I grew up in the 70s/80s but even then people listened to the 'oldies' except oldies for us was 40s, 50s, & 60s music. That people are still listening to Paul Anka is testament to how timeless this music is. Great reaction as usual & greetings from Toronto.
@ronaldcarpenter14772 жыл бұрын
He was my favorite singer back then. I am 75 years old.
@islgrl2923 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite song when I was about 12. Everything he did was good. Diana was another. He was about 19 or so, during this period. He is still playing in Vegas & such.
@martinsmusic17243 жыл бұрын
Paul Anka was a prolific songwriter and virtually owned Las Vegas. Canadian boy. Had his first #1 hit at 15 years old.
@suedarling94753 жыл бұрын
I wasn't born when this song came out ,but I love the romantic feeling of it. Maybe I'm weird but I like that men used to be romantic. Also that they didn't feel guilty for being one
@chrishepburn15032 жыл бұрын
That's not weird at all
@loveisthemostpowerfulforce13972 жыл бұрын
@@chrishepburn1503 it’s probably weird to most gen z beta males 🙂
@chrishepburn15032 жыл бұрын
@@loveisthemostpowerfulforce1397 🤣
@indrazable2 жыл бұрын
that was 1959 .. .. can imagine 🙄
@twoofsix3b3g2 жыл бұрын
I was a six year old .. and I fell in love with him !😍🤩😂 Met him when I was a teenager in Belgium 😍
@jackie_jrml3 жыл бұрын
What a voice! I’m 42 and grew up listening to my parents oldies station so I’ve heard this so many times as a kid. Now listening.. it’s perfection. 👌🏼 Amazing. We definitely don’t have music like this anymore.
@carolespinoza84693 жыл бұрын
I was born 1950. , When I was listening to my mom's music at 5. I loved this song & his picture on the record cover 🥰🥰🥰🥰
@ivangranger84942 жыл бұрын
The Great composer and vocalist, Mr.Paul Anka.
@rosyv94362 жыл бұрын
Yessssssss!!!!! I LOVE LOVE 💚💜💙💚💜 THIS SONG 👍👍🌹🦋
@Rosiepooh753 жыл бұрын
Grew up with songs from this era from my dad's vinyls. Still have them... They have a lot of Paul Anka and others. The whole era can be defined as "smooth" - Elvis, Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, etc. Absolutely love it!
@ajruther673 жыл бұрын
Always loved the oldies. This was a favorite of mine.
@wgsips3 жыл бұрын
Good music! Old one but goodie! My daughter of 18 yrs old loves this song thx for reacting!🎶🎤💜
@novusmundi2 жыл бұрын
Paul Anka was 19 years old when he sang AND wrote this song. He wrote most of his own songs. A 19 year old had that much depth.
@bennie3842 ай бұрын
He was 17 actually
@crazydale10002 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 50's and 60's. There were some awesome singers.
@joimeeker31742 жыл бұрын
I was born at the wrong time...I ❤ the Crooners of the 50s and Doo Wop groups and 60s rock. Thank you guys soooo much!
@blueykoala26872 жыл бұрын
I'm 71 and LOVE all these songs, I heard these when they fist came out.
@cjnoffz33512 жыл бұрын
This is one of the greatest love songs ever!
@outofmanyweareone64292 жыл бұрын
Classic...timeless❤❤
@jeffstevens1562 жыл бұрын
It’s incredible that this music is forty to fifty years old and it still pulls at Your heartstrings!
@StevenW19582 жыл бұрын
Shawn and Mel, you are such a great couple, and I love how you both enjoy the music that I grew up with. That is why I have just subscribed to your great channel.
@maryanngarrimone11532 жыл бұрын
Oh my teenage heart throb...listened to all of Paul's hits. I seen him in Vegas at a lounge show in 1969 with the Temptations. Boy, they put on show I'll never forget it.
@janetveazey721211 ай бұрын
As a 5 year old London child I listened to him, older brothers and sisters, what a joy it is to hear again. Thank you. Jan x
@sharonglover7221 Жыл бұрын
I was born in the early 50's so we heard all the originals. It was a wonderful wonderful time of music. I miss it so much. I still listen to the cd's and have a Playlist. I don't listen to anything after a certain period in time. Now all you need is 3 cords, 3 notes, and little talent. This music brought the races together. We had so much love for people...and it's due to our music and television shows.
