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Neil Sedaka discography


 

Original Studio Albums[edit]

1950s[edit]

1959
  • Rock with Sedaka (titled 'Neil Sedaka' in some territories) (re-released on CD in 1995 alongside Circulate)

1960s[edit]

1961
  • Circulate (10 of the 12 songs are covers of 1930's-1950's standards) (re-released in 1995 alongside Rock with Sedaka; re-released on CD in 2012)
  • Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits (re-released on CD in 1993 with eight bonus tracks; re-released on CD in 2010 in combination with the 1978 "Many Sides" album)
1963
1969
  • Workin' On A Groovy Thing (Australia; released in the UK as Sounds of Sedaka) (re-released on CD in 2002 as part of the compilation 'Let the Good Times In')

1970s[edit]

1971
1972
  • Solitaire (UK) (re-released on CD in 2010)
  • Neil Sedaka (RCA International version of UK's "Solitaire" album, same track listing)
1973
  • The Tra-La Days Are Over (UK) (re-released in 1982, and on CD in 1991 and 2004; re-released on CD in 2012 in combination with the album "Overnight Success")
1974
1975
  • Overnight Success (UK) (re-released on CD in 2012 in combination with the album "The Tra-La Days Are Over")
  • The Hungry Years (US version of UK's Overnight Success with slightly altered track listing) (re-released on CD in 1998 with four bonus tracks)
1976
  • Steppin' Out (re-released on CD in 1998 with four bonus tracks)
1977
  • A Song (available on vinyl only, no official CD release, other than European bootleg taken from vinyl)
1978

1980s[edit]

1980
  • In the Pocket (available on vinyl only, no official CD release, other than European bootleg taken from vinyl)
1981
  • Neil Sedaka: Now (available on vinyl only, no official CD release, other than European bootleg taken from vinyl)
1984
  • Come See About Me (available on vinyl only, no official CD release, other than European bootleg taken from vinyl)
1986

1990s[edit]

Note: All of the following original studio albums (from the 1990s and beyond) are available in CD format.
1995
  • Classically Sedaka
1998
  • Tales of Love (and Other Passions)

2000s[edit]

2003
  • Brighton Beach Memories — Neil Sedaka Sings Yiddish
2005
  • The Miracle of Christmas (2 CD set)
2009
  • Waking Up Is Hard to Do (children's recording; US Billboard Top 200 Albums chart entry)
  • The Music of My Life (UK)

2010s[edit]

2012
  • The Real Neil (UK) (his first acoustic album, with just piano and voice)

Compilations, Live Albums & Foreign-Language Albums[edit]

1960s[edit]

1963
1964
1965
1966

1970s[edit]

1970
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
  • Let's Go Steady Again (RCA Camden edition; different compilation from the 1976 RCA Victor album of the same name)
  • Sunny

1980s[edit]

1980
1982
1986

1990s[edit]

1991
  • All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
  • Timeless — The Very Best of Neil Sedaka (compilation of old recordings and some re-recordings)
  • The Collection
  • Neil Sedaka's Diary
1992
  • Greatest Hits Live
  • Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits
  • Love Will Keep Us Together (compilation of old recordings and some new songs)
  • Tuneweaver (compilation of old recordings and some new songs)
1994
1995
  • Song Cycle (songs culled from "Emergence" [1971] and "Solitaire" [1972])
  • I Successi Di Neil Sedaka (compilation of Italian-language recordings)
1996
  • Neil Sedaka By Popular Demand
  • Neil Sedaka in Italiano (2-CD edition of his 1960s Italian recordings)
1997
  • What a Difference a Day Makes: The Neil Sedaka Collection
1999
  • The Very Best of Neil Sedaka (2 CD set)

2000s[edit]

2001
2002
  • Let The Good Times In (double disc compilation)
2003
2004
2005
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 7 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)
2009
  • Flashback (compilation of Italian recordings)
  • The Miracle of Christmas: The Deluxe Edition (reissue of 2005 album of same title, with additional tracks)

2010s[edit]

