[quote="SJU61982" post=356061][quote="Logen" post=356055]Maybe not the greatest but undoubtedly the most played was “Johnny’s Theme” for Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show, interestingly enough written by 50’s teen idol Paul Anka. Anka also wrote “My Way” which Sinatra obviously made his own.[/quote]
Of all the songs Paul Anka wrote, the one he made the most money on was actually "She's a Lady", which was a big hit for Tom Jones.
I saw him live in Atlantic City, sometime around the late 90s or early 00s. He put on a great show. Did all his old songs, and entertained a lot in between, too.[/quote]
True that, he also wrote a song that frequently makes “worst song” lists “(You’re) Having My Baby” a duet with a female singer whose last name was Coates, forget her first name. A hit in the early to mid 70’s. One note, I believe “She’s A Lady” sold the most records of all the songs he wrote but he got residuals every time “Johnny’s Theme” was played on the Tonight Show, which was multiple times a night forever. Far and away his biggest $maker. It actually was a re-write of a jazz song Anka had previously written that Carson liked. I am not sure if they were ever sung but Carson wrote lyrics to the tune at Anka’s suggestion so they shared the residuals as co-writers.
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