Neil Sedaka His Greatest Hits Of The 60`s (CD)

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Neil Sedaka: His Greatest Hits Of The 60`s (CD)

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Interpret: Neil Sedaka
Album titlle: His Greatest Hits Of The 60`s (CD)
Label EMI
Genre Rock'n'Roll
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EAN: 0077779696529
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Sedaka, Neil - His Greatest Hits Of The 60`s (CD) CD 1
01	Oh! Carol	Neil Sedaka
02	Little Devil	Neil Sedaka
03	I Go Ape	Neil Sedaka
04	Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen	Neil Sedaka
05	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Neil Sedaka
06	Calendar Girl	Neil Sedaka
07	Stairway To Heaven	Neil Sedaka
08	Next Door To An Angel	Neil Sedaka
09	King Of Clowns	Neil Sedaka
10	You Mean Everything To Me	Neil Sedaka
11	One Way Ticket (To The Blues)	Neil Sedaka
12	Sweet Little You	Neil Sedaka
13	Alice In Wonderland	Neil Sedaka
14	Circulate	Neil Sedaka
15	Moon Of Gold	Neil Sedaka
16	I Must Be Dreaming	Neil Sedaka
17	Run Sampson Run	Neil Sedaka
18	The Same Old Fool	Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka (March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026) A Master of Melody Neil Sedaka passed away... more

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"Neil Sedaka"

Neil Sedaka (March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026)

A Master of Melody

Neil Sedaka passed away on February 27, 2026, at the age of 86. With him, the music world loses one of the last great craftsmen of 20th-century popular music – a classically trained pianist, a precise composer, and a singer whose work shaped American pop for decades.

Sedaka was not a manufactured star. Educated at the Juilliard School in New York, he mastered harmony, structure, and discipline before stepping into the world of rock ’n’ roll. Together with his longtime collaborator Howard Greenfield, he became one of the defining writers of the Brill Building era, creating enduring hits such as Oh! Carol, Calendar Girl, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, and Breaking Up Is Hard To Do [Emery, Always Magic in the Air, Oxford University Press].

In 1962, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1975, Sedaka achieved the rare feat of turning the same song—reimagined as a ballad—into another major hit [Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Record Research]. His songwriting legacy was further cemented with Love Will Keep Us Together, a Grammy-winning No. 1 hit in 1975 [Grammy Awards, https://www.grammy.com].

Sedaka stood for a tradition in which songs were composed, not assembled. Clear melodic lines, solid harmonic foundations, and emotional directness defined his catalog. When his recording career slowed in the mid-1960s, he proved his resilience with a major comeback in the 1970s, earning renewed international acclaim.

Neil Sedaka leaves behind a body of work that remains part of the collective musical memory. His songs endure because they were built to last.

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