The Very Best of

~ Release by Neil Sedaka (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
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1Calender Girl
recording of:
Calendar Girl
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. and Universal Music Careers
2:39
2Stairway to Heaven
recording of:
Stairway to Heaven
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
2:42
3Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
recording of:
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. and Universal Music Careers
2:39
4Oh! Carol
recording of:
Oh! Carol
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. and Universal Music Careers
translated version of:
Karel (Oh Carol)
2:15
5One Way Ticket to the Blues
recording of:
One Way Ticket (to the Blues)
writer:
Hank Hunter and Jack Keller
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc., イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2:21
6Run Samson Run
recording of:
Run Samson Run
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
2:42
7Baby Blue
recording of:
Baby Blue
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
3:28
8King of Clowns
recording of:
King of Clowns
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
2:40
9Rainy Jane
recording of:
Rainy Jane
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
2:56
10Workin’ on a Groovy Thing
cover recording of:
Workin’ on a Groovy Thing
lyricist:
Roger Atkins
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc.
3:59
11Beautiful You
recording of:
Beautiful You
writer:
Philip Cody
composer:
Neil Sedaka
3:16
12Standing on the Inside
recording of:
Standing on the Inside
lyricist and composer:
Neil Sedaka
3:56
13Armarillo
cover recording of:
Amarillo
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
translator:
Gert T. Thumser
translated version of:
Is This the Way to Amarillo
3:13
14Laughter in the Rain
recording of:
Laughter in the Rain
lyricist:
Phil Cody
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Entco Music, H & R Lastrada Music, R2M Publishing H. & R. Lastrada Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and SUITE 1510 MUSIC COMPANY 301
2:44
15The Hungry Years
cover recording of:
The Hungry Years
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Don Kirshner Music Inc.
4:04
16Lonely Night
recording of:
Lonely Night (Angel Face)
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Don Kirshner Music Inc. and Neil Sedaka Music
3:10
17The Queen of 1964
recording of:
The Queen of 1964
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
3:30
18The Miracle Song
recording of:
The Miracle Song
lyricist and composer:
Neil Sedaka
4:26
19The Other Side of Me
recording of:
The Other Side of Me
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
3:34
20Going Nowhere
3:55
21Sad Eyes
recording of:
Sad Eyes
lyricist:
Phil Cody
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Don Kirshner Music Inc. and Kirshner Songs, Inc.
3:40
22Perfect Strangers
recording of:
Perfect Strangers
writer:
Phil Cody and Neil Sedaka
publisher:
EMI Jemaxal Music Inc. and Neil Sedaka Music
4:42
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1I Go Ape
recording of:
I Go Ape
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
2:26
2The Diary
recording of:
The Diary
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Robert Mellin Ltd.
2:20
3Tillie the Twirler
recording of:
Tillie the Twirler
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
3:53
4New York City Blues
recording of:
New York City Blues
lyricist:
Phil Cody
composer:
Neil Sedaka
4:18
5You Mean Everything to Me
recording of:
You Mean Everything to Me
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
2:40
6Stupid Cupid
cover recording of:
Stupid Cupid
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
2:43
7Little Devil
recording of:
Little Devil
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc., Universal Music Careers and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
2:44
8Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (original)
vocals:
Neil Sedaka
conductor:
Al Lorber
arranger:
Al Lorber
recording of:
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
lyricist and composer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc., Universal Music Careers and Aldon (in 1962)
2:21
9Next Door to an Angel
recording of:
Next Door to an Angel
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
2:28
10Betty Grable
recording of:
Betty Grable
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
2:52
11Wheeling West Virginia
cover recording of:
Wheeling West Virginia
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
3:33
12That’s When the Music Takes Me (live)
live recording of:
That’s When the Music Takes Me
lyricist and composer:
Neil Sedaka
3:11
13Solitaire (live)
live recording of:
Solitaire
lyricist:
Phil Cody
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
EMI Jemaxal Music Inc., EMI Sosaha Music, Inc., Kirshner, Neil Sedaka Music, R2M Publishing H. & R. Lastrada Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc., Songs of SJL RSL Music Company, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Bros. Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4:50
14Our Last Song Together
recording of:
Our Last Song Together
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
EMI Sosaha Music, Inc., R2M Music, Songs of Lastrada and Universal Music Careers
4:02
15The Immigrant
recording of:
The Immigrant
lyricist:
Phil Cody
composer:
Neil Sedaka
3:48
16Love Will Keep Us Together
recording of:
Love Will Keep Us Together
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Don Kirshner Music Inc., Kirshner-Warner Bros Music Ltd. and Neil Sedaka Music
3:43
17Bad Blood
recording of:
Bad Blood
lyricist:
Phil Cody
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
EMI Jemaxal Music Inc., EMI Sosaha Music, Inc., Neil Sedaka Music and R2M Publishing H. & R. Lastrada Music
3:09
18Love in the Shadows
recording of:
Love In the Shadows
writer:
Phil Cody and Neil Sedaka
publisher:
EMI Jemaxal Music Inc. and Neil Sedaka Music
3:19
19Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (slow)
recording of:
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
lyricist and composer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc., Universal Music Careers and Aldon (in 1962)
3:16
20Should’ve Never Let You Go
recording of:
Should’ve Never Let You Go
writer:
Philip Cody and Neil Sedaka
4:17
21A Little Lovin’
recording of:
A Little Lovin’
composer:
Phil Cody and Neil Sedaka
2:55
22One More Ride on the Merry‐Go‐Round
recording of:
One More Ride on the Merry-Go-Round
lyricist and composer:
Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc. (in 1977)
3:39