''Neil Sedaka On Stage'' is a 1974 live-in-concert album recorded by

Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939) 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, collabo ...

during one of his tours to

Sydney, Australia Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean ...

at the South Sydney Junior Leagues Club . The concert itself took place in 1971, though it was not released for another three years. The album contains mostly cover versions of rock and pop standards from previous decades. It was released on the RCA International label in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Track listing

* Side One ** (1) "

Sugar, Sugar "Sugar, Sugar" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim (singer), Andy Kim, produced by Barry and recorded by the Archies, a fictional bubblegum pop band from Archie Comics. It was released as the group's third single (music), single on th ...

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Everything Is Beautiful "Everything Is Beautiful" is a song written, composed and performed by Ray Stevens. It has appeared on many of Stevens's albums, including one named after the song, and has become a pop standard and common in religious performances. The childre ...

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Bridge Over Troubled Water ''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 26, 1970, by Columbia Records. Following the duo's soundtrack for ''The Graduate'', Art Garfunkel took an acting ...

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O Danny Boy "Danny Boy" is a folk song with lyrics written by English lawyer Frederic Weatherly in 1910, and set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air" in 1913. History In 1910, in Bath, Somerset, England, the English lawyer and lyricist F ...

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Oh! Carol "Oh! Carol" is an international hit written by American singer, songwriter and pianist Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield in early 1959, and recorded by Sedaka. The song is noted for Sedaka's spoken recitation of the verse, the second time arou ...

" *** (b) " Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" *** (c) "

Star-Crossed Lovers ''Star-Crossed Lovers'' (, ''King's Children''; also known as ''Invincible Love'') is a 1962 East German romantic war drama film directed by Frank Beyer. Plot Magdalena and Michael are two children from working-class families in Berlin, who hav ...

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Little Devil "Little Devil" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield which was released by Sedaka as a single in 1961. The title track of Sedaka's 1961 album ''Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits'', it was a hit, reaching #11 in the ...

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do "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 s ...

" *** (f) " Calendar Girl" ** (5) "

The Father of Girls ''Look to Your Heart'' is Perry Como's 16th RCA Victor 12" long-play album. This album, released shortly after the previous Christmas LP, is one filled with tender ballads and soft standards. Sessions were recorded five months prior at Webster ...

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Polonaise In A-Flat The polonaise (, ; , ) is a dance originating in Poland, and one of the five Polish national dances in time. The original Polish-language name of the dance is ''chodzony'' (), denoting a walking dance. The polonaise dance influenced Europea ...

" by Chopin * Side Two ** (7) "

Proud Mary "Proud Mary" is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, written by vocalist and lead guitarist John Fogerty. It was released as a single in January1969 by Fantasy Records and on the band's second studio album, '' Bayou Coun ...

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Bye Bye Blackbird "Bye Bye Blackbird" is a song published in 1926 by Jerome H. Remick and written by composer Ray Henderson and lyricist Mort Dixon. It is considered a popular standard and was first recorded by Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra in March 1926. Song i ...

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I Don't Know Why "I Don't Know Why" (sometimes listed as "Don't Know Why I Love You") is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, from the 1968 album ''For Once in My Life''. It was released as a single on January 28, 1969, with " My Cherie Amour" on ...

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I Can't Give You Anything But Love "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" is an American popular song and jazz standard by Jimmy McHugh (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics). The song was introduced by Adelaide Hall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in New York in January 1928 in Lew L ...

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My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Market ...

" ** (10) " Scapriciatiello" ** (11) "The History Of Rock And Roll: MEDLEY" *** (a) "

Those Were The Days Those Were the Days may refer to: Music Albums * ''Those Were the Days'' (Johnny Mathis album) (1968) * ''Those Were the Days'' (Cream album) (1997) * ''Those Were the Days'' (Dolly Parton album) (2005) * '' Those Were the Days – The Best of L ...

" *** (b) " Cry" *** (c) "

Shake, Rattle And Roll "Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a song written in 1954 by Jesse Stone (usually credited as "''Charles Calhoun''", his songwriting name) and first recorded that year by Big Joe Turner, whose version ranked No. 127 on the ''Rolling Stone'' magazine li ...

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Blueberry Hill "Blueberry Hill" is a popular American song published in 1940 and first recorded and released by Sammy Kaye in 1940 on RCA Victor. It is best remembered for its 1950s rock and roll version by Fats Domino. Glenn Miller peaked at no. 2 on the ' ...

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Great Balls Of Fire "Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 popular song recorded by American rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis on Sun Records and featured in the 1957 movie '' Jamboree''. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer. The Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 reco ...

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All Shook Up "All Shook Up" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley, published by Elvis Presley Music, and composed by Otis Blackwell. The single topped the U.S. ''Billboard'' Top 100 on April 13, 1957, staying there for nine weeks. It also topped the ''Billboa ...

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She Loves You "She Loves You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released as a single in the United Kingdom on 23 August 1963. The single set and surpassed several sales records in the United Kingdom c ...

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Delilah Delilah ( ; , meaning "delicate";Gesenius's ''Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon'' ; ) is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved by Samson, a Nazirite who possesses great strength and serves as t ...

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" - reprise

Other releases

In Brazil, the album was released on the

RCA Victor RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic ...

label under the title ''Neil Sedaka Ao Vivo'' In the United States, the album was released in 1976 on the RCA Victor label, and was retitled, ''Sedaka Live in Australia at the South Sydney Junior Leagues Club''. In South Africa, the album was released in 1982 on the RCA Victor label dishonestly retitled ''Neil Sedaka Live at Sun City''.

Singles

In Australia, the song "My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day" was issued on a 45 rpm single with "Everything Is Beautiful" as the B-side. The single was issued by RCA Victor in 1971, three years before the album was released in full. In the Philippines, "My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day" was issued with "The Father of Girls" as the B-side.

Re-issues

In 1994, the Italian company Fremus re-released ''On Stage'' as part of their "Rarities Compilation Series". In 2011, Essential Pop Media made the US version, "Live In Australia", available on

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