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Neil Sedaka (/ s ə ˈ d æ k ə /; 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.
He is the nephew of singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, who married Enten's aunt. [7] Enten graduated magna cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 2011. Enten chose to attend Dartmouth at least partially due to New Hampshire's status as the first-in-the-nation primary. [8] [9]
Neil Sedaka, who had dated King when he was still in high school, [28] had a hit in 1959 with "Oh! Carol". Goffin took the tune and wrote the playful response, "Oh! Neil", which King recorded and released as a single the same year. The B-side contained the Goffin-King song "A Very Special Boy". [29] [30] The single was not a success. [31]
Musical talent apparently runs in the Sedaka family. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, legendary hitmaker Neil Sedaka, 85, shared a video on TikTok of himself singing a duet of his 1962 song “Breaking Up Is ...
Living couples, still married. Names Length Marriage Source ... Neil Sedaka and Leba Strassberg 62 years, 174 days September 11, 1962 - present [114]
"Carol" was a reference to Carol Klein, Sedaka's ex-girlfriend from high school and a fellow songwriter at the Brill Building. She had since married Gerry Goffin, who took the tune, and wrote the playful response "Oh! Neil", which she recorded and released as an unsuccessful single the same year (1959) under the stage name Carole King. [6] [7 ...
A jury found 46-year-old Neil Howard of Troy guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his mother, 60-year-old Norma Caraker in September 2023, the Madison County State's Attorney's Office ...
The Captain & Tennille acknowledged Sedaka's authorship as well as his early-1970s comeback by working the phrase "Sedaka is back" into the song's fadeout. On the liner notes to The Tra-La Days Are Over Sedaka added the dedication: "Thanks to Mike Curb for letting me have my way."