2010
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)
2012
2013
  • The Things I Love
  • The Essential Early Recordings (UK) (2 CD set)
  • The Drugstore's Rockin'
  • Neil Sedaka In The Studio, 1958-1962
  • Neil Sedaka Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1 CD / 1 DVD version of 2006 similarly titled release)
2014
  • Neil Sedaka: Hits Around The World
  • Neil Sedaka In The Studio, 1958-1962, Vol. 2
  • The Complete Singles and EPs: As and Bs, 1956-1962 (2 CD set)
  • Neil Sedaka Songbook (2 CD set)

English-language singles[edit]

1950s[edit]

YearTitlePeak USPeak US CashboxB-sideRecord Label in USRecord Label outside USNotes
1957"Laura Lee""Snowtime"Decca
1958"Ring-a-Rockin'""Fly, Don't Fly on Me"GuydenLondonNeil's first appearance on Dick Clark's American Bandstand
1958"Oh, Delilah!""Neil's Twist"PyramidStateside (UK); Ariola (W. Germany)Released again in 1962
1958"The Diary"1422"No Vacancy (I'm Walkin' Round)"RCARCAFirst single with RCA Victor
1959"I Go Ape"4240"Moon of Gold"RCARCAReached #9 on pop charts in UK
1959"(Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!""I Belong To You" (Australia); "I Waited Too Long" (Greece)RCANot released as a single in the U.S.
1959"Crying My Heart Out for You"11189"You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm and Blues"RCARCAReached #6 on pop charts in Italy
1959"Stupid Cupid""As Long as I Live" (Italy); "All I Need Is You" (Greece)RCA (Italiana)Not released as a single in the U.S.
1959"All I Need Is You""Fallin'"RCA ItalianaNot released as a single in the U.S.
1959"Oh! Carol"95"One Way Ticket (To the Blues)"RCARCAReached #1 on pop charts in Italy;
B-side reached #1 on pop charts in Japan.
1959"The Girl for Me""I Ain't Hurtin' No More" (US); "Going Home To Mary Lou" (Italy)RCARCA
1959"Going Home to Mary Lou""What Am I Gonna Do?"RCARCA

1960s[edit]

YearTitlePeak USPeak US CashboxB-sideRecord Label in USRecord Label outside USNotes
1960"Stairway to Heaven"96"Forty Winks Away"RCARCA
1960"You Mean Everything to Me"/
"Run Samson Run"		17
28		19
31		(Double A-side)RCARCARare Double A-side for Neil; with Stan Applebaum's orchestra
1961"Calendar Girl"44"The Same Old Fool"RCARCAReached #1 on Japanese and Canadian pop charts
1961"Little Devil"119"I Must Be Dreaming"RCARCAWith Stan Applebaum's orchestra
1961"Sweet Little You"5944"I Found My World in You"RCARCAB-side: with Stan Applebaum's orchestra
1961"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"69"Don't Lead Me On"RCARCA
1962"King of Clowns"4547"Walk with Me" (1960)RCARCAB-side: with Stan Applebaum's orchestra
1962"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (original version)1 (2 wks.)1 (1 wk.)"As Long As I Live" (1959)RCARCANeil Sedaka's signature song
1962"Next Door to an Angel"510"I Belong to You" (1959)RCARCALast Sedaka song in the US Top 10 until the 1970s
1963"Alice in Wonderland"1723"Circulate" (1961)RCARCA
1963"Let's Go Steady Again"2635"Waiting for Never"RCARCALast appearance of a Sedaka song in the Cashbox Top 40 until the 1970s
1963"The Dreamer"4769"Look Inside Your Heart"RCARCA
1963"Bad Girl"3349"Wait 'Til You See My Baby"RCARCALast appearance of a Sedaka song in the Billboard Top 40 until 1974
1964"The Closest Thing to Heaven"107111"Without A Song"RCARCA
1964"Sunny"8692"She'll Never Be You"RCARCA
1964"I Hope He Breaks Your Heart"104112"Too Late" (1963)RCARCA
1964"Let the People Talk"107124"In The Chapel With You"RCARCAB-side song was English version of Gianni Morandi's "In Ginocchio Da Te"
1965"The World Through A Tear"7684"High On A Mountain (Deep In A Valley)"RCARCA
1965"The Answer To My Prayer"8984"Blue Boy"RCARCALast appearance of a Sedaka song in the Top 100 until the 1970s
1966"The Answer Lies Within""Grown-Up Games"RCARCA
1966"We Can Make It if We Try"121135"Too Late" (1963)RCARCALast single of Sedaka's original tenure with RCA Records
1969"Star-Crossed Lovers""We Had a Good Thing Goin'"SGCAtlanticReached #1 on pop charts in Australia
1969"Rainy Jane"131"Jeannine"SGCAtlantic
1969"Ebony Angel""Puppet Man"MCANot released as a single in the U.S.
1969"Wheeling, West Virginia""The Love Of A Woman"FestivalReached #20 on pop charts in Australia

