All I need to say about the late, great Neil Sedaka can be heard in the songs below...
Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Neil Sedaka - Laughter in the RainTony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo
If he'd only written one of those, his name would deserve to go down in legend... but he was a co-writer on all of them, and many more.
Here are a few lyrical tributes...
Diggin' a record on the juke box
I nearly makes me want to cry
You always thought it was a cracker
The one by Sedaka 'bout away to say goodbye
Not sure about rhyming Sedaka with cracker, guys.
Boulder Colorado one nine sixty five
In a four piece cover band, called Peter and the wolves
What we lacked in musical got skill
We made up raising hell
But peter's grandmother's
Uncle's friend
Knew neil sedaka's manager who said he would send
My funky little band on a national tour
So we waited by the phone
And we waited, and we waited some more
(Yes, Kevin is one of the Bacon Brothers.)
And I'm a host when my best friends come over
And kinda a hostess when they've finally gone away
I can sing up a song just like Neil Sedaka
I've got it covered, I'm kinky, straight, and gay
And finally, here's one for George... all 32 minutes of it...
Some men say he could fly some men say he could swim
Others say he could sing like Neil Sedaka
And all the girls in flushing would be amazed of him
We close the jukebox today though with one of my favourite Neil Sedaka songs, given a new sheen by another late great - Mark Lanegan.
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