Editing Paul Anka (section)

===Italy===
Anka collaborated with a number of Italian musicians, including composer/director [[Ennio Morricone]], singer-songwriter [[Lucio Battisti]], and lyricist [[Giulio Rapetti|Mogol]]. His official discography reports nine singles released by [[RCA Italiana]],<ref name="paulanka.com">[http://www.paulanka.com/flash/main.html Paul Anka Official Site. Discography. Import singles.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212165013/http://paulanka.com/flash/main.html |date=February 12, 2009 }} Paulanka.com Retrieved on February 13, 2009.</ref> but the Italian charts list at least six other songs he interpreted or recorded in Italian. His top hit was "Ogni giorno" which scored {{Abbr|No.|number}}&nbsp;1 in 1962, followed by "Piangerò per te" and "Ogni volta", which reached both {{Abbr|No.|number}}&nbsp;2, in 1963 and 1964. "Ogni volta" ("Every Time") was sung by Anka during the [[Festival della canzone italiana|Festival di Sanremo]] of 1964 and then sold more than one million copies in Italy alone; it was also awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{Cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/170 170]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/170}}</ref>

He returned to Sanremo in 1968 with "La farfalla impazzita" by [[Lucio Battisti|Battisti]]-[[Giulio Rapetti|Mogol]]. On that occasion, the same title was interpreted by Italian crooner [[Johnny Dorelli]]. The pair of singers, however, were eliminated before the final stage of the musical contest. Anka, maybe only coincidentally, left the Italian scene shortly thereafter. In 2003, Anka came back with an exclusive concert in [[Bologna]], organized by the Italian company [[Mapei]] during the CERSAIE exhibition. He recorded a version of "My Way" with alternate lyrics dedicated to the sponsor of the evening. {{Citation needed|date=July 2012}}

In 2006, he recorded a duet with 1960s Italian hitmaker [[Adriano Celentano]], a new cover of "Diana", with Italian lyrics by Celentano-Mogol and with singer-songwriter [[Alex Britti]] on the guitar.<ref>M. L. Fegiz: Duetto inedito con Paul Anka nella storia musicale di Celentano. Corriere Della Sera, November 7, 2006.</ref> The song hit {{Abbr|No.|number}}&nbsp;3.