Paul Anka / discography
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Paul Anka - discography
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Paul Anka, 1961
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| Publications | |
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 Studio albums
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28 |
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Live albums
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1 |
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Compilations
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18th |
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Singles
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90 |
This discography by Paul Anka provides an overview of almost 30 years of record production and the successes of the Canadian pop singer in the USA, Great Britain and Germany. A selection of compact discs reflects the singer's continued popularity to the present day. According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 2.6 million records in his career, including over 425,000 in his home country alone. The most successful Anka release is the album Anka with around 600,000 units sold.
United States
Vinyl singles
| From page | Catalog no. | publication |
| RPM records | ||
| I Confess / Blau-Wile-Deveest-Fontaine | 472 | September 1956 |
| ABC paramount | ||
| Diana / Don't Gamble With Love | 9831 | June 1957 |
| I Love You, Baby / Tell Me That You Love Me | 9855 | October 1957 |
| You Are My Destiny / When I Stop Loving You | 9880 | December 1957 |
| Crazy Love / Let The Bells Keep Ringing | 9907 | March 1958 |
| Midnight / Forbidden! (Forbidden) | 9937 | June 1958 |
| Just Young / So It's Goodbye | 9956 | September 1958 |
| My Heart Sings / That's Love | 9987 | November 1958 |
| I Miss You So / Late Last Night | 10011 | March 1959 |
| Lonely Boy / Your Love | 10022 | May 1959 |
| Put Your Head on My Shoulder / Don't Ever Leave Me | 10040 | August 1959 |
| It's Time To Cry / Something Has Changed Me | 10064 | November 1959 |
| Puppy Love / Adam and Eve | 10082 | February 1960 |
| My Home Town / Something Happened | 10106 | April 1960 |
| Hello Young Lovers / I Love You In The Same Old Way | 10132 | July 1960 |
| Summer's Gone / I'd Have To Share | 10147 | September 1960 |
| It's Christmas Everywhere / Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer | 10163 | November 1960 |
| The Story of My Love / Don't Say You're Sorry | 10168 | November 1960 |
| Tonight My Love, Tonight / I'm Just a Fool Anyway | 10194 | February 1961 |
| Dance On Little Girl / I Talk To You | 10220 | May 1961 |
| Cinderella / Kissin 'on the Phone | 10239 | August 1961 |
| Loveland / The Bells at My Wedding | 10279 | November 1961 |
| Far from the Lights of Town / The Fools Hall of Fame | 10282 | January 1962 |
| I'd Never Find Another You / Uh Huh | 10311 | March 1962 |
| All of Me / I'm Coming Home | 10338 | July 1962 |
| RCA Victor | ||
| Love Me Warm And Tender / I'd Like to Know | 7977 | February 1962 |
| I Never Knew Your Name / A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine | 8030 | May 1962 |
| Every Night / There You Go | 8068 | August 1962 |
| Eso Beso / Give Me Back My Heart | 8097 | November 1962 |
| Love Makes the World Go 'Round / Crying in the Wind | 8115 | December 1962 |
| Remember Diana / At Night | 8170 | April 1963 |
| Hello Jim / You've Got the Nerve to Call This Love | 8195 | June 1963 |
| Hurry Up and Tell Me / Wondrous Are the Ways of Love | 8237 | September 1963 |
| Did You Have a Happy Birthday / For No Good Reason at All | 8272 | December 1963 |
| From Rocking Horse to Rocking Chair / Cheer Up | 8311 | February 1964 |
| My Baby's Comin 'Home / No, No | 8349 | May 1964 |
| In My Imagination / It's Easy to Say | 8396 | July 1964 |
| Ogni Volta (Every Time) / Cindy Go Home | 8441 | October 1964 |
| Sylvia / Behind My Smile | 8493 | January 1965 |
| The Loneliest Boy in the World / Dream Me Happy | 8595 | June 1965 |
| Every Day a Heart Is Broken / As If There Were No Tomorrow | 8662 | August 1965 |
| Truly Yours / Oh Such a Stranger | 8764 | February 1966 |
| I Wish / I Went To Your Wedding | 8839 | May 1966 |
| I Can't Help Loving You / Can't Get Along Very Well Without Her | 8893 | July 1966 |
| Poor Old World / I'd Rather Be a Stranger | 9032 | November 1966 |
