| Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1958–1962 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Al Nevins Don Kirshner | |||
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Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits is a 1963 compilation album of twelve of the most popular hits of Neil Sedaka's tenure with RCA Victor. [1]
The album was re-released in 1975 and again in 1992.
Each release used different cover art. The original 1963 issue featured a painting of a teenage girl admiring a photo of Sedaka on her nightstand. The 1975 second edition featured a 1970s-era photo of Sedaka in a tuxedo standing against a black background. The 1992 third edition, the first CD issue of this album, shown above, features a standard early-1960s publicity photo of Sedaka.
In Italy, the album was released with the Italian title, "Neil Sedaka Canta I Suoi Successi".
In Spain, the album was released in 1973 under the title, "Oh! Carol" on the RCA International label.
Neil Sedaka is an American pop singer, pianist, composer and record producer. Since his music career began in 1957 as a short-lived founding member of the Tokens, he has sold millions of records as a performer and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and others, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard "Howie" Greenfield and Phil Cody.
Howard Greenfield 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 one with Neil Sedaka from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, and near-simultaneous songwriting partnerships with Jack Keller and Helen Miller throughout most of the 1960s.
Live at Royal Festival Hall is an album by Neil Sedaka with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was released on the Polydor Records label in 1974. It was recorded on February 2, 1974, at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
"Oh! Carol" is an international hit written by Neil Sedaka in 1958. Co-written with Howard Greenfield, the song is noted for Sedaka's spoken recitation of the verse, the second time around.
"The Diary" is a song by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was released in 1958 as Sedaka's debut single.
Circulate is the second solo album of Neil Sedaka after his 1959 debut solo album Rock with Sedaka. Circulate was released in 1961 by RCA Victor and was produced by Al Nevins and Don Kirshner. Except for the title song "Circulate" and "I Found My World In You", the whole album contains covers of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s songs as interpreted by Sedaka. Two of the songs were re-issued as B-sides of other hits: "I Found My World In You" was the B-side of "Sweet Little You" later in 1961, and "Circulate" was the B-side of "Alice In Wonderland" in 1963. Sedaka later recorded Italian-language versions of "Smile" and "All the Way"
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.
The following is a comprehensive discography of Neil Sedaka, the American singer.
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.
Neil Sedaka On Stage is a 1974 live-in-concert album recorded by Neil Sedaka during one of his tours to Sydney, Australia 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.
Oh Carol is a 1974 compilation album by pop rock singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka. It was released in Great Britain and throughout Western Europe on the RCA Camden label on both LP and cassette tape. The album features some of his better-known hits from the 1950s and 1960s along with some selections from a concert he gave in Sydney, Australia.
Stairway to Heaven: The Best of Neil Sedaka is a 2004 compilation CD album containing the works of American pop star Neil Sedaka. The songs on this album come from the period of 1959-1964, when Sedaka was affiliated with RCA Victor records. This CD was issued by BMG Special Markets.
Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits is a compilation album containing the works of the American pop singer Neil Sedaka. It was originally released in the UK and throughout Western Europe in 1980 on the RCA International label. It was issued again on CD ten years later in 1990. The album contains songs that Neil Sedaka recorded while with RCA Records from 1959 to 1963.
Oh Carol is a 1970 compilation album consisting of some of the best-known works of American pop singer Neil Sedaka. It was released in Great Britain and throughout Europe on the RCA International label.
Let's Go Steady Again is a compilation album containing the works of American pop singer Neil Sedaka. It was released in the US in 1976 on the RCA Victor label. It contains some of Sedaka's lesser-known hits that he recorded during his years with RCA from 1959-1966.
Sunny is a 1979 compilation album containing the works of American pop singer Neil Sedaka. It features some of Sedaka's works from 1958–1964, during his affiliation with the RCA studios. It was released in the UK and throughout Western Europe on the RCA Camden label.
Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is a compilation album containing the works of American pop singer Neil Sedaka. The songs featured are some of Sedaka's lesser-known songs from his days with RCA Victor from 1958–1966, songs that were not included on the 1988 album Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits. The album was released in 1991 by RCA Records.
Love Songs is a 2005 compilation album containing the works of the American pop singer Neil Sedaka. It contains many of Sedaka's works from his years with RCA Victor from 1959-1964. Some of the tracks on the CD had never before been released. "Love Songs" was jointly issued by RCA and Legacy Records.
The Very Best of Neil Sedaka is a 2001 compilation album issued by RCA Records as part of their commemorative "100th Anniversary" series of albums celebrating their biggest stars. The album features some of Sedaka's best-known hits during his days with RCA, recorded from 1958 to 1963.
Oh! Carol and Other Big Hits is a 1975 compilation album containing the works of American pop singer Neil Sedaka. The album contains his recordings from the period 1959-1964, when he was affiliated with RCA Records. It is a blend of his rock hits with a few pop standards he recorded for the Circulate album in 1961. It was originally released on LP by RCA in 1975.