{"id":68021,"date":"2026-03-01T21:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/neil-sedaka-an-appreciation-cbs-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T21:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T21:11:02","slug":"neil-sedaka-an-appreciation-cbs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/neil-sedaka-an-appreciation-cbs-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Sedaka: An appreciation &#8211; CBS News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Neil Sedaka was one of America&#8217;s most popular singer-songwriters, <em>twice!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a boy growing up in Brooklyn, his talent was hard to miss. &#8220;I was a child prodigy,&#8221; he told &#8220;Sunday Morning&#8221; in 2020. &#8220;I started at nine years old. Got a scholarship to the prep school of Julliard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When he was 13, he met a kid in his apartment building named Howard Greenfield. He&#8217;d found his lyricist, and they quickly hit it big.<\/p>\n<p>When we met six years ago, Sedaka told me about the song that made him a star, &#8220;Oh, Carol,&#8221; inspired by his relationship with high school classmate Carole King: &#8220;I did date Carole King for about two minutes,&#8221; he laughed. &#8220;Yes. I had a crush on Carole King.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the next few years, Sedaka composed-and performed one hit teen anthem after another, including &#8220;Calendar Girl&#8221; and &#8220;Stupid Cupid,&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-youtube-video embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-video\">\n<p>\n    <iframe class=\"embed__content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sHBv2KUCZVY?autoplay=0&amp;rel=1&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com&amp;playsinline=1\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" title=\"Neil Sedaka - Calendar Girl (Live From Her Majesty's, March 18, 1984)\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/p><figcaption>\n    <span class=\"embed__caption\"><br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sHBv2KUCZVY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka &#8211; Calendar Girl (Live From Her Majesty&#8217;s, March 18, 1984)<\/a><\/cite> by<br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NeilSedakaMusic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka<\/a><\/cite> on<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked if there is a throughline as to what makes songs popular, Sedaka replied, &#8220;It always goes back to, &#8216;Oh, that song could be my life. That&#8217;s my story.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He landed his first #1 single in 1962, &#8220;Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-youtube-video embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-video\">\n<p>\n    <iframe class=\"embed__content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qzliaVBQKDs?autoplay=0&amp;rel=1&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com&amp;playsinline=1\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" title=\"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Remastered)\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/p><figcaption>\n    <span class=\"embed__caption\"><br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qzliaVBQKDs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Remastered)<\/a><\/cite> by<br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUGiTIfFJARlo8U6gaKP8FA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka &#8211; Topic<\/a><\/cite> on<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Neil Sedaka had become a superstar. Between 1958 and 1963, he sold 40 million records &#8220;I pushed three buttons on my car radio, and I heard &#8216;Oh Carol&#8217; on three stations at the same time,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And then, suddenly it was over. In 1963, a new group arrived: The Beatles. Sedaka&#8217;s brand of bouncy pop quickly fell out of favor. He&#8217;d become a has-been at age 24. For 13 years, he was mostly forgotten. &#8220;I had 13 years of being off the charts \u2013 no plays, nothing,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>And then, one night, at a party in England, he met a fellow musician named Elton John. &#8220;He said, &#8216;You know, I could make you a star again.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 1974, John&#8217;s record company released a new album called &#8220;Sedaka&#8217;s Back.&#8221; That record included his first #1 hit in 12 years: &#8220;Laughter in the Rain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-youtube-video embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-video\">\n<p>\n    <iframe class=\"embed__content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jZNIhySugSA?autoplay=0&amp;rel=1&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com&amp;playsinline=1\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" title=\"Neil Sedaka - Laughter In The Rain (In Concert: Neil Sedaka, April 26th, 1975)\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/p><figcaption>\n    <span class=\"embed__caption\"><br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jZNIhySugSA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka &#8211; Laughter In The Rain (In Concert: Neil Sedaka, April 26th, 1975)<\/a><\/cite> by<br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NeilSedakaMusic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka<\/a><\/cite> on<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But even that song wasn&#8217;t as big a hit as the one recorded by the Captain and Tenille: &#8220;Love Will Keep Us Together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I went from making $50,000 a year in 1974, to $6 million a year in 1975, with one record, one LP, and one song,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>The second act of Sedaka&#8217;s career had begun. If you had any doubt, you just had to listen closely. In 1976, a new, slower version of &#8220;Breaking Up is Hard to Do&#8221; hit the charts <em>again<\/em>. &#8220;I think I&#8217;m the only person who did the same song twice, in a different tempo, number one both times,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-youtube-video embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-video\">\n<p>\n    <iframe class=\"embed__content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/A-h4R_4aVMo?autoplay=0&amp;rel=1&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com&amp;playsinline=1\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" title=\"Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (In Concert: Neil Sedaka, April 26th, 1975)\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/p><figcaption>\n    <span class=\"embed__caption\"><br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/A-h4R_4aVMo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka &#8211; Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (In Concert: Neil Sedaka, April 26th, 1975)<\/a><\/cite> by<br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NeilSedakaMusic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka<\/a><\/cite> on<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Friday, after a 70-year career, Neil Sedaka died at age 86. To him, making a song was a joyful, even mystical act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think you&#8217;re chosen spiritually at that particular moment,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and you&#8217;d better sit very quietly, because you can actually feel the song being written by itself. And the song passes through your throat and through your fingers. It&#8217;s an extraordinary feeling!&#8221;<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Story produced by Gabriel Falcon. 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