1970s[edit]

YearTitlePeak USPeak US CashboxPeak US ACB-sideRecord Label in USRecord Label outside USNotes
1971"My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day" (Australian release)"Everything Is Beautiful"RCANot released as a single in the U.S.. Beginning of short-lived reunion between Sedaka and RCA
1971"I'm a Song (Sing Me)""Silent Movies" in US and UK; "Gone With The Morning" in AustraliaKirshnerRCA
1971"Superbird""Rosemary Blue"RCANot released as a single in the U.S.
1972"Beautiful You""Anywhere You're Gonna Be (Leba's Song)"KirshnerRCAReached #43 on pop charts in UK
1972"That's When the Music Takes Me" (UK release)"Don't Let It Mess Your Mind"RCANot released as a single in the U.S. (yet). #18 in the UK.
1972"Dimbo Man""Trying to Say Goodbye"RCANot released as a single in the U.S.. Final single of Sedaka's reunion with RCA.
1973"Standing on the Inside""Let Daddy Know"MGMReached #26 on pop charts in UK. Not released as a single in the U.S..
1973"Our Last Song Together""I Don't Know What I Like About You"MGMReached #31 on pop charts in UK
1973"Love Will Keep Us Together""Rock-'n'-Roll Wedding Day"PolydorFirst single to be released on Polydor label. Released in France; not released as a single in the U.S..
1974"A Little Lovin'""Lightning Ridge"PolydorReached #34 on pop charts in UK. Not released as a single in the U.S.
1974"Going Nowhere""Brighton"PolydorNot released as a single in the US.
1974"Laughter in the Rain"1 (1 wk.)1 (1 wk.)1 (2 wks.)"Endlessly" (US); "Kiddio" (UK); "Betty Grable" (Belgium)RocketPolydorReached #15 on pop charts in UK. The U.S. release marked the first Sedaka release on the Rocket label.
1974"That's When the Music Takes Me" (US release)27307"Standing on the Inside"RocketPreviously released in the U.K.
1975"The Immigrant"22281 (1 wk.)"Hey Mister Sunshine" (US); "Your Favorite Entertainer" (Europe)RocketPolydorDedicated to John Lennon
1975"The Queen of 1964""Solitaire" (live version, 1974)PolydorReached #35 on pop charts in the U.K. Not released as a single in the U.S.
1975"Bad Blood"
with Elton John (uncredited backing vocal)		1 (3 wks.)1 (2 wks.)25"Hey Mister Sunshine" (UK); "Your Favorite Entertainer" (US); "Baby Blue" in ItalyRocketPolydorCertified gold, most successful individual single of Sedaka's career
1975"New York City Blues""Baby Blue"PolydorReleased in Australia. Not released as a single in the U.S.
1975"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" [slow ballad version]871 (1 wk.)"Nana's Song" (US); "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" (UK)RocketPolydorGives Sedaka the rare distinction of having #1 hits (Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary) with two different versions of the same song.
1976"Love in the Shadows"16174"(Baby) Don't Let It Mess Your Mind" (US); "Nana's Song" (UK); "Love Will Keep Us Together" (West Germany); "No. 1 With A Heartache" (Rhodesia)RocketPolydor
1976"Steppin' Out"
with Elton John (noncredited backing vocal)		365345"I Let You Walk Away"RocketPolydor
1976"No. 1 With A Heartache""Good Times, Good Music, Good Friends"PolydorReleased in the U.K.. Not released as a single in the U.S.
1976"You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine"52557"Perfect Strangers"RocketPolydorLast single released on the Rocket label in the U.S.
1976"My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day" (Filipino release)"The Father of Girls"RCARe-issue from Sedaka's 1971 concert in Australia
1977"Amarillo"44504"The Leaving Game"ElektraPolydorFirst single to be released on the Elektra label in the U.S.
1977"Alone at Last"10417"Sleazy Love"ElektraPolydor
1977"You Never Done It Like That""Sleazy Love"PolydorReleased in Australia; not released as a single in the US. Became Billboard Hot 100 chart Top 10 hit for The Captain and Tennille
1978"All You Need Is the Music"Elektra
1978"Sad, Sad Story""Tillie The Twirler" (US);
"Love Keeps Getting Stronger Every Day" (UK)
ElektraPolydor

