''Rock with Neil Sedaka'' or just ''Neil Sedaka'' is the first major solo album 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 ...

released in 1959 after two 1958 albums under the titles ''Neil Sedaka and The Tokens'' and ''Neil Sedaka and The Tokens and Coins''. The album was released by

RCA Victor RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also Aris ...

and was produced by

Al Nevins Albert "Al" Nevins (born Albert Tepper; May 3, 1915 – January 25, 1965) was an American musician, producer, arranger, guitarist and violinist. He was also a member of pop trio The Three Suns, and is considered one of the major forces behind the ...

. The album contains 12 songs, all of them co-written by Sedaka and his friend

Howard Greenfield Howard Greenfield (March 15, 1936 – March 4, 1986) was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building. He is best known for his successful songwriting collaborations, including o ...

. Two of the songs became successful singles for Sedaka from the album, namely " The Diary", his debut single that was a hit, reaching No. 14 on the US Billboard charts, and "I Go Ape", a single that was relatively successful in the United States reaching No. 42, but did far better in the UK Singles Chart, making it up to No. 9 and his debut single in the United Kingdom.

Track listing

All songs were composed by Neil Sedaka and

. #"You're Knockin' Me Out" #" The Diary" #"I Ain't Hurtin' No More" #"

Stupid Cupid "Stupid Cupid" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka which became a hit for Connie Francis in 1958. Recording history After almost three years of failure, Connie Francis finally had a hit in the spring of 1958 with a rock ballad ...

" #"All I Need Is You" #"I Waited Too Long" #" Fallin'" #"Another Sleepless Night" #"

I Go Ape "I Go Ape" is the second single by Neil Sedaka, immediately following his success with the debut single " The Diary", and was written by Sedaka himself and Howard Greenfield. It was released in 1958, and also appears on Sedaka's 1959 debut solo al ...

" #"Moon of Gold" #"I Belong to You" #"As Long As I Live"

Singles from the album

Singles from the album: *1958: " The Diary" (US #14) *1959: "

" (US #42, UK #9) *1959: "All I Need Is You" (released in Italy on the

RCA Italiana RCA Italiana was an Italian record company founded in 1949 and active until 1987, the date on which, together with the parent company RCA Records, it was bought by BMG Entertainment. History Founded in Rome in 1949 under the Vatican's protecti ...

label) *1959: "Stupid Cupid" (released in Italy on the

label) *1959: "(Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!" (released on a 45 rpm single in Australia and Greece) "

" and " Fallin'" became major hits for

Connie Francis Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (born December 12, 1937), known professionally as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Called the “First Lady of Rock & Roll” ...

, and

Jimmy Clanton Jimmy Clanton (born September 2, 1938) is an American singer who became known as the " swamp pop R&B teenage idol". His band recorded a hit song "Just a Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958 for the Ace Records label. It reached number fou ...

made a hit out of "Another Sleepless Night". Also, several B-sides were drawn from this album for Neil Sedaka's singles. *"I Ain't Hurtin' No More" was the B-side of "The Girl For Me" later in 1959. *"Moon of Gold" was the B-side of "I Go Ape!" in 1959. *"Fallin'" was the B-side of the Italian release of "All I Need Is You" in 1959. *"As Long As I Live" was the B-side of the Italian release of "Stupid Cupid" in 1959, and again was a B-side in 1962 for Sedaka's signature song "

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 ...

". That same year, Sedaka recorded an Italian-language version as "Finche' Vivro'". *"I Belong To You" was the B-side of the Australian release of "(Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!" in 1959 and was re-issued in 1962 as the B-side of "

Next Door To An Angel "Next Door to an Angel" is a rock and pop song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and recorded by Neil Sedaka in 1962. It was issued by RCA Victor Records. It reached No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in late 1962. "Next Door to an A ...

". *"I Waited Too Long" was the B-side of the Greek release of "You're Knocking Me Out" in 1959.

Re-release

In 1995, the album ''Rock with Sedaka'' was re-released on CD and also included the album ''

Circulate ''Circulate'' is the second solo album of Neil Sedaka after his 1959 debut solo album '' Rock with Sedaka''. ''Circulate'' was released in 1961 by RCA Victor and was produced by Al Nevins and Don Kirshner. Except for the title song "Circulate ...

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