Neil Sedaka was born March 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York. The
best-known Billboard Hot 100 hits of his early career are "The
Diary" (#14, 1958), a song that he offered to Little Anthony and
the Imperials; "Oh! Carol" (#9, 1959); "You Mean
Everything to Me" (#17, 1960); "Calendar Girl" (#4,
1960); "Stairway to Heaven" (#9, 1960); "Run Samson Run"
(top 30, 1960); "Little Devil" (#11, 1961); "Happy
Birthday Sweet Sixteen" (#6, 1961); "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
(#1, 1962); and "Next Door To An Angel" (#5, 1962). "Oh!
Carol" refers to Sedaka's Brill Building compatriot and former
girlfriend Carole King. King responded with her answer song, "Oh,
Neil". Sedaka continues to perform. He has a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in
October 2006.
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