Paul Anka FanSite

Canadian singer Paul Anka is the kind of songsmith for which the term “hit machine” was invented. Not only has Anka written, sung, and recorded several hits of his own, but he has also penned hit music for several other performers.

Paul Anka even wrote the music for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1962. About one year later, Paul Anka released Paul Anka’s 21 Golden Hits, a collection of cold-certified songs. These venerable hits included songs like “Puppy Love”, “Put Your Head on My Shoulder,” and “Crazy Love.” However, they were not the original recordings with which fans of Paul Anka had become familiar. In 1962, stereo music was becoming a wildly popular format, and several record companies were struggling to get their top performers’ work out in stereo recordings. So it was with this album. The songs themselves were re-recorded by Paul Anka in 1962, though many fans feel that the difference between these and the originals is negligible. Paul Anka’s 21 Golden Hits is still available from RCA records.

Paul Anka’s 21 Golden Hits Playlist
  1. Diana
  2. Put Your Head on My Shoulder
  3. Lonely Boy
  4. Time to Cry
  5. Puppy Love
  6. I Love You in the Same Old Way
  7. You Are My Destiny
  8. Crazy Love
  9. Don’t Ever Leave Me
  10. Summer’s Gone
  11. Adam and Eve
  12. Don’t Gamble With Love
  13. I’m Still Waiting Here For You
  14. I Love You, Baby
  15. It Doesn’t Matter Any More
  16. Tonight My Love, Tonight
  17. My Home Town
  18. Cinderella
  19. Love Land
  20. Dance on Little Girl
  21. The Longest Day