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

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:

Disc: 1

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

Disc: 2

1. Sweet Little You
2. I Found My World in You
3. Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
4. Don't Lead Me on
5. King of Clowns
6. Walk with Me
7. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
8. As Long As I Live
9. Next Door to An Angel
10. I Belong to You
11. (Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!
12. I Waited Too Long
13. Stupid Cupid
14. All I Need Is You
15. I Ain't Hurtin' No More
16. Another Sleepless Night
17. Going Home to Mary Lou
18. The Girl for Me
19. What Am I Gonna Do
20. Fallin'
21. Circulate
22. We Kiss in a Shadow
23. Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You