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Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939) is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for han själv and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody.
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Early life: Juilliard and the Brill Building[edit][]
Sedaka was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Mac Sedaka, was a taxi driver and a Sephardic Jew of Lebanese descent ("Sedaka" and "Sadaka" are variants of "tzadaka", which translates in both Hebrew and Arabic as the wordcharity). Neil's mother, Eleanor (née Appel), was of Ashkenazi Polish-Russian nedstigning. He grew up in Brighton Beach, which lies on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.[1] Sedaka i
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| Background information | |
| Born | March 13, 1939 (1939-03-13)(age 72) |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Multiple instruments |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Labels | RCA Victor Records, MGM Records, Polydor Records, Rocket Records, Elektra Records, Neil Sedaka Music, Razor & Tie Records |
| Website | www.neilsedaka.com |
Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939) is an Americanpop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricistsHoward Greenfield and Phil Cody.
Early life: Juilliard and The Brill Building
Sedaka was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Mac Sedaka, a taxi driver, was of Sephardic T
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Neil Sedaka
American singer and songwriter (born 1939)
Musical artist
Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939)[1] is an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Since his music career began in 1957, he has sold millions of records worldwide and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard "Howie" Greenfield and Phil Cody.
After a short-lived tenure as a founding member of the doo-wop group the Tokens, Sedaka achieved a string of hit singles over the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Oh! Carol" (1959), "Calendar Girl" (1960), "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" (1961) and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (1962). His popularity declined by the mid-1960s, but was revived in the mid-1970s, solidified by the 1975 US Billboard Hot 100 number ones "Laughter in the Rain" and "Bad Blood". Sedaka maintained a successful career as a songwriter, penning hits for other artists including "Stupid Cupid" (Connie Franci