Neil Sedaka discography

Neil Sedaka discography

Releases

The following is a comprehensive discography of Neil Sedaka, the American singer.

Albums

1959

• Rock with Sedaka (or just Neil Sedaka) (re-released in 1995 alongside Circulate)

1961

• Circulate (re-released in 1995 alongside Rock with Sedaka)
• Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (re-released in 1993 with eight bonus tracks; re-released in 2010 in combination with the 1978 "Many Sides" album)

1963

• Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits (also known as Greatest Hits 1959-63) (re-released in 1975 and 1992)(RCA 2627)
• Three Great Guys (with Paul Anka and Sam Cooke)
• Neil Sedaka Canta en Espanol

1964

• Mas Neil Sedaka en Espanol
• Neil Sedaka: Italiano
• Neil Sedaka: Italiano Volume 2

1965

• Smile

1969

• Sounds of Sedaka
• Workin' on a Groovy Thing

1970

• Oh! Carol (RCA International album)

1971

• Emergence (re-released in 2009)

1972

• Solitaire (UK)(re-released in 2010)
• Neil Sedaka (RCA International album; program the same as the aforementioned "Solitaire" album)

1973

• The Tra-La Days Are Over (UK)

1974

• Laughter in the Rain (UK)
• Live at the Royal Festival Hall (UK; live)
• Sedaka's Back (US) (re-released in 1997 with four bonus tracks)
• Oh Carol (RCA Camden album)
• On Stage (RCA International album; issued in the US in 1976 as Live in Australia)
• Ao Vivo (Brazilian edition of "On Stage")

1975

• Overnight Success (UK)
• The Hungry Years (US) (re-released in 1998 with four bonus tracks)
• Pop Power: The Fantastic Neil Sedaka

1976

• Let's Go Steady Again (RCA Victor edition; compilation of mid-1960s hits)
• Pure Gold
• Sedaka Live in Australia at the South Sydney Junior Leagues Club (Previously released in 1974 in UK as Neil Sedaka on Stage)
• Steppin' Out (re-released in 1998 with four bonus tracks)
• Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: The Original Hit
• Stupid Cupid (RCA Camden album)
• Laughter and Tears: The Best of Neil Sedaka Today (re-released in 1987)

1977

• Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits
• Neil Sedaka and Songs — A Solo Concert (live 2-LP)
• A Song (new material)
• Neil Sedaka and Songs
• Neil Sedaka: The '50s and '60s
• Neil Sedaka: 14 Knockouts

1978

• All You Need Is the Music (new material including a number of disco-themed tracks)
• The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka (rereleased in 2010 combined with the 1961 "Little Devil" album)

1979

• Oh! Carol and Other Big Hits (re-released in 1989)
• Let's Go Steady Again (RCA Camden edition; different compilation from the 1976 RCA Victor album of the same name)
• Sunny

1980

• In the Pocket
• Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits (RCA International album)

1981

• Now

1984

• Come See About Me

1986

• The Good Times
• My Friend (dedicated to the memory of Howard Greenfield)

1988

• All Time Greatest Hits

1991

• All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
• Timeless — The Very Best of Neil Sedaka (includes both old and new songs)

1993

• Love Will Keep Us Together (compilation and new songs)

1994

• Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974-80

1995

• Song Cycle (songs culled from "Emergence" [1971] and "Solitaire" [1972], the latter previously unavailable in US)
• Classically Sedaka
• Tuneweaver
• I Successi Di Neil Sedaka (compilation of Italian-language recordings)

1998

• Tales of Love (and Other Passions)

1999

• Neil Sedaka in Italiano (2-CD edition of his 1960s Italian recordings)

2000

• The Singer and His Songs

2001

• RCA 100th Anniversary Series: The Very Best of Neil Sedaka

2003

• Brighton Beach Memories — Neil Sedaka Sings Yiddish
• Oh! Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955-66 (8-CD box with previously unreleased material)
• Neil Sedaka: The Brooklyn Demos, 1958-61

2004

• Stairway to Heaven: The Best of Neil Sedaka

2005

• Love Songs

2006

• The Very Best of Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2-CD, 46-track career retrospective [UK import] with 7 "new" [2003] recordings)
• Neil Sedaka Live at the Royal Albert Hall – The Very Best of Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2 DVD set filmed 7th April 2006 in London)

2007

• The Definitive Collection (2-CD career retrospective including never-released early-career demos; Sedaka's first return to US Billboard Top 200 Albums chart since 1980, peaking in the Top 25--one of his career's all-time highest-charting albums)
• Oh! Carol (LT Series album, compilation of 1970s hits recorded live in concert)

2008

• The Miracle of Christmas

2009

• Waking Up Is Hard to Do (children's recording; US Billboard Top 200 Albums chart entry)
• Flashback (compilation of Italian recordings)
• The Music of My Life (UK)
• The Miracle of Christmas: The Deluxe Edition

2010

• The Music of My Life (US Billboard Top 200 Albums chart entry)
• Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits / The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka (a combo re-release of his 1961 and 1978 albums as listed above)

