Paul Anka

Singer-songwriter Paul Anka has purchased a unit at the Carlyle Residences, a newly built 24-story high-rise along the Wilshire corridor. The condominium that Anka bought has two bedrooms in 2,800 square feet. The sales price was not available, but the unit was listed at $3.6 million. Condos with the same floor plan are priced from $2.7 million to $5.3 million. The tower has 78 units with 2,700 to 5,000 square feet of living space. All have private elevator entrances and access to amenities, including concierge service, fitness facilities and a dining room.

Singer-songwriter Paul Anka has purchased a unit at the Carlyle Residences, a newly built 24-story high-rise along the Wilshire corridor. The condominium that Anka bought has two bedrooms in 2,800 square feet. The sales price was not available, but the unit was listed at $3.6 million. Condos with the same floor plan are priced from $2.7 million to $5.3 million. The tower has 78 units with 2,700 to 5,000 square feet of living space. All have private elevator entrances and access to amenities, including concierge service, fitness facilities and a dining room.

It's hard not to admire the entertainer within veteran crooner Paul Anka. His artistry, however, is another matter. The former teen idol, now 56, not only gives his adoring fans just what they came for, but he does so graciously. On the first of two nights at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, the tuxedo-clad Anka strolled through the near-capacity audience stopping to hug and kiss some of the ladies.

Michael Jackson's first posthumous single, "This Is It," has turned out not to be so new after all. A representative to the special administrators for the Jackson estate has confirmed that "This Is It" was originally co-written with Paul Anka in the early '80s. Anka said that he recorded two songs with Jackson in 1983, both intended for Anka's album "Walk a Fine Line." One of them, "I Never Heard," contains the identical vocal and piano line heard on "This Is It," Anka said. Anka said Monday that in the hours since he first heard the song he had reached a deal to receive half the publishing royalties.

Michael Jackson's first posthumous single, "This Is It," has turned out not to be so new after all. A representative to the special administrators for the Jackson estate has confirmed that "This Is It" was originally co-written with Paul Anka in the early '80s. Anka said that he recorded two songs with Jackson in 1983, both intended for Anka's album "Walk a Fine Line." One of them, "I Never Heard," contains the identical vocal and piano line heard on "This Is It," Anka said. Anka said Monday that in the hours since he first heard the song he had reached a deal to receive half the publishing royalties.

It's been more than 20 years since Paul Anka had a hit single in the United States. Yet the 57-year-old singer-songwriter says he's as content as he's ever been during a career that has spanned five decades. "I've arrived at a place where I'm very comfortable [with myself], and my audience is very comfortable with me," said Anka, whose career began meteorically in 1957 as a 15-year-old heartthrob. "I'm in a place where I'm working when I want and how I want.

The battle between the Ottawa Senators and entertainer Paul Anka took another twist when Anka filed a $41-million breach-of-contract suit against the NHL expansion franchise and its owners.

I enjoyed watching "Encore! The Three Tenors" immensely, but I should point out a fact about the song "My Way," which was dedicated to Frank Sinatra: Actually, the music was written about 25 years ago by Frenchmen Jacques Revaux and Claude Francois, with words by Gillis Thibault and Francois, and English words by Paul Anka. (Francois, unfortunately, died more than a decade ago in a freaky bathtub accident when a hair dryer fell into the water.) The name of the song is "Comme d'Habitude," which simply translates into "As Usual."

I enjoyed watching "Encore! The Three Tenors" immensely, but I'd like to point out some facts about the song "My Way," which was dedicated to Frank Sinatra: The music was written about 25 years ago by Frenchmen Jacques Revaux and Claude Francois, with words by Gillis Thibault and Francois (who, unfortunately, died more than a decade ago in a bathtub accident when a hair dryer fell into the water). The English words were written later by Paul Anka. The original name of the song is "Comme d'Habitude," which simply translates into "As Usual."

Ernie Ashworth, 80, a Grand Ole Opry singer whose 1963 smash hit "Talk Back Trembling Lips" was one of the first country tunes to cross over into pop, died Monday at Trousdale Medical Center in Hartsville, Tenn. Hospital officials did not give the cause of death, but the singer-songwriter had recently undergone heart bypass surgery. Born in Huntsville, Ala., on Dec. 15, 1928, Ashworth listened to the Opry on radio broadcasts and joined a band named the Tunetwisters. Ashworth wrote songs in the 1950s for the Acuff-Rose publishing house that were recorded by country singers including Little Jimmy Dickens, Carl Smith and Johnny Horton, and wrote "I Wish," which was recorded by pop crooner Paul Anka.

Roseanne Barr sent me a nasty note. Bill Cosby wrote a smart-aleck letter to the editor. Paul Anka called to set me straight. I should write about celebrities more often. All of this had to do with a column I tapped out following a story by my colleagues Michael Cieply and James Bates about celebrities who grab wads of cash and gifts for parading their famous mugs at charity fundraisers. I'd be upset, too, if I'd been exposed like that.

It's been more than 20 years since Paul Anka had a hit single in the United States. Yet the 57-year-old singer-songwriter says he's as content as he's ever been during a career that has spanned five decades. "I've arrived at a place where I'm very comfortable [with myself], and my audience is very comfortable with me," said Anka, whose career began meteorically in 1957 as a 15-year-old heartthrob. "I'm in a place where I'm working when I want and how I want.

As he enters his fifth decade in show business, Paul Anka can trace quite a career trajectory: from '50s teen heartthrob crooning "Puppy Love" to Las Vegas mainstay, from composer of Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" theme to singer-songwriter of "Having My Baby."

It's hard not to admire the entertainer within veteran crooner Paul Anka. His artistry, however, is another matter. The former teen idol not only gives his adoring audience just what they came for, but he also does so graciously. On the first of a two-night stand Friday at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, the tuxedo-clad Anka strolled through the near-capacity audience to mingle, stopping to hug and gently kiss some of the women.

It's hard not to admire the entertainer within veteran crooner Paul Anka. His artistry, however, is another matter. The former teen idol, now 56, not only gives his adoring fans just what they came for, but he does so graciously. On the first of two nights at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, the tuxedo-clad Anka strolled through the near-capacity audience stopping to hug and kiss some of the ladies.

Ernie Ashworth, 80, a Grand Ole Opry singer whose 1963 smash hit "Talk Back Trembling Lips" was one of the first country tunes to cross over into pop, died Monday at Trousdale Medical Center in Hartsville, Tenn. Hospital officials did not give the cause of death, but the singer-songwriter had recently undergone heart bypass surgery. Born in Huntsville, Ala., on Dec. 15, 1928, Ashworth listened to the Opry on radio broadcasts and joined a band named the Tunetwisters. Ashworth wrote songs in the 1950s for the Acuff-Rose publishing house that were recorded by country singers including Little Jimmy Dickens, Carl Smith and Johnny Horton, and wrote "I Wish," which was recorded by pop crooner Paul Anka.

It's hard not to admire the entertainer within veteran crooner Paul Anka. His artistry, however, is another matter. The former teen idol not only gives his adoring audience just what they came for, but he also does so graciously. On the first of a two-night stand Friday at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, the tuxedo-clad Anka strolled through the near-capacity audience to mingle, stopping to hug and gently kiss some of the women.

I enjoyed watching "Encore! The Three Tenors" immensely, but I'd like to point out some facts about the song "My Way," which was dedicated to Frank Sinatra: The music was written about 25 years ago by Frenchmen Jacques Revaux and Claude Francois, with words by Gillis Thibault and Francois (who, unfortunately, died more than a decade ago in a bathtub accident when a hair dryer fell into the water). The English words were written later by Paul Anka. The original name of the song is "Comme d'Habitude," which simply translates into "As Usual."

I enjoyed watching "Encore! The Three Tenors" immensely, but I should point out a fact about the song "My Way," which was dedicated to Frank Sinatra: Actually, the music was written about 25 years ago by Frenchmen Jacques Revaux and Claude Francois, with words by Gillis Thibault and Francois, and English words by Paul Anka. (Francois, unfortunately, died more than a decade ago in a freaky bathtub accident when a hair dryer fell into the water.) The name of the song is "Comme d'Habitude," which simply translates into "As Usual."