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When Paul Anka, author of the song "My Way", found out his record company was pissed at him for giving the song to Frank Sinatra, told them: Hey, I can write it, but I'm not the guy to sing it. It was for Frank, no one else.
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Paul Anka had to abandon a swing cover of Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' because he couldn't get through a vocal take without bursting into laughter.
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The lyrics to Frank Sinatra's signature song "My Way" were written for Sinatra by Paul Anka. Sinatra grew to hate the song, it was so self-serving.
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In 1968 David Bowie wrote the lyrics "Even a Fool Learns to Love", set to the music of the song "Comme d'habitude". Paul Anka bought the rights to the French version, and rewrote it into "My Way". Bowie rewrote his song as "Life on Mars?"
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Singer Paul Anka owes his career to the IGA grocery chain, having spent three months collecting Campbell's soup labels in an effort to win a contest at his local IGA store.
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Sinatra's "My Way" was originally a french song that Paul Anka bought the adaptation rights to (for $1) and rewrote for Sinatra. But not before David Bowie did his own version.
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A 25-minute film was made showing the behind-the-scenes life of a 1950s teen idol and superstar Paul Anka, demonstrating an early example of fan hysteria