@debitaylor21013 жыл бұрын
He has a great recording career of his own, but wrote for many artists. He wrote My Way for Frank Sinatra. This was a time that entertainers dressed for performances. NO autotune
@lajas462 жыл бұрын
He also wrote the Theme song for the TONIGHT SHOW starring the one and only JOHNNY CARSON
@darweshiblackwell25882 жыл бұрын
This song actually made r and b top ten.
@fancy48652 жыл бұрын
The radio played this all day..every day..when it released
@donnar.m.devore32182 жыл бұрын
I love listening to young people listening to this music. I was born in 1969 and love Paul Anka.
@michaellazzeri2069 Жыл бұрын
17 y/o Paul Anka----------he wrote & arranged this masterpiece.
@paulasmith31793 жыл бұрын
What a great reaction remember back in the day no auto tune. The artist had to have talent and this is live. thank you
@patriciavancraenen81902 жыл бұрын
You are both full of kindness. You are two treasures together. Kisses from Belgium
@kathyrizzi87542 жыл бұрын
Again, I loved Paul Anka’s songs on this Album from the late 50’s. His voice was so unique, every song on this particular album is great! 💙💖💕💕👍
@carollittle10593 жыл бұрын
Got to listen to Bobby Rydell and Frankie Avalon also huge in the 50's and still doing concerts today.
@sparklemotion11642 жыл бұрын
Yes Bobby Rydel 👏 🙌 😍 👌 ❤
@ewychan2 жыл бұрын
My favorite singer of all time!!
@user1952-e4g2 жыл бұрын
Paul A. (a Canadian singer of Lebanese ancestry) sold millions of records internationally, was a teenage " heartthrob" and had many top ten US hits. This insanely romantic song was also one of the reasons unplanned pregnancies from the bygone era peaked in 1959! Try "Lonely Boy", "Diana" and "Puppy Love". You will be captivated!
@douglasmeyer18872 жыл бұрын
Maybe the FDA approving “the pill” in 1960 May have something to do with that…
@pamelabarrera50742 жыл бұрын
Oh the memories. Love your reaction ♥. Thx for sharing ♥
@matthewgibbs13662 жыл бұрын
Some of the best music. Keep doing oldies.
@ChicagoDB2 жыл бұрын
This song was a standard on jukeboxes everywhere, for about a decade! And it still easy to see why.
@dtm63582 жыл бұрын
You 2 are the BEST REACTION COUPLE. It is a pleasure to watch your passion for music and comedy.
@0830462 ай бұрын
You guys make my day. I love the joy you bring to music I listened to as a teenager - great job - thank you
@bobbyecrockett17102 жыл бұрын
I remember sweet, sweet boys and slow dances to this song at sock hops also known as dances.
@deegomez20893 жыл бұрын
He's such a good songwriter. You might like Times Of Your Life 🎶🎵
@michaellazzeri2069 Жыл бұрын
Spring of '59, I was 12 y/o, in 7th grade. This was THE slow-dance song of my generation.
@laminage3 жыл бұрын
This was from The US Music Show American Bandstand that Dick Clark hosted from 1957-1989. Paul is in a Class all by himself. Everything he "Sang" he "Wrote" alot of fellow Teen Idols didn't do that. He also holds the distinction of having Hits in every Single Decade from the 1950's to now. Only The Isley Brothers & Smokey Robinson hold that Distinction. He also wrote songs for other Folks. She's A Lady for Tom Jones and My Way for Frank Sinatra which was the "Last" Song that Elvis Sang before he died in 1977. "My Way" is next to "Yesterday" the most covered song in Music. It recently went to Number One on The Adult Contemporary Chart with Olivia Newton-John. He also sang backup on Stevie Wonder's Fullfillingness First Finale in the 1970's.
@DanielShanks-vq4ut6 ай бұрын
LOVE YOU GUYS AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM, FOR ALL TYPES OF MUSIC. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO
@realemiele.franco7362 жыл бұрын
Aghhhh... you found Paul "The Canadian Whirlwind " Anka. Another great 50's crooner... yes this is music of yesteryear but STILL tests the hands of time.
