Show Business: Anka's Aweigh

At 34, Paul Anka is one of the richest entertainers in the world. When night falls over the mountains outside his Sun Valley condominium, he sits down at the baby grand to compose. "I like to have four or five songs going at once," he says with satisfaction. Beside the piano is a typewriter to which Paul, a 60-words-a-minute typist, turns to do the lyrics. It is the same machine on which he has tapped out such solid gold hits as My Way for Frank Sinatra, She's a Lady for Tom Jones and (You're)...

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