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Paul Anka, 84, teases possible retirement
Paul Anka, 84, says that after 70 years in show business, he’ll know when it is time for him to retire.
The iconic “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” singer reflected on his career in an interview with CBS News.
“When it’s time for my body to say enough, I’ll know,” he said on the outlet’s Sunday morning program. “I’m playing with the house’s money now. I’m one lucky guy!”
Anka has stayed on Billboard ‘s Top 100 chart for nearly his entire career. He wrote Frank Sinatra’s classic “My Way,” along his own hit songs like “Diana” and “Lonely Boy.”
The songwriter told the outlet that he started in the music business when he was just 10 years old, growing up in Ottawa, Canada.
“It was very difficult to go from a modest background in a small town, to everybody’s all over you and you’re famous and you’re a celebrity,” Anka said.
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