In 1956, he convinced his parents to let him travel to Los Angeles, where he called every record company in the phone book looking for an audition. It was there his dream was solidified, he was going to make it as a singer composer there was not a doubt in his young tenacious mind. Soon after, he won a trip to New York by winning a Campbell’s soup contest for IGA Food Stores that required him to spend three months collecting soup can labels. He performed at every amateur night he could get to in his mother’s car, unbeknownst to her of course. By 13, he had his own vocal group, the Bobbysoxers. He honed his writing skills with journalism courses, even working for a spell at the Ottawa Citizen. He sang in the choir at Church and studied piano. Born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa into a tight-knit Canadian family, Paul Anka didn’t waste much time getting his life in music started.
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