| Until It's Time for You to Go / Would You Still Be My Baby | 9128 | February 1967 |
| A Woman Is a Sentimental Thing / That's How Love Goes | 9228 | May 1967 |
| Can't Get You Out of My Mind / When We Get There | 9457 | February 1968 |
| Goodnight My Love / This Crazy World | 9648 | October 1968 |
| Happy / Can't Get You Out of My Mind | 9767 | January 1969 |
| In The Still of the Night / Pickin 'Up The Pieces | 0126 | March 1969 |
| Sincerely / Next Year | 0164 | May 1968 |
| Midnight Mistress / Medley | 9846 | 1970 |
| Buddah | ||
| Do I Love You / So Long City | 252 | August 1971 |
| Jubilation / Everything's Been Changed | 294 | March 1972 |
| Life Song (Mono) / Life Song (Stereo) | 314 | August 1972 |
| While We're Still Young / This Is Your Song | 337 | 1972 |
| Hey Girl / You and Me Today | 349 | April 1973 |
| United Artists | ||
| Having my baby / papa | 454 | June 1974 |
| One Man Woman-One Woman / Let Me Get to Know You | 569 | October 1974 |
| I Don't Like to Sleep Alone / How Can Anything Be Beautiful-After You | 615 | March 1975 |
| (I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love / Today I Became A Fool | 685 | July 1975 |
| Times of Your Life / Water Runs Deep | 737 | November 1975 |
| Anytime / Something About You | 789 | 1976 |
| Happier / Closing Doors | 911 | 1976 |
| My Best Friend's Wife / Never Gonna Fall in Love Again | 972 | 1977 |
| Everybody Ought to Be in Love / Tonight | 1018 | 1977 |
| RCA | ||
| Brought Up In New York / Love Me Lady | 11351 | 1978 |
| This Is Love / I'm By Myself Again | 11395 | September 1978 |
| As Long As We Keep Believing / Headlines | 11662 | 1979 |
| Think I'm in Love Again / We Love Each Other | 12184 | 1981 |
| I've Been Waiting for You / Think I'm in Love Again | 12225 | April 1981 |
| Lady Lay Down / You're Still a Part Of Me | 12262 | June 1981 |
| Columbia | ||
| Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes / This Is the First Time | 03897 | April 1983 |
LPs *
| title | Catalog no. | publication |
| Sings His Big 15 | ABC 323 | June 1960 |
| At the copa | ABC 353 | November 1960 |
| Sings His Big 15 (2) | ABC 390 | September 1961 |
| Young, Alive And in Love | RCA 2502 | March 1962 |
| Let's Sit This One Out | RCA 2575 | August 1962 |
| Paul Anka's 21 Golden Hits | RCA 2691 | May 1963 |
| Goodnight My Love | RCA 4142 | February 1969 |
| Life Goes On | RCA 4250 | November 1969 |
| Paul Anka | Buddah 5093 | December 1971 |
| Jubilation | Buddah 5114 | May 1972 |
| Anka | United Artists 314 | August 1974 |
| Paul Anka Gold | Sire 3704 | October 1974 |
| Feelings | United Artists 367 | March 1975 |
| Times of Your Life | United Artists 569 | November 1975 |
| The painter | United Artists 653 | August 1976 |
| The Music Man | United Artists 746 | April 1977 |
| Listen to your heart | RCA 2892 | November 1978 |
| Both sides of love | RCA 3926 | 1981 |
| Walk a fine line | Columbia 38442 | July 1983 |
Great Britain
Vinyl singles *
| From page | Catalog no. | publication |
| Columbia | ||
| Diana / Don't Gamble With Love | 3980 | July 1957 |
| I Love You, Baby / Tell Me That You Love Me | 4022 | October 1957 |
| You Are My Destiny / When I Stop Loving You | 4063 | January 1958 |
| Crazy Love / Let The Bells Keep Ringing | 4110 | April 1958 |
| Midnight / Forbidden | 4172 | August 1958 |
| My Heart Sings / That's Love | 4241 | January 1959 |
| Lonely Boy / Your Love | 4324 | July 1959 |
| Put Your Head on My Shoulder / Don't Ever Leave Me | 4355 | October 1959 |
| It's Time to Cry / Something Has Changed Me | 4390 | October 1959 |
| Puppy Love / Adam and Eve | 4434 | March 1960 |
| RCA | ||
| Love Me Warm and Tender / I'd Like To Know | 1276 | February 1962 |
| Having my baby / papa | 35713 | July 1974 |
* only with evaluation by the New Musical Express
Germany
Vinyl singles *
| From page | Catalog no. | publication |
| Columbia | ||
| Diana / Don't Gamble With Love | 5602 | December 1957 |
| My Heart Sings / That's Love | 21108 | April 1959 |
| Lonely Boy / Late Last Night | 21228 | July 1959 |
| Put Your Head on My Shoulder / Don't Ever Leave Me | 21294 | October 1959 |
| Just like you / I'd Have to Share | 21650 | October 1960 |
| RCA | ||
| Love Me Warm and Tender / I'd Like To Know | 7977 | March 1962 |
| I give you lots of love / a girl like you | 9396 | April 1962 |
