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Teen idol Paul Anka turns 70 today. He put out a whole bunch of top 40 hits in the late 50s/early 60s, but was a casualty of the British invasion, essentially disappearing from the charts while the Beatles ruled.
Paul wasn't your average star of the day--he wrote his own material. One of his tunes was used as the Tonight Show theme for Johnny Carson.
His first hit, which went to #1, is probably his best:
He had a major comeback in the 1970s, started off by this #1 song in 1974 that he recorded with Odia Coates. For some reason, it ticked off a lot of people:
posted by LAGuy @ 12:11 AM
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Paul Anka's okay, but as an impressionable pre-teen in 1974, “Having my baby” might have played into my decision to abstain from having kids. Do men really think this way? I can’t even imagine being serenaded in such a manner. Seriously...
A lot of women must have liked it. The song sold millions.
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