@ebonylocks92342 жыл бұрын
Paul Anka was about it all these songs we're number one's
@suzie4417 Жыл бұрын
Another wonderful 🇨🇦🥰 Canadian heart throb. He was SO popular and the girls swooned when they saw him 😊 Paul has so many big hits & has been a big draw in Vegas for years, he has written so many songs that became hits for him or other singers💕💟 🎉🎉 If you want to see the reaction Paul had on the female fans YOU HAVE to watch Paul Anka Live in NYC 1960!! Girls were crying, screaming, fainting & being held back by NYC’s Finest so they wouldn’t storm the stage ! It’s pandemonium 🥰🥹😩🫠🫢😘🎉💫
@49txhunter3 жыл бұрын
He was also a great song writer and if I'm not mistaken wrote a song or two for Sinatra.
@yslandbaggett89813 жыл бұрын
I was a kid of the 50s. Drive in theaters and backseats with this kind of music playing. Wish I could go back
@cdfdesantis6992 жыл бұрын
That smile, & his interaction with the women on the front row - every female in the place just melted.
@raytorres26852 жыл бұрын
🔊 "Having my Baby" was my favorite. A big hit Nobody's reacted to. Reminds me of my newly wed wife telling me she's carrying our first, our daughter. Beautiful song 🎵
@wendypowell63573 жыл бұрын
I love your reactions. You both are so cute and compliment each other so well.
@kancionsinziztema233 жыл бұрын
Its so beautiful i wait for more reactions please, ✨
@60sbaby456 Жыл бұрын
Mom said 50s had class and respect❤
@MissMom62 жыл бұрын
Songs like this were made for dancing to! ❤️
@larryl1427 Жыл бұрын
Paul Anka wrote a lot of great songs.
@TinaFahy-jx4om2 ай бұрын
This used to be my older brothers favorite song and he imitated Paul even wearing his hair exactly the same. He even looked like him because he short like him. After he saw him in person he didn't mind being short. Lol
@texasps912 жыл бұрын
Y'all are both Sweethearts, God Bless!!
@LadyGator19833 жыл бұрын
Another oldie but definitely a goodie!!!
@MrSmartAlec3 жыл бұрын
Back in the day this was some serious slow dance music.
@loneranger6682 жыл бұрын
Shawn and Mel: Don't know exactly how to describe your social appeal to myself, but when I first heard you guys react to various songs; I was hooked on your channel. Keep up the good vibes!!!!!
@timcarr64013 жыл бұрын
Anka was the Dustin Hoffman of pop singers in the late 50s and early 60s. He got a lot of residuals from composing the Tonight Show theme. I have his bio "My Way." It's rather interesting he gives glimpses into the lives of many entertainers such as Dean, Frank, Elvis, Tom Jones, Sammy Davis Jr. and more.
@kathrynstafford70992 жыл бұрын
In the 70s, "You're Having My Baby". " Times of Your Life".
@Wolfsky92 жыл бұрын
I was so lucky to have grown up in the 50's & 60's ! The music was THE very best. ----MJL, 75 y/o
@bpaq93493 жыл бұрын
One of my teenage heart throbs 🥰
@henryruprecht45833 жыл бұрын
you should listen to all of a sudden my heart sings. this my wife's favorite song to dance too.
@ericmcfarland96878 ай бұрын
The song is timeless and you're hooked from the first verse. Great song written by a teenager, legend.
@kathifielder11102 жыл бұрын
Great reaction! Paul Anka wrote and performed a lot of songs and is still out there doing his thing. My favorite and I hope you'll react to it: ☆Paul Anka☆ - You are my destiny (2:47). I think you'd love it.
@deboraaparisi99992 жыл бұрын
Now that's a real slow dance song💃💃👫
@jordankennedy84212 жыл бұрын
I love this song my mom loved it 🥰
@msalykat6466 Жыл бұрын
It's funny that KZbin suggested this video today. I used to babysit my nephew when he was a baby and he missed his mom so he would cry. But when I sang that song to him he would calm down. I lost my nephew last month. He was 45. Sorry to post such a downer comment. I've seen some of your other reactions and really enjoy them. 😸 Rest in Paradise Keyon Eddins 12/30/77 - 3/12/23
@noksu_krx19332 жыл бұрын
Anka was smooth as butter
@thedealer7772 жыл бұрын
NOTE: Paul Anka wrote the theme song for "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" in 1962. The song has been estimated to have been played around 1.4 million times. With this one song, Anka earned between eight and nine hundred thousand dollars. Thirty years of royalties.
