Paul Anka's The Painter from 1976

 

Cover painting by Andy Warhol-- wait, what? as my kids would say... but of course...

Information here. 

Paul Anka probably is remembered by everyone who existed in the 1970s. He made some massive pop hits at the time mostly in the 60s that are kind of forgettable in today's 'more advanced' world. I think his perma-tanned ever-grinning face was also immensely popular among the female population. I was remembering the one song called Times of Your Life because of the Roger Nichols I posted back here, where it was rewritten as a tribute to the city of Santa Monica, and reading about the whole story of that track, on wiki of course, which was initially an ad for Kodak film. Then I thought about taking a look at Paul Anka's discography to see if there was anything that seemed interesting, and this came up. It is indeed surprising because it contains some advanced songwriting, for example, the instrumental Aldous, which was written by him (I think):

An equally progressively written, highly creative song called I'll Help You: