Complete Us Singles & Eps As & BS 1956-62 (CD) – Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka was one of the most successful and ubiquitous songwriters of the late ’50s and early ’60s, composing hits for artists like Connie Francis and Jimmy Clanton with his writing partner Howard Greenfield. However, he achieved an even higher profile as an interpreter of his own songs, rattling up a string of landmark classics like “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen”, “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” & “Oh Carol”. This 2014 2-CD set includes the a & B sides of every single he released, including collectable tracks he recorded for other labels before he joined RCA, along with tracks which were included on the EPs which were released in different configurations around the world. It includes, interestingly, his own recording of “Stupid Cupid” which was a No. 1 success for Connie Francis. The collection plots his concentrated and highly successful early career up to 1962 before his style was overtaken by the British Invasion and he reinvented himself in the 1970s as a noted singer-songwriter. It’s a splendid slice of top class rock ‘n’ roll era Brill Building pop, highlighting his distinctive writing & performing talents which many fans & collectors will not have heard before.

Track List

1. While I Dream
2. I Love My Baby
3. Laura Lee
4. Snowtime
5. Ring-A-Rockin’
6. Fly Don’t Fly on Me
7. Oh Delilah!
8. Neil’s Twist
9. The Diary
10. No Vacancy
11. I Go Ape
12. Moon of Gold
13. Crying My Heart Out for You
14. You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm and Blues
15. Oh! Carol
16. One Way Ticket (To the Blues)
17. Stairway to Heaven
18. Forty Winks Away
19. You Mean Everything to Me
20. Run Samson Run
21. Calendar Girl
22. The Same Old Fool
23. Little Devil
24. I Must Be Dreaming
25. Sweet Little You
26. I Found My World in You
27. Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
28. Don’t Lead Me on
29. King of Clowns
30. Walk with Me
31. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
32. As Long As I Live
33. Next Door to An Angel
34. I Belong to You
35. (Stop!) You’re Knocking Me Out!
36. I Waited Too Long
37. Stupid Cupid
38. All I Need Is You
39. I Ain’t Hurtin’ No More
40. Another Sleepless Night
41. Going Home to Mary Lou
42. The Girl for Me
43. What Am I Gonna Do
44. Fallin’
45. Circulate
46. We Kiss in a Shadow
47. Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You