Steppin' Out (Neil Sedaka album)

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Steppin' Out
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Studio album by Neil Sedaka
Released 1976
Genre Pop
Label Rocket (US); Polydor (UK)
Producer Neil Sedaka, Robert Appère
Neil Sedaka chronology
Overnight Success (UK); The Hungry Years (US)
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Steppin' Out is a 1976 album containing the works of Neil Sedaka. In America it was the third and final album of a trilogy of albums issued by The Rocket Record Company. (Rocket would issue a compilation album, Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits , in 1977; but it contained no new material.) Outside America Steppin' Out was issued on the Polydor label. In 1998 Varese Serabande reissued Steppin' Out and included four bonus tracks.

Neil Sedaka American musician

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 an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and others, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody.

The Rocket Record Company music label in Britain

The Rocket Record Company was a record label founded by Elton John, along with Bernie Taupin, Gus Dudgeon, Steve Brown and others, in 1973. The company was named after the hit song "Rocket Man". The label was originally distributed in the UK by Island and in the US by MCA Records, both of which Elton John was also signed to.

<i>Neil Sedakas Greatest Hits</i> (1977 album)

Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits is a 1977 compilation album consisting of the works of American pop star Neil Sedaka. It contains his most popular songs from his trilogy of Rocket albums from 1974-1976. It was released by The Rocket Record Company in the US; outside the US it was released on the Polydor label.

Contents

The title track, a #36 hit in the U.S., featured backing vocals by Sedaka's labelmate, Elton John.

Elton John English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist

Sir Elton Hercules John is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums. John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive number one albums in the U.S., 58 Billboard Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10, four which reached number two and nine which reached number one. His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", rewritten in dedication to Diana, Princess of Wales, sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and U.S. singles charts. He has also composed music, produced records, and has occasionally acted in films.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Sing Me"
  2. "You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine"
  3. "No. 1 with a Heartache"
  4. "Steppin' Out"
  5. "Love in the Shadows"
  6. "Cardboard California"

Side Two

  1. "Here We Are Falling In Love Again"
  2. "I Let You Walk Away"
  3. "Good Times, Good Music, Good Friends"
  4. "Perfect Strangers"
  5. "Bad and Beautiful"
  6. "Summer Nights"

Singles and EPs

Many of the songs on this album were released on 45 rpm singles; some were even included on a 33-1/3 rpm EP album in the UK. Those songs that saw such a release are as follows:

Love in the Shadows (Neil Sedaka song)

"Love In The Shadows" is an uptempo pop song written and recorded by Neil Sedaka. The song became an international Top 20 hit in 1976.

In 1976, Polydor issued an EP in the UK entitled, "Make Your Own Sunshine". This EP included "You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine" and "Summer Nights" along with "Tit For Tat" and "New York City Blues", two songs from earlier Neil Sedaka albums.

Varese Sarabande re-release

In 1998, Varese Sarabande reissued Steppin' Out and included the following bonus tracks:

Elektra Records record company and music label

Elektra Records is an American major record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk music and rock music between the 1950s and 1970s. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived as an imprint of Atlantic in 2009. As of October 2018, Elektra was detached from the Atlantic Records umbrella and reorganized into Elektra Music Group, once again operating as an independently-managed frontline label of Warner Music.

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