| A Steel Guitar & a Glas of Wine / I Never Knew Your Name | 8030 | June 1962 |
| Eso Beso / Give Me Back My Heart | 8097 | November 1962 |
| Remember Diana / At Night | 8170 | April 1963 |
| Hello Jim / You Have the Nerve To Call This Love | 8195 | July 1963 |
| Two girls from Germany / Sunshine Baby | 9539 | May 1964 |
| Sweet, sweet Rosalie / But you don't have time | 9576 | October 1964 |
| Kiddy Kiddy Kiss Me / A Sunny Boy and a Signorina ** | 9601 | December 1964 |
| Elisabeth / The most beautiful anchorage | 9610 | January 1965 |
| With you, with me / At the Laramie registry office | 9668 | October 1965 |
| Babsy, Bambina, Babette / I break my shoes | 9726 | 1966 |
| I'm fine / pointless tears | 9749 | February 1967 |
| United Artists | ||
| Having my baby / papa | 35713 | October 1974 |
* English-language productions only with music market evaluation , ** with Rita Pavone
Compact disc*
| title | Label | publication |
| Five Decades - Greatest Hits | Curb | 1990 |
| Classic hits | Wea | 1992 |
| My Heart Sings | Radio Arch | 1996 |
| Essential Rca Rock & Roll | Taragon | 1999 |
| Paul Anka | Bella Musi | 2000 |
| Two girls from Germany | Bear Family | 2000 |
| My greatest songs | RCA | 2001 |
| Rock swings | Universal | 2005 |
| Classic Songs, My Way | Universal | 2007 |
| Remember Diana | Bbi | 2008 |
| Here's Paul Anka | Disky | 2009 |
| Lonely Boy: The Early Recordings | Goldies | 2010 |
| 21 golden hits | Sony | 2013 |
| The Very Best Of Paul Anka | NotNow | 2013 |
| Swings for Young Lovers | jackpot | 2013 |
* distributed in Germany
Chart placements
Albums
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Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
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| 1963 | Paul Anka's 21 Golden Hits |
DE35 (3 months) DE |
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US65 (27 weeks) US |
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| 1964 | Paul Anka in Germany |
DE31 (2 months) DE |
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| 1969 | Goodnight My Love | - | - | - |
US101 (11 weeks) US |
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| Life Goes On | - | - | - |
US194 (2 weeks) US |
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| 1971 | Paul Anka | - | - | - |
US188 (4 weeks) US |
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| 1972 | Jubilation | - | - | - |
US192 (4 weeks) US |
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| 1974 | Anka | - | - | - |
US9  (28 weeks)US |
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| Paul Anka Gold | - | - | - |
US125 (9 weeks) US |
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| 1975 | Feelings | - | - | - |
US36 (29 weeks) US |
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| Times of Your Life | - | - | - |
US22nd (25 weeks)US |
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| 1976 | The painter | - | - | - |
US85 (15 weeks) US |
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| 1977 | Music Man | - | - | - |
US195 (3 weeks) US |
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| 1978 | Listen to your heart | - | - | - |
US179 (7 weeks) US |
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| 1980 | 20 golden hits | - |
AT2 (18 weeks) AT |
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| 1981 | Both sides of love | - | - | - |
US171 (6 weeks) US |
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| 1983 | Walk a fine line | - | - | - |
US156 (8 weeks) US |
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| 2005 | Rock swings |
DE10 (13 weeks) DE |
- |
UK9 (8 weeks)UK |
US120 (2 weeks) US |
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| 2007 | Classic Songs - My Way | - | - |
UK13 (4 weeks) UK |
US139 (2 weeks) US |
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| 2013 | Duets | - | - | - |
US95 (3 weeks) US |
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
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| 1957 | Diana |
DE11 (4 months) DE |
- |
UK1 (25 weeks) UK |
US2 (29 weeks) US |
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| I love you baby |
DE22 (3 months) DE |
- |
UK3 (15 weeks) UK |
US97 (1 week) US |
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| Tell Me That You Love Me | - | - |
UK25 (2 weeks) UK |
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| You Are My Destiny | - | - |
