Paul Anka – Lonely Boy 45 rpm!

Lonely Boy – Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount) 1959, 45 rpm! A Direct Recording! Paul Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario on July 30, 1941. From an early age, he showed a real love for music and after forming a vocal trio, The Bobbysoxers at 13, he was mature beyond his years, and a young man in a hurry. During a Fats Domino concert in Ottawa in early 1956, young Paul broke through security and attempted to get an autograph from the star in his dressing room. Unfortunately he was grabbed by the show’s promoter, Irving Feld and tossed out. As he was being hauled away, Paul yelled to the promoter “One day I’ll be the STAR of your show!”. That same year, armed with the many songs he’d written, Anka went to see his uncle Maurice in Hollywood, who had contacts in the music industry. Maurice introduced him to Ernie Freeman, who at that time, was A&R man for Modern Records and who had been arranging some of Jesse Belvin’s songs. Ernie was quite taken by Paul and cut 2 songs for Paul’s first release. After the record didn’t sell and Ernie Freeman had moved on to Imperial, Modern quickly dropped Paul. Fortunately, he didn’t give up easily and Paul Anka soon came to the attention of Don Costa, A&R at the newly formed ABC-Paramount Records. `Diana’/ `Don’t Gamble With Love’ (a great flip) became his first release for the label. By September 1957 it was #1 on the national charts and went gold. That was the start of a long line of classic Paul Anka hits for ABC-Paramount, including `You Are My …
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