{"name":"Paul Anka","title":"Paul Anka","id":572,"slug":"paul-anka","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/572/?format=json","bio_short":"Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Lebanese-Canadian <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/singer\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">singer</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/songwriter\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">songwriter</a>.  He began singing as a child, first starting in the St Elijah Syriac Orthodox Church choir in Ottawa. As a student at Ottawa's Fisher Park High School he was part of a trio called the <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Bobby+Soxers\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Bobby Soxers</a>.  Encouraged by his parents, at age 14 he recorded his first single, <a title=\"Paul Anka &ndash; I Confess\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Anka/_/I+Confess\" class=\"bbcode_track\">I Confess</a>. In 1957 he went to New York City where he auditioned for ABC, singing a lovestruck verse he had written to a former babysitter, Diana Ayoub.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/PaulAnkak24.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":2412,"title":"Diana","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/diana/"},{"id":26671,"title":"Díana","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/diana-2/"},{"id":3105,"title":"It Doesn't Matter Anymore","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/it-doesnt-matter-anymore-2/"},{"id":18302,"title":"It Doesnt Matter Anymore","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/it-doesnt-matter-anymore/"},{"id":799,"title":"My Way","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/my-way/"},{"id":12236,"title":"Put Your Head On My Shoulder","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/put-your-head-on-my-shoulder/"},{"id":22125,"title":"The Times Of Your Life","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/the-times-of-your-life/"}]}