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Neil Sedaka (Brooklyn13 March 1939) is an American singer. He was best known in the 1950s and 1960s of the 20th century and was the most productive in the 70 's. He brought in the years 1975 and 1976 fourteen albums.

Sedaka broke in 1958 by with The Tokens. In 1959 he came with his first solo album, Neil Sedakaand then two years later to bring out Universal Boxing Manager .

The first hit was in Netherlands in 1960 ("Oh! Carol "). Also in 1974 , he had a hit with "A little lovin'". Sedaka had a dozen or so hits in Netherlands, but only one hit album:Timeless in 1992.

He also wrote many songs for other artists, including Gene PitneyTony Christie and ABBA.

His most recent album came out In 2012, The Real Neil.

Discography[Edit][]

Singles[Edit][]

Single (s) with any charts in the

the Dutch Top 40

Date of

appear

Date of

entry

Highest

position

Number Of

weeks

Comments
Oh! Carol 1959 02-01-1960 1 (9wk) 23 # 11 in the Single Top 100
Stairway to heaven 1960 28-05-1960 18 1 # 18 in the Single Top 100
Calender girl 1960 01-04-1961 11 10 # 11 in the Single Top 100
A little lovin' 1974 30-03-1974 32 2
Laughter in the rain 1975 08-05-1975 35 3
Bad blood 1975 24-05-1975 33 2
The queen of 1964 1975 05-07-1975 tip11 -
Breaking up is hard to do 1976 28-02-1976 tip18 -
Single (s) with chart positions

in the Flemish Ultratop 50

Date of

appear

Date of

entry

Highest

position

Number Of

weeks

Comments
Oh Carol 1959 01-12-1959 2 28
Calendar girl 1961 01-03-1961 7 8
Little devil 1961 01-07-1961 20 4
King of clowns 1962 01-06-1962 19 4

Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]

Number (s) with markings

in the Radio 2 Top 2000

' 99 ' 00 ' 01 ' 02 ' 03 ' 04 ' 05 ' 06 ' 07 ' 08 ' 09 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13
Breaking up is hard to do 1864 1988 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oh! Carol 1187 1732 1994 1894 1065 - - 1886 1988 1924 - - - - -
One way ticket 1978 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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