@Eyes-of-Horus Жыл бұрын
This song was written by Paul Anka for Annette Funicello when they were dating. Check out a pretty prolific singer-songwriter from the '50 through the '70s Neil Sadaka. He had a number of hits and wrote hits for a number of other performers.
@Wolfsky92 жыл бұрын
Paul Anka was 17 y/o when he wrote & recorded this Masterpiece. Spring of 1959.
@katherinesimkins33253 жыл бұрын
He also wrote My Way - and Frank Sinatra sang it - I highly recommend it if you haven't don so yet:).
@bluebear19853 жыл бұрын
Paul Anka was one of the earlier big names to come out of Canada. He still performs a fair bit these days.
@manueldeterra50902 жыл бұрын
Back from a simpler time, when we danced, we actually touched each other, and when the lady felt close, she actually laid her head on the guys shoulder. There were ugly things going on for sure, but mainly we were happier. Two years after listening to this song at the local dances, I would be in a rice paddy fearing for my life, and wishing to hell I was back at the local sock hop. Thanks for the flashback.
@oldschool722 жыл бұрын
he was 18 in this video..1959 i was 10..still have this and 100's more on 45 rpm...
@youngnana3 Жыл бұрын
Love this song!!! ❤
@davidpeters38577 ай бұрын
Genius singer/songwriter
@m.harrison21513 жыл бұрын
Now give a listen to Austin Brown, of Home Free, his version of this classic! He has his own channel with lots of covers, including “At Last” by Etta James & sung in the same key as Etta, and original songs. He’s fabulous! Also, check out Home Free’s version of “Crazy” by Patsy Cline with Austin singing it in her key! Please react to both! Thanks!
@samuelpajoa2159 ай бұрын
Imagine you guys. Driving up to lovers point. In a classic car, with the AM radio playing this song.🥰😍
@fancy48652 жыл бұрын
More "feel good" music of the era!!
@davidzimmerli4893 жыл бұрын
These video music review channels are great! It's like having good company right next to you in your living room, but without the germs! ..... (lol)
@carollittle10593 жыл бұрын
He wrote most of his hit songs.
@isuriadireja91 Жыл бұрын
FYI....this cat, Paul Anka, was also responsible for writing the english lyrics to Frank Sinatra's signature anthem, My Way, which was originally a French song.
@anthonyjselino9295 Жыл бұрын
You two are great!
@uncle_rick3332 жыл бұрын
😂😂you guys crack me up
@cynthiamgrooms81952 жыл бұрын
Us Oldies grew up in an era of Romance & Visions of what Real love should feel & be like-I don’t know How any good is coming from Rap!!!
@brianalmeida19643 жыл бұрын
Apparently my dad used to sing me to sleep to this song and also Take Good Care Of My Baby by Bobby Vee when I was a baby in the mid 60s!!
@sharoninglima12172 ай бұрын
Paul wrote this song and major songs for MJ, Elvis, Tom Jones and others . He was born in 1941/this song was debuted in 1959 so Paul was 18 years old.
@dannybeaty34862 жыл бұрын
Please check out Paul Anka's "Having My Baby". I think you both will really enjoy it.
@philiphughes95563 жыл бұрын
Outstanding memories. Thank you very much. Awesome. If interested, you might react to Niel Sedaka. Same time frame.. thank again
@garyjohnson8012 жыл бұрын
The 50s were the best years they had the best music the best dance the best cars the best tasting food
@dpaine64052 жыл бұрын
Don't care how many times you hear this song that "baby" will get you every time. Good grief!!!
@miller000killer2 жыл бұрын
back in a time when men and women appreciated each other more i grew up on this music and i still ove it now.
@juanitadiemer643 жыл бұрын
*My eyes adored you* !!!! PLEASE
@chevy266nova2 жыл бұрын
I have been on this earth 78 years, And I say There will never be music like we had in the 1950's and 60's. You could feel the love in the music. You can't do that today.
@davidmazon75162 жыл бұрын
My aunt said she used to have his poster on her wall next to Frankie Avalon and Elvis Presley