Release Date: 29 March 2019
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988101423
Genres: Easy Listening Easy Listening
Description
This compilation features all of Neil Sedaka's 45s issued between 1957-62, including his three pre-success collectors' rarities, 'Snowtime'/'Laura Lee', 'Ring-A-Rockin''/'Fly, Don't Fly On Me' and 'Oh Delilah'.
Although he was, in essence, a classically-trained concert pianist, Neil Sedaka became the first established Brill Building R&R songwriter to go on and carve out an equally successful singing career.
The pudgy-faced Sedaka may have looked an unlikely Teen Idol, but he racked up sixteen US hits between 1958-62.
All his early US and UK hits are included herein, viz: 'The Diary', 'I Go Ape', 'You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm & Blues', 'Crying My Heart Out For You', 'Oh! Carol' (his first million-seller), 'One Way Ticket' (a #1 in Japan), 'Stairway To Heaven' 'Run Samson Run' 'You Mean Everything To Me' 'Calendar Girl' (a worldwide #1), 'Little Devil' 'Sweet Little You' 'Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen' 'King Of Clowns', 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do' (his first US #1 record) and 'Next Door To An Angel'.
Sedaka has continued to reinvent himself throughout his career and still continues to tour and record, although he will be eighty this year.
Tracklisting
Tommy Hunt
Kay Barry / Maureen Evans
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Johnnie Ray
Eddie Cochran
Various Artists
Billie Holiday
Charlie Applewhite
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
