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  Neil Sedaka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building.
Sedaka also recorded this song but his version was much less popular than Captain and Tennille's recording of the song, which includes the lyrics "Sedaka is back" in the coda.
Sedaka was born the son of a Turkish Jewish immigrant to Brooklyn and an Ashkenazi Jewish mother.
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 Neil Sedaka
Neil’s demo songs were sold to other artists, but he has always wanted to record his own voice.
Sedaka signed with MGM for an album called "The Tra La Days Are Over" and when the label was consumed by Polydor, Neil recorded an even greater hit album, "Laughter In The Rain".
Suddenly, Neil Sedaka songs were in demand and his tune "Solitaire" became a hit for The Carpenters.
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 Corporate Entertainment - Neil Sedaka booking information!
Sedaka had become a "teen idol" and flew around the world as one of the youngest performers to tour extensively.
Sedaka was honored in 1998 as one of a select group of personalities to be enshrined at the Madame Tussaud Wax Museum in Las Vegas.
Neil Sedaka is available for special appearances and concerts at your next corporate event or conference.
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 Neil Sedaka Official Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sedaka and Greenfield became one of the original creators of the "Brill Building Sound" in the late fifties and early sixties when they were the first to sign with Don Kirshner and Al Nevins at Aldon Music.
It was in 1958, at the age of eighteen, when Sedaka was catapulted into stardom after Connie Francis recorded his "Stupid Cupid." She then sang the theme song Neil and Howie had written for the 1960 MGM spring break classic, Where the Boys Are, which would be her biggest hit.
As a result of these hits, Sedaka was able to sign a contract with RCA as a writer and performer of his own material.
www.neilsedaka.com /biography.p1.php   (881 words)

  
 VH1.com : Neil Sedaka : Biography
Sedaka was born in Brooklyn on March 13, 1939.
Sedaka toured the U.S. as an opening act for the Carpenters; by the end of the year, he was a Las Vegas headliner.
Clearly, Sedaka's days as a major recording act were over by the mid-'80s, but he had amassed a sufficient backlog of hits that he could perform successfully for decades in theaters and hotel casinos in the U.S. and internationally.
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 Neil Sedaka
Coming from a doo wop background, yet classically trained, Neil Sedaka composed more than a 1,000 tunes, including a dozen major pop hits he corded between 1959 to 1963 that were co-authored with Howard Greenfield, his lyrist until 1972.
Neil Sedaka was born in Brighton Beach section Brooklyn, New York on March 13th 1939.
Sedaka had a #1 record with "Bad Blood" in 1975, which featured John on backing vocals, a bluesy reworking of "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" (#8 1976) and "Love in the Shadows" (#16 1976).
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 Neil Sedaka - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
Sedaka has been married for forty one years to his wife, Leba, and they have two children: daughter Dara is a recording artist and vocalist for television and radio commercials, and son Marc is a successful screenwriter in Los Angeles.
Sedaka has embarked on a marriage of an entirely different sort by returning to the classical roots of his early years.
Last August, Neil appeared on NBC's Today Show, and the new, romantic song he performed on the program, 'You,' from The Show Goes On was well received and created a tremendous demand for the song, especially for weddings and anniversary celebrations.
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 Neil Sedaka personal appearances, neil sedaka
But for Neil Sedaka, it was merely the "first act" in a career that has not ceased to evolve and entertain.
Neil Sedaka's live performances, frequently with a full orchestra continue to be enormous draws in Las Vegas, Reno and Atlantic City.
Neil Sedaka has been married for thirty-three years to his wife, Leba, and they have two children, Dara, who is a vocalist for TV and radio commercials, and Marc, who is a successful screenwriter in Los Angeles.
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 Neil Sedaka
Sedaka and Greenfield became one of the original creators of the “Brill Building Sound”in the late fifties and early sixties when they were the first to sign with Don Kirshner and Al Nevins at Aldon Music.
Sedaka had become a “teen idol” and flew around the world as one of the (Revised 2004) youngest performers to tour extensively.
Neil has been working on numerous other projects, everything from a CD with demos from the beginning of his career to an 8-CD box set from Bear Family Records.
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 Neil Diamond / Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka was a piano prodigy who attended Julliard.
From 1958 through 1963, Neil Sedaka was a fixture on the charts, singing Howie’s lyrics while he composed the melodies.
Sedaka certainly did not come across as anyone’s idea of a sexy rock star, and -- to his credit -- he never tried.
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 Neil Sedaka Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sedaka started writing songs as a child, and by the time he was a teenager, his tunes were playing on the radio; Connie Francis climbed the Billboard charts with Sedaka’s “Stupid Cupid” in 1958, when he was just 19.
Sedaka was on course to become a classical musician and even enrolled at the famous Julliard School, but a collaboration that he and neighbor Howie Greenfield began several years earlier would pull him in a different direction.
Neil Sedaka was among the geniuses in the Brill Building long enough to develop a work ethic to match his seemingly endless inspiration.
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 Neil Sedaka Official Website
Neil arrived in the UK today to begin a week of promotion for the release of his 2 CD set The Very Best of Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On and his upcoming 10 city Tour.
Neil is very excited that opening night is apporaching for Breaking Up is Hard to Do at the Actor's Playhouse in Coral Gables, FL on January 27, 2006.
Neil will be hosting one hour of this celebration, as well as performing several selections off his new album The Miracle of Christmas.
www.neilsedaka.com   (703 words)

