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8 unusual facts about Neil Sedaka


Cody Willard

He is a musician who has played backup guitar for Neil Sedaka, Lorrie Morgan and others, and is a songwriter and producer with the indie rock band The Muddy Souls.

La Terza Luna

"La Terza Luna" is an Italian popular song recorded by the American pop singer Neil Sedaka, written and arranged by Luis Enriquez Bacalov with the text by Franco Migliacci.

Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits, Volume 2

# "Station Announcements" (from a recording session with Al Nevins, 9/10/1962)

Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is a compilation album containing the works of American pop singer Neil Sedaka.

Toma Zdravković

Three songs, "Essagerata", "Žena moga druga" and "Deca naše zemlje", were actually just translations of foreign songs of authors Neil Sedaka and Enrico Macias, but the song "Što te večeras nema" was composed and written by Zdravković, and it was his first published self-written song.

Yoshiyuki Tomino

:"Zeta - Toki wo Koete (Zeta - Transcending Times)" by Maya Arukawa, composed by Neil Sedaka as Better Days Are Coming (First Opening Theme)

Tomino (as Iogi) has collaborated with artists such as Yoko Kanno, Asei Kobayashi, MIO and Neil Sedaka.

You Write the Songs

Among the celebrities who appeared as judges were Smokey Robinson, Whitney Houston, Melissa Manchester, and Neil Sedaka.


Introducing Eddy and the Falcons

All tracks were written and recorded as tributes to 1950s and early 1960s rock and roll musicians, "Eddy’s Rock" being a guitar and saxophone instrumental played in the style of Duane Eddy, while "Everyday I Wonder" was similar in sound and approach to Del Shannon's "Runaway", and "Come Back Karen" did the same for Neil Sedaka's "Oh! Carol".

Little Lucy

At the reverse of the record, Erol Büyükburç sang a cover of Neil Sedaka's Oh! Carol.

Martha Hart

Every year, Martha hosts a Gala Charity Event with a guest star; in recent years, guest stars have included, Bob Newhart 2004, Paul Anka 2005, Neil Sedaka 2006, Bill Cosby 2007, Howie Mandel 2008, Jerry Seinfeld 2009 - 10th Anniversary, Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band 2010, Russell Brand, 2011.

The Delicates

The girls went on to do lucrative backup session work, later teaming up with Bernadette Carroll, backing artists such as Connie Francis, Neil Sedaka, Patty Duke, Frankie Valli "You're Ready Now" which is now a Northern Soul Anthem, "The Proud One" and "Cry For me" portrayed in Jersey Boys, Jose Feliciano, Kitty Kallen, Frankie Lymon, and most notably Lou Christie.


see also

Oh Carol

Oh Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955–66, a 2003 8-CD box with previously unreleased materials from Neil Sedaka

Oh Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955–66

#Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield)

On Stage

Neil Sedaka On Stage, a live-in-concert album recorded by Neil Sedaka in Sydney, Australia in the early 1970s