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Known for:	The Longest Day, Goodfellas, Catch Me If You Can
Birthday:	30 July 1941, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height:	5' 6" (1.68 m)

Legendary singer/songwriter Paul Anka isn't a fan of Michael Jackson's new song because it's "ripped off" from a tune he co-wrote with the King of Pop in 1983.


Legendary singer/songwriter PAUL ANKA will reap half the profits from MICHAEL JACKSON’s first posthumous single THIS IS IT - after the King of Pop’s estate conceded he co-wrote the track.Anka spoke out against Sony’s decision to use the song, which he co-wrote with Jackson back in 1983, following the track’s midnight release on Monday (12Oct09).This
AP - With a familiar high-pitched voice counting off one-two-three-four, a new Michael Jackson single debuted online Monday, prompting a hasty response from the singer's estate after Paul Anka revealed he was the song's co-writer.
A new Michael Jackson song that was posthumously released, called "This Is It," was co-written by singer Paul Anka, it was revealed Monday. The Associated Press reports that the original version of the song, called "I Never Heard," was a duet between Jackson and Anka, and was co-written back in 1983. The Jackson estate says it will give credit to and pay Anka 50 percent of all profits, according to the AP. The new version of the song was released on Michael Jackson’s Web site and also sent to radio stations.

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AP - With a familiar high-pitched voice counting off one-two-three-four, a new Michael Jackson single debuted online Monday, prompting a hasty response from the singer's estate after Paul Anka revealed he was the song's co-writer.
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If you think Michael Jackson's "This Is It" sounds familiar, it's because the song is a rip-off that was released nearly two decades ago by another artist ... and the man making this claim is none other than music legend Paul Anka.Anka tells TMZ in ...

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Paul Anka tells TMZ the people handling Michael Jackson's estate are falling over each other ... apologizing for "ripping-off my song" and offering "anything you want" to make the mess go away.And, John Branca just told TMZ, "We acknowledge that ...

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John Branca, the special administrator for Michael Jackson's estate tells TMZ Paul Anka is right -- "This Is It" was not written by MJ alone, it was co-written with Paul Anka.Branca and his people are negotiating a settlement with Paul Anka's lawyer. ...

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Michael Jackson's estate just got a partner it didn't bank on -- because we've just learned Paul Anka is now a 50% partner in the publishing rights to "This Is It."Anka will get other profits as well, but the publishing rights are usually the big ...

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Paul Anka says he's all square with Michael Jackson's estate over the release of "This Is It" -- a song Paul helped write -- saying the special administrators realized "there was a wrong here" and they immediately "made it right..." as in 50% of ...

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It's the quickest resolution in Hollywood history -- Paul Anka says the special administrators of Michael Jackson's estate gave him a 50% cut of "This Is It" ... after he said Michael "stole" the original recordings from his studio back in the ...

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Paul Anka's wife got arrested after she allegedly split his head open with a piece of ice.Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the alleged incident occurred on Nov 28 at the couple's home in Thousand Oaks, just outside of L.A. We're told that Paul and...

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In the '50s, Paul Anka became a teen idol with hit songs like "Diana" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulders." Guess what he looks like now!...

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Songwriting legend PAUL ANKA has signed a deal to write his autobiography.The 66-year-old - who found fame as both a singer and composer of classics such as Frank Sinatra’s My Way and Tom Jones’ She’s a Lady - will reveal all in the memoir, to be published by St Martin’s Press.Anka says, "I just signed
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paul Anka has written an inordinate amount of pop music classics, cranking out hit songs like ''My Way'' for Frank Sinatra, ''It Doesn't Matter Anymore'' for Buddy Holly, saving ''Lonely Boy,'' ''Put Your Head on My Shoulder,'' ''Puppy Love'' and others for himself - not bad for a guy who arrived on the music scene in 1956 with a not-quite-as-catchy tune about a place called Blaauwildebeestefontein.


Beloved entertainer PAUL ANKA is bringing SAMMY DAVIS JR back from the dead for a duet on his new album.The DIANA singer wrote I AM NOT ANYONE for the crooner in 1973 and has now remastered the recording and added his voice to it.The duet will appear on Anka’s new album MY WAY - SWINGS

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