UK6 (13 weeks) UK |
US7 (17 weeks) US |
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| 1958 | Crazy Love | - | - |
UK26 (1 week) UK |
US19 (14 weeks) US |
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| Let The Bells Keep Ringing | - | - | - |
US30 (13 weeks) US |
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| Midnight | - | - |
UK26 (1 week) UK |
US69 (5 weeks) US |
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| Just Young | - | - | - |
US80 (5 weeks) US |
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| The Teen Commandments | - | - | - |
US29 (8 weeks) US |
with Johnny Nash & George Hamilton IV
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| (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings | - | - |
UK10 (13 weeks) UK |
US15 (17 weeks) US |
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| 1959 | I miss you so | - | - | - |
US33 (9 weeks) US |
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| Lonely boy |
DE8 (7 months) DE |
- |
UK3 (17 weeks) UK |
US1 (15 weeks) US |
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| Put your head on my shoulder |
DE25 (3 months) DE |
- |
UK7 (12 weeks) UK |
US1 (15 weeks) US |
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| It's time to cry | - | - |
UK28 (2 weeks) UK |
US4 (15 weeks) US |
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| 1960 | Puppy love | - | - |
UK33 (7 weeks) UK |
US2 (14 weeks) US |
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| Adam and Eve | - | - | - |
US90 (2 weeks) US |
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| My Home Town | - | - | - |
US8 (13 weeks) US |
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| Something happened | - | - | - |
US41 (9 weeks) US |
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| Hello Young Lovers | - | - |
UK44 (1 week) UK |
US23 (12 weeks) US |
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| I Love You In The Same Old Way | - | - | - |
US40 (11 weeks) US |
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| Summer's gone | - | - | - |
US11 (11 weeks) US |
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| The Story of My Love | - | - | - |
US16 (8 weeks) US |
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| 1961 | Tonight My Love, Tonight | - | - | - |
US13 (11 weeks) US |
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| Dance On Little Girl | - | - | - |
US10 (10 weeks) US |
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| Cinderella | - | - | - |
US70 (4 weeks) US |
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| Kissin 'on the phone | - | - | - |
US35 (7 weeks) US |
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| 1962 | Love Me Warm and Tender |
DE45 (1 month) DE |
- |
UK19 (11 weeks) UK |
US12 (12 weeks) US |
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| I give you lots of love |
DE45 (1 month) DE |
- | - | - | ||
| A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine |
DE35 (1 month) DE |
- |
UK41 (4 weeks) UK |
US13 (10 weeks) US |
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| Every Night (Without You) | - | - | - |
US46 (6 weeks) US |
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| Eso beso (That Kiss!) |
DE14 (5 months) DE |
- | - |
US19 (8 weeks) US |
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| I'm coming home | - | - | - |
US94 (1 week) US |
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| Love (Makes the World Go 'Round) | - | - | - |
US26 (8 weeks) US |
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| 1963 | Did you have a happy birthday? | - | - | - |
US89 (3 weeks) US |
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| Remember Diana |
DE42 (1 month) DE |
- | - |
US39 (8 weeks) US |
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| Hello Jim |
DE46 (1 month) DE |
- | - |
US97 (1 week) US |
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| 1964 | Two girls from Germany (white sausage, dumplings, sauerkraut) |
DE4 (5 months) DE |
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| Sweet Sweet Rosalie |
DE34 (2 months) DE |
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| Kiddy Kiddy Kiss Me |
DE7 (2½ months) DE |
AT9 (4 weeks) AT |
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with Rita Pavone
