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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Singles 1957-1962
Artist:
Neil Sedaka
Format: CD
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Formats and Editions
1. Snowtime
2. Laura Lee
3. Ring-A-Rockin'
4. Fly, Don't Fly on Me
5. Oh Delilah (The Marvels ; Neil Sedaka)
6. The Diary
7. No Vacancy (I'm Walkin' Round)
8. I?Go Ape
9. Moon of Gold 1
10. You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm ; Blues 1
11. Crying My Heart Out for You 1
12. Oh! Carol 1
13. One Way Ticket (To the Blues) 1
14. Stairway to Heaven 1
15. Forty Winks Away 1
16. Run Samson Run 1
17. You Mean Everything to Me 1
18. Calendar Girl 1
19. The Same Old Fool 2
20. Little Devil 2
21. I Must Be Dreaming 2
22. Sweet Little You 2
23. I Found My World in You 2
24. Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen 2
25. Don't Lead Me on 2
26. King of Clowns 2
27. Walk with Me 2
28. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 2
29. As Long As I Live 3
30. Next Door to An Angel 3
31. I?Belong to You
More Info:
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. This compilation features all his 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'. 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.
