History Music / PaulAnka

* 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 soft rock 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''.

* GenreShift: Although most of his music could at least loosely be described as pop rock, he started out in the RockAndRoll genre. In the '70s, his music shifted towards an adult contemporary and soft rock sound much like Music/BarryManilow (right down to both having similar crooning singing styles) and some of the Yacht Rock musicians and bands like Music/HallAndOates and the Michael [=McDonald=]-era [[Music/TheDoobieBrothers Doobie Brothers]].

!! These tropes have got Paul Anka's guarantee![[note]]Guarantee void in Tennessee.[[/note]]

* SillyLoveSongs: His most well-known music consists of sweet youth-focused love ballads.

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 and Connie Francis, and TV theme music (such as the opening theme for ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson''.)

One of the most influential {{Teen Idol}}s of TheFifties and [[TheSixties '60s]], Paul Anka (born July 30, 1941) 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 and Connie Francis, and TV theme music (such as the opening theme for ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson''.)

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One of the most influential {{Teen Idol}}s of TheFifties and [[TheSixties '60s]], Paul Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actor, who found success as early as the age of 14. His early songs focused on 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 and Connie Francis, and TV theme music (such as the opening theme for ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson''.)