2011

• "Oh! Carol" and All the Early Classics (UK)
• I Must Be Dreaming (UK)
• The Sedaka Sessions (US, two duets with Jim Van Slyke)
• Where The Boys Are: The Music of Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield (contains songs written by the Sedaka-Greenfield duo performed by other artists, although there is one Sedaka song, "You're Knocking Me Out", at the end of the program)

Singles

Year	Title	Peak US	Peak US AC	Notes
1957	"Laura Lee"			Recorded for the Decca label; b/w "Snowtime"
1958	"Ring-a-Rockin'"			Recorded for the Guyden label in the US and London Records label in Europe; b/w "Fly, Don't Fly on Me"
1958	"Oh, Delilah!"			Recorded for the Pyramid label; b/w "Neil's Twist"
1958	"The Diary"	14		First single with RCA Victor; b/w "No Vacancy"
1959	"I Go Ape"	42		Reached #9 on the UK pop charts; b/w "Moon of Gold"
1959	"Crying My Heart Out for You"	111		Reached #6 on the Italy pop charts; b/w "You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm and Blues"
1959	"Stupid Cupid"			Released in Italy on the RCA Italiana label; b/w "As Long As I Live"
1959	"All I Need Is You"			Released in Italy on the RCA Italiana label; b/w "Fallin'"
1959	"Oh! Carol"	9		Reached #1 on the Italy pop charts; b/w "One Way Ticket (To the Blues)"
1959	"The Girl for Me"			b/w "I Ain't Hurtin' No More" in the US and "Going Home To Mary Lou" in Italy
1959	"Going Home to Mary Lou"			b/w "What Am I Gonna Do?"
1960	"Stairway to Heaven"	9		b/w "Forty Winks Away"
1960	"You Mean Everything to Me"	17		Double A-side with "Run, Samson, Run"
1960	"Run, Samson, Run"	28		Double A-side with "You Mean Everything to Me"
1961	"Calendar Girl"	4		b/w "The Same Old Fool"
1961	"Little Devil"	11		b/w "I Must Be Dreaming"
1961	"Sweet Little You"	59		b/w "I Found My World in You"
1961	"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"	6		b/w "Don't Lead Me On"
1962	"King of Clowns"	45		b/w "Walk with Me" (1960)
1962	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (original version)	1		b/w "As Long As I Live" (1959)
1962	"Next Door to an Angel"	5		b/w "I Belong to You" (1959)
1963	"Alice in Wonderland"	17		b/w "Circulate" (1961)
1963	"Let's Go Steady Again"	26		b/w "Waiting for Never"
1963	"The Dreamer"	47		b/w "Look Inside Your Heart"
1963	"Bad Girl"	33		b/w "Wait 'til You See My Baby"
1964	"The Closest Thing to Heaven"	107		b/w "Without a Song"
1964	"Sunny"	86		b/w "She'll Never Be You"
1964	"I Hope He Breaks Your Heart"	104		b/w "Too Late" (1963)
1964	"Let the People Talk"	107		b/w "In the Chapel with You"
1965	"The World through a Tear"	76		b/w "High on a Mountain (Deep in a Valley)"
1965	"The Answer to My Prayer"	89		b/w "Blue Boy"
1966	"The Answer Lies Within"			b/w "Grown-Up Games"
1966	"We Can Make It if We Try"	121		b/w "Too Late" (1963); last single of Sedaka's original tenure with RCA Victor.
1969	"Star-Crossed Lovers"			Reached #5 on the pop charts in Australia; issued on the SGC Records label; b/w "We Had a Good Thing Goin'"
1969	"Rainy Jane"			Released on the SGC Records label; b/w "Jeannine"
1969	"Ebony Angel"			Released on the MCA label; b/w "Puppet Man"
1970	"Wheeling, West Virginia"			Hit in Australia (#20); Released on the Festival Records label; b/w "The Love Of A Woman"
1971	"I'm a Song (Sing Me)"			This single, along with the next four singles, were released on the RCA Victor label, marking a short-lived reunion by Sedaka with RCA; b/w "Silent Movies"
1971	"Superbird"			b/w "Rosemary Blue"
1972	"Beautiful You"			Hit in UK (#43); b/w "Anywhere You're Gonna Be (Leba's Song)"
1972	"That's When the Music Takes Me" (UK release)			b/w "Don't Let It Mess Your Mind"
1972	"Dimbo Man"			Last single of Sedaka's reunion with RCA Victor; b/w "Trying To Say Goodbye"
1973	"Standing on the Inside"			Hit in UK (#26); issued on the MGM label; b/w "Let Daddy Know"
1973	"Our Last Song Together"			Hit in UK (#31); issued on the MGM label; b/w "I Don't Know What I Like About You"
1973	"Alone in New York in the Rain"
1973	"Love Will Keep Us Together"			First single released on the Polydor label in Europe; Released in France; b/w "Rock-'n'-Roll Wedding Day"
1974	"A Little Lovin'"			Hit in UK (#34); b/w "Lightning Ridge"
1974	"The Way I Am"			b/w "Going Nowhere"
1975	"Laughter in the Rain"	1 (1 wk.)	1 (2 wks.)	Hit in UK (#15); b/w "Endlessly" in the US, "Kiddio" in UK, "Betty Grable" in Belgium; the American release of this single was the first single issued on the Rocket label.
1975	"The Immigrant"	22	1 (1 wk.)	Dedicated to John Lennon; b/w "Hey Mister Sunshine" in US; "Your Favorite Entertainer" in Europe
1975	"That's When the Music Takes Me" (US release)	27	7	b/w "Standing on the Inside" in the US
1975	"The Queen of 1964"			Hit in UK (#35); b/w "Solitaire" (live version, 1974); never released in US
1975- 76	"Bad Blood" with Elton John (noncredited backing vocal)	1 (3 wks.)	25	Certified gold; most commercially successful individual US single released in Sedaka's career; b/w "Hey Mister Sunshine" in UK; "Your Favorite Entertainer" in US; and "Baby Blue" in Italy
1976	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" [slow ballad version]	8	1 (1 wk.)	b/w "Nana's Song" in US and "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" in UK
1976	"Love in the Shadows"	16	4	b/w "(Baby) Don't Let It Mess Your Mind" in US, "Love Will Keep Us Together" in Europe
1976	"Steppin' Out" with Elton John (noncredited backing vocal)	36	45	b/w "I Let You Walk Away"
1976	"No. 1 With A Heartache"			Hit in UK, not released as a single in the US; b/w "Good Times, Good Music, Good Friends"
1977	"You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine"	52	4	Last single released on the Rocket label in the US; b/w "Perfect Strangers"
1977	"Amarillo"	44	4	First single released on the Elektra label in the US; b/w "The Leaving Game"
1977	"Alone at Last"	104	17	b/w "Sleazy Love"
1978	"All You Need Is the Music"
1979	"Sad, Sad Story"			b/w "Love Keeps Getting Stronger Every Day"
1979	"Letting Go"	107
1980	"Should've Never Let You Go" Neil & Dara Sedaka	19	3	b/w "You're So Good for Me" (Neil & Dara Sedaka)
1981	"My World Keeps Slipping Away"		36	b/w "Love Is Spreading Over The World"
1981	"Losing You"			b/w "On the Road Again"
1984	"Your Precious Love" Neil & Dara Sedaka		15
1984	"Rhythm of the Rain"		37
1985	"Love Made Me Feel That Way"

