Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka ( born March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer and songwriter. He wrote music for more than 1,000 songs, lined up at the beginning of the 1960s hit after hit. His father is the son of Turkish- Jewish immigrants. The mother was the daughter of Russian-Polish- Jewish immigrants. Eydie Gormé was his cousin.

Life

As a teenager he learned the piano. Later he studied at the Juilliard Conservatory and worked at a classical music radio station. He first experimented with doo-wop and rock and roll, was in early recordings of tokens it.

His first success as a composer he had with Stupid Cupid. The song was in 1958 for Connie Francis a big hit. He was nachgesungen by many other artists. Sedaka subsequently awarded a contract as a solo artist on RCA Records. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 1962 was his first number-one hit. He wrote Oh! Carol, Standing on the inside, Stairway To Heaven, Calendar Girl, Little Devil, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen and Next Door To An Angel. 1963 ended the hit series.

In the 1970s, he succeeded in support of Elton John, made ​​a comeback in the UK and especially in the USA. In 1974 he jumped with Laughter In The Rain at number one on the local charts. The same he succeeded the following year with Bad Blood. The Captain & Tennille song written for Love Will Keep Us Together won a Grammy.

Along with Howard Greenfield Sedaka wrote the song Is This the Way to Amarillo? , Who interpreted by himself only 44th place achieved in the U.S., but in 1972 for Tony Christie was a number 1 hit in Germany. 1973 wrote Sedaka along with Phil Cody the English lyrics to ABBA Ring Ring. Together with his daughter Dara, he reached in 1980 with the title Should've never let you go a place in the Top 10 of the United States.

Works ( albums)

  • Rock with Sedaka. 1959
  • Circulate. 1961
  • Emergence. 1972
  • Neil Sedaka. Great Britain, 1972
  • Solitaire. USA, 1972
  • The Tra -la Days Are Over. Great Britain, 1973
  • Laughter In The Rain. Great Britain, 1974
  • Live at the Royal Festival Hall. Great Britain, 1974
  • Sedaka 's Back. USA, 1975
  • Overnight Success. Great Britain, 1975
  • The Hungry Years. USA, 1975
  • Steppin 'Out. 1976
  • Neil Sedaka and Songs: A solo concert. 1977
  • A Song. 1977
  • Neil Sedaka and Songs. 1977
  • All You Need Is The Music. 1978
  • In the Pocket. 1980
  • Now. 1981
  • Come See About Me 1984
  • The Good Times. 1986
  • Timeless: The Very Best Of Neil Sedaka. 1991
  • Laughter In The Rain - The Best Of Neil Sedaka 1974 - 1980 1994.
  • Classically Sedaka. 1995
  • Tales of Love and Other Passions. 1997
  • Singer and His Songs. 2000
  • Brighton Beach Memories: Neil Sedaka Sings Yiddish. 2003
  • The Show Goes On. 2003
  • The Complete Recordings 1955 -1966. 2003
  • The Miracle of Christmas. 2006
  • Neil Sedaka: The Definitive Collection. 2007

Autobiography

  • Laughter in the rain: my own story. New York: Putnam, 1982 ISBN 0-399-12744-5.
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