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Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil And His Other Hits
''Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits'' is a solo album by Neil Sedaka released in 1961 immediately after the cover versions of earlier hits in '' Circulate''. Track listing All tracks composed by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield; except where indicated #" Little Devil" #"Oh! Carol" #" You Mean Everything to Me" #"Run Samson Run" #"The Girl For Me" (Sylvester Bradford, Annebelle Thompson) #"Stairway to Heaven" #" Calendar Girl" #"I Must Be Dreaming" #"Going Home to Mary Lou" #" The Diary" #"What Am I Gonna Do" #" One Way Ticket" (Hank Hunter, Jack Keller) Singles All of the songs on this album were released on 45 rpm singles. Seven of the twelve songs on this album hit the charts as follows: *" Little Devil" (US #11, UK #9) *"Oh! Carol" (US #9, UK #3) *" You Mean Everything to Me" (US #17, UK #45) *"Run Samson Run" (US #28) *"Stairway to Heaven" (US #9, UK #8) *" Calendar Girl" (#4, UK #8) *" The Diary" (US #14) (already found on the '' Rock with Sedaka' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calendar Girl (song)
"Calendar Girl" is a song by Neil Sedaka. The music was composed by Sedaka and the lyrics by Howard Greenfield. Released in December 1960 as a single, it was a hit single for Sedaka, peaking at No. 4 on the US charts, No. 3 in Australia, and No. 1 on the Canadian (3 weeks) and Japanese charts. Background Sedaka borrowed inspiration from multiple sources for the music, incorporating a shuffle beat after hearing "Personality" by Lloyd Price, a chord progression that was common in the music of Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor, along with another progression from the end of Ricky Nelson's hit record "Travelin' Man." Record producer Joe Viglione, writing for AllMusic, describes the song as a G-rated calendar of pin-ups such as Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe, using verbal rather than visual imagery. Each month gives a different reason for the singer's affection for the titular character, and September—"I light the candles at your sweet sixteen"—was a lyrical motif that Howard Greenfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Albums
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Finnair, Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the Captain (civil aviation), captain and First officer (civil aviation), first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallmark Records
Hallmark Records is a British record label. History Hallmark Records was founded in the 1960s and was the first budget label in the United Kingdom. The revived company has since become a major publisher of budget CDs in the UK, issuing both public domain and copyrighted material. The company has also re-issued some of its albums from the 1960s and 1970s, such as ''The Best of Top of the Pops '74''. Since copyrights for audio recordings in the UK last 50 years, Hallmark is one of many British record labels which have re-issued Elvis Presley's first album. Hallmark became a brand of Carlton records/communications and continued to sell CDs under that brand including many tribute albums by Steve Deakin-Davies (Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder) plus numerous "Pan Pipe" versions of hits. Following the shake up forced by the amalgamation of Carlton TV and its merger with Granada TV to become ITV plc, the Hallmark back catalogue was sold to ABM music. See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Many Sides Of Neil Sedaka
''The Many Sides Of Neil Sedaka'' is a 1978 compilation album released by RCA Victor Records containing the works of pop singer Neil Sedaka. The album contains some of Sedaka's lesser-known works in the period from 1958-1965, although three of the songs on the album were charting hits at the time of their original release. Track listing Side A # "Blue Boy" (2:20) ''(recorded 11/6/1965)'' # "The Answer To My Prayer" (2:20) ''(recorded 11/6/1965)'' # "Don't Lead Me On" (2:55) ''(recorded 10/5/1961)'' # "The Same Old Fool" (3:02) ''(recorded 10/24/1960)'' # "No Vacancy" (2:47) ''(recorded 10/27/1958)'' # "Waiting For Never" (2:31) ''(recorded 1962)'' Side B # "Wait 'Til You See My Baby" (2:50) ''(recorded 9/23/1963)'' # "Pictures From The Past" (2:39) ''(recorded 6/7/1965)'' # "Look Inside Your Heart" (3:09) ''(recorded 1962)'' # "Bad Girl" (2:31) ''(recorded 9/23/1963)'' # "Your Heart Has Changed Its Mind" (2:30) ''(recorded 7/10/1961)'' # "The World Through A Tear" (2:42) ''(record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (song)
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka, co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Sedaka recorded this song twice, in 1962 and 1975, in two significantly different arrangements, and it is considered to be his signature song. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Song ReviewNovember 29, 2011 Between 1970 and 1975, it was a top-40 hit three separate times for three separate artists: Lenny Welch, The Partridge Family and Sedaka's second version. The song was also adapted into multiple languages, most notably in Italian and French. Original version In his daily mini-concert on June 12, 2020, Sedaka recalled that the song's iconic scat intro ("come-a come-a down, dooby doo down down") was a result of him and Greenfield being unable to come up with a lyric for that section of the song and Sedaka improvising a vocalise, which they liked so much that they kept it in the finished product. Described by AllMusic as "two minutes and sixteen seconds of pure pop magic," "Brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stupid Cupid
