Time: 35:34
Size: 81.4 MB
Styles: AM pop
Year: 2001
Art: Front
[2:14] 1. The Diary
[2:30] 2. I Go Ape
[2:16] 3. Oh! Carol
[2:38] 4. Stairway To Heaven
[2:34] 5. You Mean Everything To Me
[2:50] 6. Run Samson Run
[2:35] 7. Calendar Girl
[2:41] 8. Little Devil
[2:36] 9. Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
[2:18] 10. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
[2:24] 11. Next Door To An Angel
[2:30] 12. Alice In Wonderland
[2:45] 13. Let's Go Steady Again
[2:37] 14. Bad Girl
Famed singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka was born on March 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York. By the age of 8, Sedaka was already a piano prodigy. In 1956, he was awarded a scholarship to the Juilliard School in New York City, where he continued to divide his time between pop music and classical studies. In 1952, while playing at a resort in the Catskill Mountains, he was introduced to 16-year-old Howie Greenfield, a young poetry writer. The two began a songwriting career that would continue through the 1980s.
In 1956, Neil Sedaka formed a high school group called The Tokens. They were discovered by record producer, Morty Craft who issued two Tokens singles that became regional hits. Shortly after, Sedaka went solo, releasing his first single on the Decca label, Snowtime. In 1958, Sedaka penned his first international hit, Stupid Cupid recorded by Connie Francis. In 1958, Sedaka and Greenfield joined the talent at 1650 Broadway, which included Neil Diamond, Carole King and Paul Simon. Record producer Steve Sholes contracted Sedaka for RCA, where he created such hits as Oh! Carol (written for former girlfriend Carole King), Breaking Up Is Hard To Do and Calendar Girl.
In 1956, Neil Sedaka formed a high school group called The Tokens. They were discovered by record producer, Morty Craft who issued two Tokens singles that became regional hits. Shortly after, Sedaka went solo, releasing his first single on the Decca label, Snowtime. In 1958, Sedaka penned his first international hit, Stupid Cupid recorded by Connie Francis. In 1958, Sedaka and Greenfield joined the talent at 1650 Broadway, which included Neil Diamond, Carole King and Paul Simon. Record producer Steve Sholes contracted Sedaka for RCA, where he created such hits as Oh! Carol (written for former girlfriend Carole King), Breaking Up Is Hard To Do and Calendar Girl.
The Very Best Of Neil Sedaka