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WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1991 â€" PAGE B1 P L\ tht o i K 1 T C H ENE Râ€" w a T ERLO OS _ [ | R | ENTERTAINMENT ZONE $ 4 0 ym ao8 parien NOeD San ho rmomings | i mm r | M M [ beniallit CR U U * Hai: |[»â€" = l' T e ie e HHee P oi e aral| 1 | _ @uf on C . "-:: e il'll mt es P d 11 ma :ll rboipec nds 2i is Cl 0 ME Lo Ceeceer c e 8 1 4 1 semast a ta I Ank § i Een Paul Anka d c Just call him bes e |% | <o aops e â€" #3 hss § . _ + : ol - @ : ‘ Wâ€" Anka‘s appearances on Dick Clark‘s # e ;‘,m, ht 7‘ nz mmamtummmmâ€"â€"â€"« . AMSNCSN BANOSIANG GBMGNCC NMegitns Of « 2W E* To think of Paul Anka as just a singer is devoted fans swooning over heartthrob R l like thinking of Picasso as just a painter, _ ballads such as Put Your Head On My ’5 -% * ignoring his phenomenal output of drawâ€" Shoulder, Lonety Boy and the pop classic 3 h# d $ ings, etchings, sculpture and ceramics. Puppy Love, which he wrote for his favorite " 8 » : € L In a career spanning five decades as a Mouseketeer, Annette Funicello ”h!? * ( pe‘rfonr\er and composer, Anka has apâ€" His first big break in composing tor plied his talents to singing, movie soundâ€" television came in 1962 when his worldâ€"reâ€" e s tracks, acting in films and television, as _ nowned theme for the Tonight Show made w well as developing game show concepts _ its network debut along with new host and working towards establishing a Naâ€" Johnny Carson. That tume has since tional Hockey League franchise in his introduced the grand old man of late night home town of Ottawa TV more than 1,400,000 times "I don‘t believe in failure,"" says Anka It‘s been good to me." says Anka R M "If you‘re going to succeed, you have to That song is so identified with Johnny. ! | jump in with both feet.‘ think Jay (Leno) should go with a new one 3 h That attitude has held him in good stead _ to establish his persona | ve been talking \ since he first skyrocketed to fame as an to his people about writing it for him international teen ido! in the late ‘50s Unlike many of the young pertormers of largely on the strength of his first big hit the 50s, Anka has done well collecting ‘ " Diana, which has sold almost 20 million royalties on most of his songs § copies to date Most of the time when | got ripped of ‘‘Diana was a poem at first. She knew my was in the 50s. he says quess you S s family. We saw each other at church. it have to pay your dues learned very was a small community and she was kind young "‘ of unreachable to me because of those While many of his contmeporaries teli by \ times. | just wrote this poem, and it kind of the wayside in the wake of the British got out on the grapevine that |‘d written Invasion in the 60s, Ankas career al this poem and this song,‘ says Anka showed no signs of slowing down. and he - Although a serious love affair never _ credits the arrival of the Beatles with giving developed from the song, it brought him to popular music a muchâ€"needed shot in the ; \ the attention of record executives, and the _ arm rest, as they say, is entertainment history (Continued on page B4 cce â€"forcrrreaesmis 9 This Week‘s Labatt $ Special 72 4owe BEER ano Coy ds MERCHANDISE OUTLET Pm ui A ') inhanmictn 4 Reg. ‘19.99 P é‘& ob ce Sale ©14.99 pt=> auailable. Eomcs sc itc ds ertrt t o .Ba4/91 8