"Diana" is a song written and made famous by Paul Anka

Paul Anka

Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"...

 in 1957

1957 in music

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. It was inspired by a high school friend named Diana Ayoub. The original Paul Anka 1957 recording reached number one on the Billboard "Best Sellers In Stores" chart (although it climbed no higher than number 2 on Billboard's composite "Top 100" chart) and has reportedly sold over 9 million copies. "Diana" also hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers list chart.

Recorded in May 1957 at Don Costa

Don Costa

Don Costa was an American pop music arranger and record producer, best known for his work with Frank Sinatra.-Career:...

 studio in New York.

After signing with RCA Records, Paul Anka rerecorded Diana, along with many other hits in 1963. All these versions were also published in Italian for a special LP. The song has also been covered

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 multiple times; Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin

Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

 sang a duet with Anka himself on the album Amigos, while the horror punk

Horror punk

Horror punk is a music genre that mixes Gothic and punk rock sounds with morbid imagery and lyrics, which are often influenced by horror films...

 band

Musical ensemble

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 Misfits recorded a version on their album Project 1950

Project 1950

-Chart positions:-Bonus DVD:# "This Magic Moment"# "Dream Lover"# "Diana"# "Donna"# "Runaway"*Tracks 1-4, recorded at the Phillips US Open Snowboarding Championships*Track 5, recorded live, at The World in NYCBonus Material...

. Another duet was in 2006 with Anka and the famous Italian singer and entertainer Adriano Celentano

Adriano Celentano

Adriano Celentano is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host.-Biography:Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck, about which he later wrote the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"...

 with a new Italian text made by Giulio Rapetti (well-known as Mogol).

Chart performance

Chart (1957)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart	1
Canadian Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	1
Australia Singles Chart	1