1980s[edit]

YearTitlePeak USPeak US CashboxPeak US ACB-sideRecord Label in USRecord Label outside USNotes
1980"Letting Go"107"It's Good to Be Alive Again"ElektraPolydor
1980"Should've Never Let You Go"
with Dara Sedaka		19213"You're So Good for Me"ElektraPolydorRemake of a previous solo version by Neil from 1978, "Should've Never Let Her Go". Last appearance in the Billboard charts.
1981"My World Keeps Slipping Away"36"Love Is Spreading Over The World"ElektraPolydor
1981"Losing You""On the Road Again"ElektraPolydorLast single to be released on the Elektra label in the US; Last single to be released on the Polydor label in the UK
1983"Your Precious Love"
Neil & Dara Sedaka		15"Searchin'"CurbMCAFirst single to be released on the Curb label; return of Sedaka to MCA label in Europe
1983"Rhythm of the Rain"37"New Orleans"Curb
1986"Love Made Me Feel That Way"Curb

EPs[edit]

YearTitleSide 1 ContentsSide 2 ContentsNotes
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
1966"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
1966"My Yiddishe Momme"(1) "My Yiddishe Momme"(2) "Israeli Medley: (a) "Shalom Aleichem", (b) "Artza Aleinu", (c) "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena"; & (3) "Scapriaticciello"Released in Australia
1969"Star-Crossed Lovers"(1) "Star-Crossed Lovers" & (2) "Rainy Jane"(3) "Jeannine" & (4) "We Had A Good Thing Going"Released in Australia on the Atlantic label
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[edit]

All singles were released on the RCA Victor label except for "L'Addio"/"Passo E Chiudo" which was released on the Atlantic label.
YearTitleNotes
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"La terza luna" ("Waiting For Never")#1-ranked hit in Italy in April 1963; b/w "Il re dei pagliacci" ("King of Clowns")
1963"I tuoi capricci" ("Look Inside Your Heart")b/w "Non cercare un'altra bocca" ("Walk with Me")
1963"Adesso no"b/w "Quando sorridi così"
1964"La notte è 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"
1965"E la vita continua"b/w "Sarà sarà"
1966"Lettera bruciata" ("A Lover's Concerto")b/w "L'ultima foglia"
1969"L'addio" ("Star-Crossed Lovers")b/w "Passo e chiudo" ("We Had a Good Thing Goin'")

German-language singles[edit]

All singles were released on the RCA label.
YearTitleNotes
1961"Crazy Daisy" ("Little Devil")b/w "Heute Sind Es Träume" ("I Must Be Dreaming")
1962"Nur Ein Bild Von Dir" ("Pictures From The Past")b/w "Wenn Ich In Dein Fenster Seh" ("On The Outside Looking In")
1963"Candy (Madchen Aus Old Germany)"b/w "So Wie Mein Baby" ("Wait 'Til You See My Baby")

Other foreign-language singles[edit]

YearTitleLanguageB-sideLabel
1965"Namida No Komichi" ("The World Through A Tear")Japanese"High On A Mountain" (Japanese)Victor (JVC)
1966"Oh, Carol!" (Hebrew)Hebrew"You Mean Everything To Me" (Hebrew)RCA Victor
1969"Amour Perdu" (Star-Crossed Lovers)Canadian French"Oui, Nous Serons Des Copains" ("We Had A Good Thing Goin'")Atlantic (Quebec)
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