"Stupid Cupid" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka that became a hit for Connie Francis in 1958. Recording history After almost three years of failure, Connie Francis finally had a hit in the spring of 1958 with a rock ballad version of the standard "Who's Sorry Now? (song), Who's Sorry Now?". Unfortunately, her next pair of singles were less successful. ''I'm Sorry I Made You Cry'' only reached #36 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and ''Heartaches'' failed to chart at all. Francis recalls: "I knew I had to come up with a hit on the third record. It was crucial. I listened to every publisher's song in New York, but nothing was hitting me." Eventually Don Kirshner of Aldon Music had Greenfield and Sedaka, who were staff writers for Aldon, visit Francis at her home to pitch their songs, but she and close friend Bobby Darin argued that the slow, dense ballads they were offering didn't appeal to the teenager market. Francis asked if they had somethi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Way Ticket (to The Blues)
One Way Ticket may refer to: Film and television * ''One Way Ticket'' (1935 film), an American crime film * ''One Way Ticket'' (1988 film), a Dominican drama film * ''One Way Ticket'' (1997 film), an Australian television drama film * ''One Way Ticket'' (2008 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film * ''One Way Ticket'' (2016 film), an Indian Marathi-language mystery film * "One Way Ticket" (''Miami Vice''), a 1986 TV episode * "One Way Ticket" (''Most Dangerous Game''), a 2023 TV episode Music Albums * ''One Way Ticket'' (album), by Luciano, or the title song, 1994 Songs * "One Way Ticket" (The Darkness song), 2005 * "One Way Ticket" (Neil Sedaka song), 1959, covered by Eruption (1979) * "One Way Ticket" (Stephen Lawrence song), first recorded by Gloria Loring, 1967, covered by Helen Reddy (1968), Chris Rayburn (1968) and Cass Elliott (1970) *" One Way Ticket (Because I Can)", by LeAnn Rimes, 1996 *"One Way Ticket", by Aretha Franklin from ''Spirit in the Dark'', 1970 *"One Way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double A-side
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of vinyl records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side of a single usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record company intends to be the initial focus of promotional efforts and radio airplay, with the aim of it becoming a hit record. The B-side (or "flip-side") is a secondary recording that typically receives less attention, although some B-sides have been as successful as, or more so than, their A-sides. Use of this language has largely declined in the 21st century as the music industry has transitioned away from analog recordings towards digital formats without physical sides, such as downloads and streaming. Nevertheless, some artists and labels continue to employ the terms ''A-side'' and ''B-side'' metaphorically to describe the type of content a particular release features, with ''B-side'' sometimes representing a "bonus" track or ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock With Sedaka
''Rock with Neil Sedaka'' or just ''Neil Sedaka'' is the first major solo album of Neil Sedaka released in April 1959 after two 1958 albums under the titles ''Neil Sedaka and The Tokens'' and ''Neil Sedaka and The Tokens and Coins''. The album was released by RCA Victor and was produced by Al Nevins. The album contains 12 songs, all of them co-written by Sedaka and his friend Howard Greenfield. Two of the songs became successful singles for Sedaka from the album, namely " The Diary", his debut single that was a hit, reaching No. 14 on the US Billboard charts, and "I Go Ape", a single that was relatively successful in the United States reaching No. 42, but did far better in the UK Singles Chart, making it up to No. 9 and his debut single in the United Kingdom. Track listing All songs were composed by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. #"You're Knockin' Me Out" #" The Diary" #"I Ain't Hurtin' No More" #"Stupid Cupid" #"All I Need Is You" #"I Waited Too Long" #" Fallin'" #"Another Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Keller (songwriter)
Jack Walter Keller (born James Walter Keller; 11 November 1936 – 1 April 2005) was an American composer, songwriter and record producer. He co-wrote, with Howard Greenfield and others, several pop hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including " Just Between You and Me", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", " My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own", "Venus in Blue Jeans" and " Run to Him". He also wrote the theme songs for TV series including ''Bewitched'' and '' Gidget'', and later worked in Los Angeles – where he wrote for, and produced, The Monkees – and in Nashville. Biography Keller was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of dance band musician Mal Keller and his wife Reva. Stuart Colman, Jack Keller obituary, ''Now Dig This 267'', June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Way Ticket (Neil Sedaka Song)
"One Way Ticket" is a song written by Jack Keller and Hank Hunter. It was originally performed by American singer Neil Sedaka and popularized by British disco band Eruption. Neil Sedaka version The track was originally performed by Neil Sedaka and included as the B-side on Sedaka's 1959 single " Oh! Carol". In 1961, the song featured in the track listing of his third studio album, '' Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits'', but was never released as a standalone single. Despite this, the song made it to number one on the Japanese pop charts, where it was affectionately called "The Choo-Choo Train Song". The lyrics allude to several popular songs of the late 1950s, including " Lonesome Town", "Heartbreak Hotel", " Bye Bye Love", " Gotta Travel On", " Lonely Teardrops", " A Fool Such as I", and " I Cried a Tear". Eruption version "One Way Ticket" was covered by British disco band Eruption A volcanic eruption occurs when material is expelled from a volcanic v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