Extended Play albums

Year	Title	Side 1 Contents	Side 2 Contents	Notes
1959	"I Go Ape!"	(1) "I Go Ape!" & (2) "All I Need Is You"	(3) "(Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!" & (4) "I Belong To You"
1959	"Oh, Carol!"	(1) "Oh, Carol!" & (2) "Going Home To Mary Lou"	(3) "The Girl For Me" & (4) "I Ain't Hurtin' No More"
1961	"Little Devil"	(1) "Little Devil" & (2) "Circulate"	(3) "Calendar Girl" & (4) "We Kiss In A Shadow"	An RCA 33 rpm "Compact Double"
1961	"Neil's Best"	(1) "Oh, Carol!" & (2) "Stairway To Heaven"	(3) "Run Samson Run" & (4) "The Diary"	An RCA 33 rpm "Compact Double"
1963	"Alice In Wonderland"	(1) "Alice In Wonderland" & (2) "Sweet Little You"	(3) "Next Door To An Angel" & (4) "I Found My World In You"	Released in France
1963(?)	"Neil Sedaka in Hebrew and English"	(1) "Oh, Carol!" (Hebrew) & (2) "You Mean Everything To Me" (Hebrew)	(3) "Waiting For Never (La Terza Luna)" & (4) "Too Late"	Released in Israel
1976	"Make Your Own Sunshine"	(1) "You've Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine" & (2) "New York City Blues"	(3) "Summer Nights" & (4) "Tit For Tat"	Released in UK; 33 rpm EP

Italian-language Singles

Year	Title	Notes
1961	"Esagerata" ("Little Devil")	b/w "Un Giorno Inutile" ("I Must Be Dreaming")
1962	"Tu Non Lo Sai" ("Breaking Up Is Hard to Do")	b/w "Finché Vivrò" ("As Long As I Live")
1963	"I Tuoi Capricci" ("Look Inside Your Heart")	b/w "Non Cercare Un'Altra Bocca" ("Walk with Me")
1963	"La Terza Luna" ("Waiting for Never")	#1-ranked hit in Italy in April 1963; b/w "Il Re Dei Pagliacci" ("King of Clowns")
1963	"Adesso No"	b/w "Quando Sorridi Cosi"
1964	"La Notte E Fatta Per Amare" ("Another Day, Another Heartache")	b/w "La Forza Del Destino"
1964	"La Luna A Fiori	b/w "Ricordati Ancora"
1965	"Non Basta Mai"	b/w "Darei 10 Anni"