Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits

Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits
Cover of the 1992 CD reissue. The original 1962 release and the 1975 reissue had different cover art.
Greatest hits album by Neil Sedaka
Released	1962 [1]
Recorded	1958–1962
Genre	Pop
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Al Nevins Don Kirshner
Neil Sedaka chronology
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Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits is a 1962 compilation album of twelve of the most popular hits of Neil Sedaka's tenure with RCA Victor. ^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield unless otherwise noted.

Side one

1. "Next Door To An Angel" (2:24)
2. "Oh! Carol" (2:16)
3. "King of Clowns" (2:40)
4. "Stairway to Heaven" (2:39)
5. "Run Samson Run" (2:51)
6. "Calendar Girl" (2:36)

Side two

1. "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (2:17)
2. "The Diary" (2:15)
3. "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" (2:38)
4. "Little Devil" (2:42)
5. "Sweet Little You" (Barry Mann, Larry Kolber) (2:03)
6. "You Mean Everything to Me" (2:35)

Recording dates

Sources: ^{[3] [4]}

• October 30, 1958– "The Diary"
• July 31, 1959– "Oh! Carol"
• February 5, 1960– "Stairway to Heaven", "Run Samson Run"
• February 8, 1960– "You Mean Everything to Me"
• October 24, 1960– "Calendar Girl"
• March 17, 1961– "Little Devil"
• July 10, 1961– "Sweet Little You"
• October 5, 1961– "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"
• February 9, 1962– "King of Clowns", "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
• 1962– "Next Door to an Angel"

Personnel

Sources: ^{[3] [4]}

• Neil Sedaka – vocals
• Al Nevins – producer (all tracks)
• Don Kirshner – producer (all tracks except 2 and 8)
• Stan Applebaum – orchestra conductor (tracks 4–6, 10-12), arranger (track 11)
• Alan Lorber – arranger/conductor (tracks 1, 3, 7, 9)

Re-release

The album was re-released in 1975 and again in 1992.

Each release used different cover art. The original 1962 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 as shown above, features a standard early-1960s publicity photo of Sedaka.

References

1. Billboard: Spotlight Albums of the Week (22 December 1962)
2. CD Universe: Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits
3. (1988) All Time Greatest Hits by Neil Sedaka [CD booklet]. New York: BMG Music 6876–2–R.
4. (2001) The Very Best of Neil Sedaka by Neil Sedaka [CD booklet]. New York: BMG Entertainment 07863 69393–2.