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| 1965 | Elisabeth |
DE17 (1½ months) DE |
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| 1966 | With you with you |
DE35 (½ month) DE |
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| 1968 | Goodnight My Love | - | - | - |
US27 (10 weeks) US |
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| 1969 | Happy | - | - | - |
US86 (3 weeks) US |
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| In The Still of the Night | - | - | - |
US64 (6 weeks) US |
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| Sincerely | - | - | - |
US80 (4 weeks) US |
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| 1971 | Do I love you | - | - | - |
US53 (11 weeks) US |
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| 1972 | Jubilation | - | - | - |
US65 (9 weeks) US |
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| 1974 | (You're) having my baby |
DE15 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
UK6 (10 weeks) UK |
US1 (15 weeks)US |
with Odia Coates
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| One Man Woman, One Woman Man | - | - | - |
US7 (16 weeks) US |
with Odia Coates
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| Let me get to know you | - | - | - |
US80 (8 weeks) US |
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| 1975 | I don't like to sleep alone | - |
AT16 (8 weeks) AT |
- |
US8 (15 weeks) US |
with Odia Coates
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| (I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love | - | - | - |
US15 (13 weeks) US |
with Odia Coates
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| Times of Your Life | - | - | - |
US7 (20 weeks) US |
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| 1976 | Anytime (I'll Be There) | - | - | - |
US33 (9 weeks) US |
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| Happier | - | - | - |
US60 (7 weeks) US |
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| 1977 | My Best Friend's Wife | - | - | - |
US80 (2 weeks) US |
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| Everybody Ought to Be in Love | - | - | - |
US75 (4 weeks) US |
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| 1978 | This is love | - | - | - |
US35 (11 weeks) US |
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| 1981 | I've Been Waiting For You All Of My Life | - | - | - |
US48 (9 weeks) US |
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| 1983 | Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes | - | - | - |
US40 (16 weeks) US |
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
 silver |
gold |
 platinum
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Sales | swell |
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 Finland (IFPI)
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gold1
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- | 25,000 | ifpi.fi |
 Canada (MC)
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4 × gold4th
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2 × platinum2
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425,000 | musiccanada.com |
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United States (RIAA)
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- |
3 × gold3
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- | 2,000,000 | riaa.com |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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silver1
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gold1
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- | 160,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
silver1
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9 × gold9
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2 × platinum2
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literature
- Günter Ehnert: Hit Records - British Chart Singles 1950-1965 , Taurus Press, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-922542-32-8 .
- Günter Ehnert: Hit Balance Sheet - German Chart Singles 1956-1980 , Taurus Press, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 .
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Web links
- Paul Anka: Discography I at countrydiscoghraphy
- Paul Anka: Discography II at countrydiscoghraphy
- Paul-Anka: Discography at discogs.com
- Paul-Anka: Chart positions at musicvf.com