Neil Sedaka

Veteran singer-songwriter and pianist Neil Sedaka joins Simon and Brian to talk about the writing of songs like ‘Oh! Carol’, ‘Stupid Cupid’, ‘Calendar Girl’, ‘Breaking Up is Hard To Do’, ‘Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen’, ‘Where the Boys Are’, ‘Amarillo’, ‘Solitaire’ and ‘Laughter in the Rain’.

Neil also talks in detail about songs from his new acoustic solo piano record, The Real Neil. Sedaka continued writing and producing albums till the end of the 1970’s and through the 1980’s.

He teamed with Philip Cody and other lyricists and has continued to achieve recognition as one of the great singer-songwriters of his generation.