In 1983, he co-wrote the song "I Never Heard" with Michael Jackson. It was retitled and released in 2009 under the name "This Is It". An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from the 1983 session, "Love Never Felt So Good", was released in 2014 on Jackson\'s posthumous album Xscape. The song was also released by Johnny Mathis in 1984.\n', '

Anka became a naturalized US citizen in 1990.\n', '

Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka Sr., who owned a restaurant called the Locanda. His parents were both Antiochian Orthodox Christians. Anka\'s father (Andy) was Syrian-American from \'Uyūn al-Wādī, Syria, from the Na\'Nou\' (Arabic: نعنوع) family and his mother (Camelia) was Canadian-Lebanese "from the town of Kfar Mechki, Rashaya District, in Lebanon".\n', '

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