''Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits'' is a solo album 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 ...

released in 1961 immediately after the cover versions of earlier hits in '' Circulate''.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Neil Sedaka and

Howard Greenfield Howard Greenfield (March 15, 1936 – March 4, 1986) was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building. He is best known for his successful songwriting collaborations, including o ...

; except where indicated #" Little Devil" #"

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 ...

" #" You Mean Everything to Me" #"

Run Samson Run "Run Samson Run" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and sung by Neil Sedaka. It appears on his album '' Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits''. The song was included in '' Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits'' (19 ...

" #"The Girl For Me" (Sylvester Bradford, Annebelle Thompson) #"

Stairway to Heaven "Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 on the band's untitled fourth studio album (commonly known as ''Led Zeppelin IV''), by Atlantic Records. Composed by the band's guitarist Jimmy ...

" #" 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) *"

" (US #9, UK #3) *" You Mean Everything to Me" (US #17, UK #45) *"

" (US #28) *"

" (US #9, UK #8) *" Calendar Girl" (#4, UK #8) *" The Diary" (US #14) (already found on the '' Rock with Sedaka'' album) "You Mean Everything to Me" and "Run Samson Run" were released together on a 45 rpm record; with both songs charting, the record gave Sedaka a rare

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 ...

. The other five songs had also seen 45 rpm single releases as follows: *"The Girl For Me" was a non-charting A-side from 1959. *"I Must Be Dreaming" was the B-side of "Little Devil" in 1961. *"Going Home To Mary Lou" was a non-charting single from 1959. *"What Am I Gonna Do" was the B-side of "Going Home To Mary Lou" in 1959. *" One Way Ticket (to the Blues)" was the B-side of "Oh, Carol!" in 1959.

Re-releases

1993

The album was re-released in 1993 with the same 12 original tracks in addition to 8 bonus tracks: * 13) "

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 ...

" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) * 14) "You Got to Learn Your Rhythm and Blues" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) * 15) "Sweet Little You" (Mann, Kolber) (US #59) * 16) "King of Clowns" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) (US #45 UK #23) * 17) "

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 ...

" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) (US #1, UK #7) * 18) "Next Door To An Angel" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) (US #5, UK #29) * 19) "The Dreamer" (Grossman) (#47) * 20) "Let's Go Steady Again" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) (US #26, UK #42)

2010

The 12 tracks from the original 1961 release were reissued again in late 2010, combined with the tracks from the 1978 album '' The Many Sides Of Neil Sedaka''.

2017

In April 2017, the UK-based

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 pub ...

reissued this album on CD according to the original 1961 track listing. {{DEFAULTSORT:Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits 1961 albums Neil Sedaka albums RCA Records albums