Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits | ||||
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![]() Cover of the 1992 CD reissue. The original 1963 release and the 1975 reissue had different cover art. | ||||
Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | 1958–1962 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Al Nevins Don Kirshner | |||
Neil Sedaka chronology | ||||
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Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits is a 1963 compilation album of twelve of the most popular hits of Neil Sedaka's tenure with RCA Victor.[1]
Track listing
[edit]Side One
[edit]- "Next Door To An Angel" (1962)
- "Oh! Carol" (1959)
- "King of Clowns" (1962)
- "Stairway to Heaven" (1960)
- "Run Samson Run" (1960)
- "Calendar Girl" (1961)
Side Two
[edit]- "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1962)
- "The Diary" (1958)
- "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" (1961)
- "Little Devil" (1961)
- "Sweet Little You" (1961)
- "You Mean Everything to Me" (1960)
Re-release
[edit]The album was re-released in 1975 and again in 1992.
Each release used different cover art. The original 1963 issue featured a painting of a teenage girl admiring a photo of Sedaka on her nightstand. The 1975 second edition featured a 1970s-era photo of Sedaka in a tuxedo standing against a black background. The 1992 third edition, the first CD issue of this album, shown above, features a standard early-1960s publicity photo of Sedaka.
Foreign Release
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In Italy, the album was released with the Italian title, "Neil Sedaka Canta I Suoi Successi".
In Spain, the album was released in 1973 under the title, "Oh! Carol" on the RCA International label.