"Crying My Heart Out for You" (not to be confused with the

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song " Crying My Heart Out Over You") was the third single of

Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Since his music career began in 1957, he has sold millions of records worldwide and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collabo ...

immediately following the success of his debut single " The Diary" and follow-up single "

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." The hit written by Neil Sedaka was released in 1959 reaching No. 111 on the US Billboard Chart.Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004 It was more successful in

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, where the record hit No. 6. The record's commercial failure nearly prompted

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to drop Sedaka from its roster; after Sedaka begged the company for a second chance, he took the opportunity to analyze the popular music of the day and wrote "

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," beginning a five-year string of hit singles that would continue until the

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References

1959 singles Neil Sedaka songs Songs written by Neil Sedaka Songs with lyrics by Howard Greenfield 1959 songs {{1950s-pop-song-stub