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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\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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\". 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. The song was also released by Johnny Mathis in 1984.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnka became a naturalized US citizen in 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Paul+Anka","playStationPath":"/stations/113326836/play","stationId":113326836,"bioPath":"/music/Paul+Anka/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Tony+Bennett","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/903/90339f87503ad75bc5f69a78047eb2e6_md.jpg","artistName":"Tony Bennett","artistId":1633,"station_id":113298181},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Coasters","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5c9/5c937b4d5762bdfe5718c6c1f4a3e963_md.jpg","artistName":"The Coasters","artistId":8218,"station_id":113268376},{"musicPath":"/music/Neil+Sedaka","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/435/435a7c3edb44c7ad6d1207be3ce240f2_md.jpg","artistName":"Neil Sedaka","artistId":9724,"station_id":113283921},{"musicPath":"/music/Lloyd+Price","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d13/d1318334f202c55fc2392b178fa97463_md.jpg","artistName":"Lloyd Price","artistId":4972,"station_id":113552894},{"musicPath":"/music/Steve+Lawrence","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/359/3593e8e33c967a47369913cad81467e5_md.jpg","artistName":"Steve Lawrence","artistId":83715,"station_id":269167380},{"musicPath":"/music/Johnny+Mercer","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/65d/65d72adea45273ddcb6d977335807cb1_md.jpg","artistName":"Johnny Mercer","artistId":78707,"station_id":280171352},{"musicPath":"/music/Mel+Torme","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3f7/3f7416a686a6851650c11ba56d2da0ea_md.jpg","artistName":"Mel Tormé","artistId":7473,"station_id":113300051},{"musicPath":"/music/Chubby+Checker","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d76/d763aa5c466ca17eeada95a923f54277_md.jpg","artistName":"Chubby Checker","artistId":3423,"station_id":113338361},{"musicPath":"/music/Edison+Lighthouse","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d66/d66ce5140a9a4a428262152f12684d85_md.jpg","artistName":"Edison Lighthouse","artistId":6036,"station_id":113420865},{"musicPath":"/music/Peggy+Lee","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/32c/32cb1e35c6f7ecf8439827144e64806e_md.jpg","artistName":"Peggy Lee","artistId":2747,"station_id":113329348},{"musicPath":"/music/Kay+Starr","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/97f/97f00c6dd63f69192aa10ff061c21990_md.jpg","artistName":"Kay Starr","artistId":8261,"station_id":113749944},{"musicPath":"/music/Petula+Clark","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f14/f1441cae8741f0cbf1ca5da2dcf04c1b_md.jpg","artistName":"Petula Clark","artistId":6250,"station_id":113571133},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Foundations","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/629/629eb8bc95511020242a288d52f3e654_md.jpg","artistName":"The Foundations","artistId":6594,"station_id":113267201},{"musicPath":"/music/Julie+London","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/506/506d21da37f25219df5e53ef245a7e98_md.jpg","artistName":"Julie London","artistId":7189,"station_id":113297236},{"musicPath":"/music/Rosemary+Clooney","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0e0/0e03487d60b34984f07ab57ec107beb1_md.jpg","artistName":"Rosemary Clooney","artistId":1454,"station_id":113430420},{"musicPath":"/music/Frankie+Laine","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/815/8159731a5500c3cd9e055aab98439dcb_md.jpg","artistName":"Frankie Laine","artistId":51326,"station_id":232111005},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Archies","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d17/d1715b7c7b558498d4c97c801183813c_md.jpg","artistName":"The Archies","artistId":6742,"station_id":113286124},{"musicPath":"/music/Gene+Pitney","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8da/8da6e384ad3779716112bc6b9ee75eb6_md.jpg","artistName":"Gene Pitney","artistId":2870,"station_id":113563921}]}