a number of quotes from it have since become famous, including "The guys get shirts," "Don't make a maniac out of me," and "Slice like a fucking hammer."[25] Some of the quotes were reproduced verbatim by Al Pacino's character in the 2007 film Ocean's Thirteen.[24]

He was mentioned in the "Fish Licence" sketch in the tenth episode of Series 2 (23rd overall) of Monty Python's Flying Circus, which was first broadcast on December 1, 1970. Dealing with a postal clerk (Michael Palin) who thought it absurd to give all of one's pets the same name, Praline (John Cleese) countered that there wasn't anything wrong with it, citing Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as an example. To support his argument, he submitted as evidence an entry from the book "Kemal Ataturk, the Man by E. W. Swanton with a foreword by Paul Anka."[26] In Gilmore Girls, Lorelai Gilmore names her dog 'Paul Anka' after Paul Anka.

Singles discography

Year Single Chart positions
US US
AC		 US
R&B		 UK Germany Italy
1957 "Diana" 1 - 1 1 2 -
"I Love You, Baby" 97 - - 3 - -
"Tell Me That You Love Me" - - - 25 - -
1958 "You Are My Destiny" 7 - 14 6 - -
"Crazy Love" 15 - - 26 - -
"Let the Bells Keep Ringing" 16 - - - - -
"Midnight" 69 - - 26 - -
"Just Young" 80 - - - - 15
"The Teen Commandments"* 29 - - - - -
"(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings" 15 - - 10 7 9
1959 "I Miss You So" 33 - - - - 15
"Lonely Boy" 1 - 6 3 8 2
"Put Your Head On My Shoulder" 2 - 12 7 25 2
"It's Time To Cry" 4 - 13 28 - 2
1960 "Puppy Love" 2 - - 33 - 3
"Adam and Eve" 90 - - - - 21
"My Home Town" 8 - - - - 6
"Something Happened" 41 - - - - -
"Hello Young Lovers" 23 - - 44 - 13
"I Love You In the Same Old Way" 40 - - - - -
"Summer's Gone" 11 - 29 - - -
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" 104 - - - - -
1961 "The Story of My Love" 16 - - - - 26
"Don't Say You're Sorry" 108 - - - - -
"Tonight My Love Tonight" 13 - - - - 8
"Dance On Little Girl" 10 - - - - 12
"Kissin' On the Phone" 35 - - - - -
"Cinderella" 70 - - - - 12
"The Bells At My Wedding" 104 - - - - 26
"Loveland" 110 - - - - -
1962 "The Fools Hall of Fame" 103 - - - - -
"I'd Never Find Another You" 106 - - - - -
"I'm Coming Home" 94 - - - - -
"Love Me Warm and Tender" 12 - - 19 45 -
"A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine" 13 - - 41 35 -
"Every Night (Without You)" 46 - - - - -
"Eso Beso (That Kiss)" 19 - - - 14 23
1963 "Love (Makes the World Go Round)" 26 - - - - -
"Remember Diana" 39 - - - 42 -
"Hello Jim" 97 - - - 46 -
"Did You Have a Happy Birthday?" 89 - - - - -
1964 "My Baby's Comin' Home" 113 - - - - -
1969 "Goodnight, My Love" 27 2 - - - -
"In the Still of the Night" 64 36 - - - -
"Sincerely" 80 30 - - - -
"Happy" 86 13 - - - -
1971 "Do I Love You" 53 14 - - - -
1972 "Jubilation" 65 - - - - -
1974 "Let Me Get To Know You" 80 40 - - - -
"(You're) Having My Baby"** 1 5 - 6 15 -
"One Man Woman/One Woman Man"** 7 5 - - - -
1975 "I Don't Like To Sleep Alone"** 8 8 - - - -
"(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love"** 15 3 - - - -
"Times of Your Life" 7 1 - - - -
1976 "Anytime (I'll Be There)" 33 2 - - - -
"Make It Up To Me In Love"** - 20 - - - -
"Happier" 60 10 - - - -
1977 "My Best Friend's Wife" 80 41 - - - -
"Everybody Ought To Be In Love" 75 - - - - -
1978 "This Is Love" 35 3 - - - -
1979 "As Long As We Keep Believing" - 29 - - - -
1981 "Think I'm in Love Again" - - - - - -
"I've Been Waiting For You All Of My Life" 48 16 - - - -
1983 "Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes" 40 2 - - - -
1984 "Second Chance" - 14 - - - -

* with George Hamilton IV and Johnny Nash
** with Odia Coates

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