Neil Sedaka biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Neil Sedaka

Author Name:

Neil Sedaka

Born As:

Other Names:

Neil Sedaka

Born:

13 Mar 1939

Died:





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Singer and songwriter                          
Selected Works:

Oh! Carol -  Number 1, Italy - 1960
Calendar Girl -  Number 1, Japan - 1961
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 1962 version -  Number 1, on US Billboard Hot 100 - 1962
La Terza Luna -  Number 1, Italy - 1963
Laughter in the Rain -  Number 1, on US Adult Contemporary - 1974; Number 1, on US Billboard Hot 100 - 1975
The Immigrant -  Number 1, on US Adult Contemporary - 1975
Bad Blood -  Number 1, on US Billboard Hot 100 - 1975-76
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, 1975 version -  Number 1 on US Adult Contemporary - 1976

Filmography:
1968 - Playgirl Killer

Autobiography
Laughter in the Rain: My Own Story - 1982.                          
Mother Eleanor née Appel
Father Mac Sedaka
Wife Leba Strassberg, two children.                          
                          
Sedaka and Sedacca are variants of Tzedaka, which translates in both Hebrew and Arabic as the word 'Charity'.