Paul Anka will give a concert Saturday night in his first trip ever to his grandparents' homeland of Lebanon.

Anka, whose hits include "Diana," "My Way" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder," uttered a few Arabic words and fingered beads at a news conference on his arrival."It's a dream of my mother's," Anka said of the concert. "I'm going to give the Lebanese everything . . . a very memorable one."

Anka, 55, was born and raised in Canada.

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