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Neil Sedaka was one of the most successful and ubiquitous songwriters of the late '50s and early '60s, composing hits for artists like Connie Francis and Jimmy Clanton with his writing partner Howard Greenfield. However, he achieved an even higher profile as an interpreter of his own songs, rattling up a string of landmark classics like InchHappy Birthday Sweet SixteenInch, InchBreaking Up Is Hard to DoInch & InchOh CarolInch. This 2014 2-CD set includes the a & B sides of every single he released, including collectable tracks he recorded for other labels before he joined RCA, along with tracks which were included on the EPs which were released in different configurations around the world. It includes, interestingly, his own recording of InchStupid CupidInch which was a No. 1 success for Connie Francis. The collection plots his concentrated and highly successful early career up to 1962 before his style was overtaken by the British Invasion and he reinvented himself in the 1970s as a noted singer-songwriter. It's a splendid slice of top class rock 'n' roll era Brill Building pop, highlighting his distinctive writing & performing talents which many fans & collectors will not have heard before. Album Tracks 1. While I Dream 2. I Love My Baby 3. Laura Lee 4. Snowtime 5. Ring-A-Rockin' 6. Fly, Don't Fly on Me 7. Oh, Delilah! 8. Neil's Twist 9. The Diary 10. No Vacancy 11. I Go Ape 12. Moon of Gold 13. Crying My Heart Out for You 14. You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm and Blues 15. Oh! Carol 16. One Way Ticket (To the Blues) 17. Stairway to Heaven 18. Forty Winks Away 19. You Mean Everything to Me 20. Run Samson Run 21. Calendar Girl 22. The Same Old Fool 23. Little Devil 24. I Must Be Dreaming 1. Sweet Little You 2. I Found My World in You 3. Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen 4. Don't Lead Me on 5. King of Clowns 6. Walk
