Sedaka,Neil Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Singles 1957-1962 CD

Although he was, in essence, a classically-trained concert pianist, Neil Sedaka became the first established Brill Building R&R songwriter to go on and carve out an equally successful singing career. The pudgy-faced Sedaka may have looked an unlikely Teen Idol, but he racked up sixteen US?hits between 1958-62. This compilation features all his 45s issued between 1957-62, including his three pre-success collectors' rarities, 'Snowtime'/'Laura Lee', 'Ring-A-Rockin'/'Fly, Don't Fly On Me' and 'Oh Delilah'. All his early US and UK?hits are included herein, viz: 'The Diary', 'I?Go Ape', 'You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm & Blues', 'Crying My Heart Out For You', 'Oh! Carol' (his first million-seller), 'One Way Ticket' (a #1 in Japan), 'Stairway To Heaven' 'Run Samson Run' 'You Mean Everything To Me' 'Calendar Girl' (a worldwide #1), 'Little Devil' 'Sweet Little You' 'Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen' 'King Of Clowns', 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do' (his first US #1 record) and 'Next Door To An Angel'. Sedaka has continued to reinvent himself throughout his career and still continues to tour and record, although he will be eighty this year.

1. Snowtime 2. Laura Lee 3. Ring-A-Rockin' 4. Fly, Don't Fly on Me 5. Oh Delilah (The Marvels ; Neil Sedaka) 6. The Diary 7. No Vacancy (I'm Walkin' Round) 8. I?Go Ape 9. Moon of Gold 10. You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm ; Blues 11. Crying My Heart Out for You 12. Oh! Carol 13. One Way Ticket (To the Blues) 14. Stairway to Heaven 15. Forty Winks Away 16. Run Samson Run 17. You Mean Everything to Me 18. Calendar Girl 19. The Same Old Fool 20. Little Devil 21. I Must Be Dreaming 22. Sweet Little You 23. I Found My World in You 24. Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen 25. Don't Lead Me on 26. King of Clowns 27. Walk with Me 28. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 29. As Long As I Live 30. Next Door to An Angel 31. I?Belong to You