''Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits'' is a 1963 compilation album of twelve of the most popular hits of

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Track listing

Side One

# " Next Door To An Angel" (1962) # "

Oh! Carol "Oh! Carol" is an international hit written by Neil Sedaka in 1958. Co-written with Howard Greenfield, the song is noted for Sedaka's spoken recitation of the verse, the second time around. The song spent 18 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, ...

" (1959) # "King of Clowns" (1962) # " Stairway to Heaven" (1960) # "

Run Samson Run "''Run Samson Run''" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and sung by Neil Sedaka. It appears on his album '' Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits''. The song was included in '' Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits'' ...

" (1960) # " Calendar Girl" (1961)

Side Two

# "

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka, co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Sedaka recorded this song twice, in 1962 and 1975, in two significantly different arrangements, and it is considered to be his signature s ...

(1962) # " The Diary" (1958) # "

Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" is a pop song released in 1961 by Neil Sedaka. Sedaka wrote the music and performed the song, while the lyrics were written by Howard Greenfield. The song is noted for being similar in musical structure to Take Goo ...

" (1961) # "

Little Devil "Little Devil" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and was released in 1961 as a single by Sedaka. It was the title track of Sedaka's 1961 album ''Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits''. It became a hit for him reac ...

" (1961) # "Sweet Little You" (1961) # " You Mean Everything to Me" (1960)

Re-release

The album was re-released in 1975 and again in 1992. Each release used different cover art. The original 1963 issue featured a painting of a teenage girl admiring a photo of Sedaka on her nightstand. The 1975 second edition featured a 1970s-era photo of Sedaka in a tuxedo standing against a black background. The 1992 third edition, the first CD issue of this album, shown above, features a standard early-1960s publicity photo of Sedaka.

Foreign Release

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

, the album was released with the Italian title, "Neil Sedaka Canta I Suoi Successi". In

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, the album was released in 1973 under the title, "Oh! Carol" on the RCA International label.

References

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