US EditionSinger Neil Sedaka dies at 86
- On Friday, Neil Sedaka, singer-songwriter and one of pop’s most enduring songwriters, died; the Sedaka family confirmed the sudden passing and said the cause remains unclear.
- Beginning in high school, Sedaka performed with the Tokens, who recorded two hit singles, and he formed a half-century songwriting partnership with Howard Greenfield during the Brill Building era.
- His catalogue includes `Breaking Up Is Hard to Do`, `Laughter in the Rain`, and `Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen`; he earned five Grammy Awards nominations and received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star and Songwriters Hall of Fame induction.
- He continued touring into his 80s, performing dozens of concerts annually and maintaining a wide vocal range while his songs sold millions worldwide to audiences and fans worldwide.
- Later in his career, Elton John and Rocket revived Sedaka with Back in 1974 and The Hungry Years, and he later drew on Juilliard training to release a classical album.
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US singer, songwriter Neil Sedaka dies at 86
American singer and songwriter Neil Sedaka, who had a string of chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s with songs like "Laughter in the Rain," has died at age 86, his family said Friday. Over a career spanning six decades, Sedaka scored three No. 1 hits in the United States and also wrote chart-topping songs for other artists. "Our family is devastated by the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather," Sedaka's family post…
American pop singer, pianist and composer Neil Sedaka, who is behind the hits Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Oh Carol and Calendar Girl, died on Friday morning, February 27, after being taken to a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 86 years old.
Before I became an orthodontist, I was my good friend Neil Sedaka's saxophonist
When I first heard Neil Sedaka had died at the age of 86, I posted a Sedaka song on social media. I’m a Gen-X alternative rock fan, which is not exactly Sedaka’s lane, but it’s hard not to tip your hat to a pop culture legend. I posted “Standing on the Inside,” from 1973, and told people to wait for the chorus. Then, in the comments, my friend Beth Tichler Mindes from my Camp Tranquility summer camp days, wrote a sentence that stopped me: Neil a…
Neil Sedaka, dead at 86, aimed high: ‘”I hope the songs will outlive me,’ he said.
Neil Sedaka, an undercover Rhythm & Blues dynamo in the 1950s? Well, not exactly. But the famed singer-songwriter — who died Friday at the age of 86 in Los Angeles — was just 17 and still in high school when he and lyricist Hank Greenfield began writing songs that were recorded by such R&B greats as former Drifters’ lead vocalist Clyde McPhatter (“Since You’ve Been Gone”), LaVern Baker (“I’ve Waited Too Long”), vocal trio The Cookies (“Passing …
Neil Sedaka, singer, songwriter and pop hitmaker dies at 86
Neil Sedaka, the buoyantly up-tempo singer, pianist and songwriter who sidestepped a promising classical career in the 1950s to write and perform pop hits such as “Oh! Carol” and “Calendar Girl,” and who made a comeback in the 1970s with the soft-rock standards “Laughter in the Rain” and “Love Will Keep Us Together,” has died. He was 86.
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