"Diana wasn't BORN until 1961   -- Paul Anka wrote Diana in 1957 !!"

Er, yes. But he could have known!!!

OK, that was a joke that went west, as was "Puppy Love".

I'm posting this in the interests of internet accuracy in case anyone is writing a thesis on Paul Anka's songwriting influences.

The Marie Prevost story is true, however, and was covered in Kenneth Anger's "Hollywood Babylon".

Norman