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"DIANA"
Paul Anka 的作品, 1957年7月2日開始發行, 至9月初便登上 U.S. Billboard R&B Chart 最高銷量榜首位置達两星期。
PAUL ANKA 生於1941年7月30日, 加拿大 Canada, 渥太華 Ottawa, 12歲已開始踏入表演行業。此曲與詞是他寫於年僅15歲, 歌詞道出他暗戀着的一位少女, 有傳是同校學姊 Diana Ayoub; 又有傳這少女是她姐姐家中的兼職女生保姆, 甚至傳是在同一教堂的一位他羞於親近的少女, 全都是比他年長的少女, 他這段暗戀與渴求, 在這歌曲詞中表露無遺。
此曲登上 U.S. Billboard R&B Chart 9月份的榜首, 當年他祇有16歲另41天; 在最年輕的榜首歌星紀錄中, 他列第9位。
Paul Anka- Diana
I'm so young and you're so old
This, my darling I've been told
I don't care just what they say
'Cause forever I will pray
You and I will be as free
As the birds up in the trees
Oh, please, stay by me, Diana
Thrills I get when you hold me close
Oh, my darling, you're the most
I love you but do you love me
Oh Diana, can't you see
I love you with all my heart
And I hope we will never part
Oh, please, stay with me, Diana
Oh my darlin', oh my lover
Tell me that there is no other
I love you with my heart
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Only you can take my heart
Only you can tear it apart
When you hold me in your loving arms
I can feel you giving all your charms
Hold me darling, ho-ho-hold me tight
Squeeze me baby with a-all your might
Oh, please, stay by me Diana
Oh, please, Diana
Oh, please, Diana
Oh, please, Diana
Paul Anka 是一位多才多藝和多産的音樂人, 能编撰之外, 他更以個人歌手, 於不同場合獻藝和錄音製作, 曾参予演出不同的電視片集; 1962年的巨製電影 "The Longest Day 碧血長天" 亦有份以客串参演, 影片中巨星如雲, 不少更以閒角的出現, 007占士邦 Sean Connery 辛康納利, 亦不過是"茄喱啡 Carefree" 而已; 劇中同名的主題曲亦是由 Paul Anka 撰寫和主唱。
"THE LONGEST DAY" - Paul Anka 1962
Many men came here as soldiers
Many men will pass this way
Many men will count the hours
As they live the longest day
Many men are tired and weary
Many men are here to stay
Many men won't see the sunset
When it ends the longest day
The longest day, the longest day
This will be the longest day
Filled with hopes and filled with fears
Filled with blood and sweat and tears
Many men, the mighty thousands
Many men to victory
Marching on, right into battle
In the longest day in history
"MY WAY" - Paul Anka & Frank Sinatra
PAUL ANKA 有33首歌曲作品登上其他不同的榜上; 登榜首的有1959年的 "Loney Boy" 和1974年的 "You're Having My Baby"; 亦有不少作品給其他歌手唱紅, 如 Frank Sinatra 的 "My Way" 是由他把英文歌詞撰上及改編而成的經典, 使樂迷概不理會其原作是誰; 成了 Sinatra 的招牌歌曲, 這現埸版本演出時, Frank Sinatra 己不在世, 監製把他的舊有錄音配上 Paul 的現埸演唱, 做成二重唱 Duets 的效果, 又一永恆的經典演譯版本 !