  
 Station Avenue Productions with Neil Sedaka
In November, an hour long program on Neil Sedaka for A and E’s acclaimed “Biography” series will be shown.
Sedaka has written an autobiography entitled Laughter in the Rain: My Own Story for Putnam Books and has performed on behalf of the American Cancer Society and the Alzheimer Association, among many other charities.
Neil Sedaka is the "perfect act" for your next corporate event.
www.stationave.com /bios.neilsedaka.html   (1607 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Sedaka enjoys chart renaissance
Sedaka made his US chart debut as an artist in 1958, while his success as a songwriter also spans 45 years.
Sedaka, who was a guest judge on American Idol, said the song Solitaire had become Aiken's own.
As a performer, among Sedaka's best-known hits were Oh Carol and Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, which both reached number three in the UK.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3576387.stm   (273 words)

  
 Neil Sedaka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
is interesting because generally speaking Neil is always the one in the spotlight.
Neil's mother, who is seated in the audience.
Neil and his wife, Leba, always lend their support to this benefit.
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 PETITION: Send NEIL SEDAKA to the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame!
Neil Sedaka is one of those pioneers of Rock and Roll, who's still in the business, performing his songs he and others have made famous for more than five decades.
In fact, Neil Sedaka is also part of their history...
Among the honours he has received, Sedaka has been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, has had a street named after him in his hometown of Brooklyn, and was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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 Artist Profile - Neil Sedaka
In the four years between 1959 and 1963, the songwriting team sold over twenty-five million records and their collaboration was to last for thirty years, one of the longest in pop music history.
In Rolling Stone Magazine, Sedaka was hailed as “the new phenomenon.” The song “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” was re-released as a ballad in 1975 and made history when it reached the Top Ten charts, becoming the first song recorded by the same artist with two different versions to do so.
The following is a list of the Neil Sedaka hits we publish...One important thing to remember is that Neil and his wife Leba own all his Rocket masters; in addition, Neil has faithfully re-recorded every one of his key early RCA hits and the Sedakas own these also.
www.emimusicpub.com /worldwide/artist_profile/neil-sedaka_profile.html   (1877 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: Neil Sedaka - Love Songs Review
Neil Sedaka is a breath of fresh air from the possibly re-emerging pop, overplayed hip-hop and confused rock music that's played on the radio.
Neil Sedaka is a very versatile artist whose songs transcend genres from the blues ("Without A Song") to the Vegas-style "We Kiss In A Shadow."
Hi I read Neils book and in it he said he stayed with 19 aunts growing up in a small brooklyn flat, I suspect that's why he has the high voice, no males around to copy there voices.
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 Neil Sedaka: For Fans
This site is dedicated to Neil Sedaka and all his fans.
Hello, and a big welcome if this is your first visit to Neil Sedaka For Fans.
I hope it will prove to be a useful resource for you, hopefully it will become your first stop on the net for Neil Sedaka information.
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 MCA DiscoVision - Neil Sedaka in Concert
I purchased another copy of Neil Sedaka In Concert not long ago and sat down to watch it again.
This time I decided to be a bit more objective that I had been on my initial viewing.
Neil Sedaka along with the other three ITV titles, was prepared exclusively for DiscoVision under a contract with ITV and the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton Alberta.
www.blam1.com /DiscoVision/Music/74-007.htm   (218 words)

  
 Oh Carol by Neil Sedaka Songfacts
Sedaka wrote this for the songwriter Carole King, who was his high school girlfriend.
After studying hit records in several countries, Sedaka incorporated common factors like a certain drum beat and the use of a girl's name.
Carole King write 'Oh Neil' (1960), an answer to Sedaka's hit single, 'Oh Carol', that he had written about Carole King.
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 Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka - Live in Concert at Jubilee Hall Music Performer
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 Book Neil Sedaka for Event, Meeting, Gala
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 Amazon.com: Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits: Music: Neil Sedaka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Here they are, the songs you think of when you think of Neil Sedaka.
For anyone looking for an intro to the music of Neil Sedaka, this is the place to get started.
NEIL SEDAKA Steppin' Out LP 1976 (Current Bid: $3.00)
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 CONNECT - Neil Sedaka
Singer, songwriter, and pianist Neil Sedaka enjoyed two distinct periods of commercial success in two slightly different styles of pop music: first, as a teen pop star in the late '50s and early '60s, then as a singer of more mature pop/rock in the 1970s.
And throughout, even when his performing career was at a low ebb, he served as a songwriter for other artists, resulting in a stri...
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 Neil Sedaka Tickets at StubHub!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 JR.com: Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol: The Complete Neil Sedaka 1956-66 [Box] in Music: Teen Idol:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the late-1950s/early-'60s Neil Sedaka was part of the compositional Camelot that was New York's Brill Building songwriters stable, penning hits for Connie Francis, Tom Jones, and others.
In the '70s, a more mature Sedaka made a major comeback with a more sophisticated, Adult Contemporary sound, racking a batch of new chart-toppers.
All-Time Greatest Hits Sings His Greatest Hits Tuneweaver Sedaka's Back The Hungry Years Steppin' Out RCA 100th Anniversary Series: The Very Best...
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 Sheet Music Plus Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do By Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Performed by Neil Sedaka.
Where The Boys Are Performed by Greenfield, Neil Sedaka.
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