Neil Sedaka

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Neil Sedaka is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter best known for a string of hit singles in the late 1950s and 1960s, including "Calendar Girl" and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
pop musician
songwriter
activeYearsStart 1950s
collaboratedWith Howard Greenfield NERFINISHED
Phil Cody NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1939-03-13
educatedAt Juilliard School
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Sedaka NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork popular music
fullName Neil Sedaka NERFINISHED
genre pop
rock and roll
givenName Neil NERFINISHED
hasChild Dara Sedaka NERFINISHED
hasMusicalRole composer
solo singer
instrument piano
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Brill Building sound NERFINISHED
notableAchievement achieved multiple Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles
had number-one hit with Breaking Up Is Hard to Do in 1962
had number-one hit with Laughter in the Rain in 1975
inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame
notableSongWrittenForOthers Love Will Keep Us Together NERFINISHED
Where the Boys Are NERFINISHED
notableWork Bad Blood NERFINISHED
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do NERFINISHED
Calendar Girl NERFINISHED
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen NERFINISHED
Laughter in the Rain NERFINISHED
Next Door to an Angel NERFINISHED
Oh! Carol NERFINISHED
occupation pianist
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED
recordLabel MCA Records
RCA Victor NERFINISHED
Rocket Records NERFINISHED
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse Lebna Sedaka NERFINISHED
voiceType tenor

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Abraham Lincoln High School alumni Neil Sedaka
Captain & Tennille originallyBy Neil Sedaka
subject surface form: Love Will Keep Us Together
Brill Building pop associatedWith Neil Sedaka