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===1970s chart comeback=== [[File:Bill Elvis Paul.jpg|thumb|right|Paul Anka with friends [[Bill Porter (sound engineer)|Bill Porter]] and [[Elvis Presley]] backstage at the [[Las Vegas Hilton]] on August 5, 1972]] Frustrated after more than ten years without a top 25 hit record, Anka switched labels again, which marked a turning point in his career. This time he signed with United Artists and in 1974 teamed up with [[Odia Coates]] to record the {{Abbr|No.|number}} 1 hit, "[[(You're) Having My Baby]]", exposing Anka to a new generation of fans and proving his staying power among his original fan base that was now maturing. Anka also wrote five songs which were included on an album by Don Goodwin.<ref name="Inc.1974">{{cite magazine|author=Martin Melhuish|title=From the Music Capitals of the World| magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|date=July 13, 1974|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=42β|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Anka and Coates recorded three more duets that made it into the Top 10: "[[One Man Woman/One Woman Man]]" ({{Abbr|No.|number}} 7), "[[I Don't Like to Sleep Alone]]" ({{Abbr|No.|number}} 8), and the {{Abbr|No.|number}} 15 duet "(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love". In 1975, he recorded a [[jingle]] for [[Eastman Kodak|Kodak]] written by [[Bill Lane (songwriter)|Bill Lane]] (lyrics) and [[Roger Nichols (songwriter)|Roger Nichols]] (melody) called "[[Times of Your Life]]". It became so popular Anka recorded it as a full song, which peaked at {{Abbr|No.|number}} 7 in the US pop chart in 1976. The follow-up was another hit that Anka wrote for Sinatra, "Anytime (I'll Be There)", peaking at {{Abbr|No.|number}} 33. Anka's last Top 40 hit in the US was in the summer of 1983: "Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes", which included backing vocals from then-[[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] frontman [[Peter Cetera]]; it hit {{Abbr|No.|number}} 2 on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary]] chart.<ref>{{cite book|title=Top Adult Contemporary: 1961β2001|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2002|publisher=Record Research|page=22}}</ref>
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