Neil Sedaka discography

The following is a comprehensive discography of Neil Sedaka, the American singer.

Original studio albums

1950s

1959: Rock with Sedaka (titled 'Neil Sedaka' in some territories)

1960s

1961: Circulate (10 of the 12 songs are covers of 1930s-1950s standards; released in Japan under the title Look To The Rainbow)
1961: Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits
1963: Three Great Guys (with Paul Anka and Sam Cooke)
1969: Workin' on a Groovy Thing (released in the UK as Sounds of Sedaka)

1970s

1971: Emergence
1972: Solitaire (titled Neil Sedaka in some territories)
1973: The Tra-La Days Are Over
1974: Laughter In The Rain
1974: Sedaka's Back (US)
1975: Overnight Success (titled The Hungry Years in the US and other territories)
1976: Steppin' Out
1977: A Song
1978: All You Need Is the Music

1980s

1990s

1991/1995: Tuneweaver
1995: Classically Sedaka
1998: Tales of Love (and Other Passions)

2000s

2003: Brighton Beach Memories — Neil Sedaka Sings Yiddish
2005: The Miracle of Christmas (2-CD set)
2009: Waking Up Is Hard to Do (children's recording)

2010s

2010: The Music of My Life
2016: I Do It for Applause

Compilations, live albums and foreign-language albums

1960s

1963: Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits (also known as Greatest Hits 1959–63)
1963: Nuestro Amigo Neil Sedaka Canta En Español (in Spanish)
1964: Más Neil Sedaka En Español (in Spanish)
1964: Neil Sedaka: Italiano (in Italian)
1965: Sedaka Italiano Volume 2 (in Italian)
1966: Smile (in Italian)
1966: My Yiddishe Momme: Neil Sedaka at Chequers

1970s

1970: Oh! Carol
1974: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (UK; live)
1974: Oh Carol
1974: On Stage (issued in the US in 1976 as Live in Australia & in Brazil as Ao Vivo)
1975: All-Time Greatest Hits
1975: Pop Power: The Fantastic Neil Sedaka
1976: Let's Go Steady Again
1976: Pure Gold
1976: Sedaka Live in Australia at the South Sydney Junior Leagues Club
1976: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: The Original Hit
1976: Stupid Cupid (RCA Camden album)
1976: Laughter and Tears: The Best of Neil Sedaka Today
1977: Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits
1977: Neil Sedaka and Songs — A Solo Concert (live 2-LP)
1977: Neil Sedaka and Songs
1977: Neil Sedaka: The '50s and '60s
1997: Neil Sedaka: 14 Knockouts
1978: The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka
1979: Let's Go Steady Again
1979: Sunny

1980s

1980: Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits
1982: Is Anybody Gonna Miss You?
1982: Sedaka Live at Sun City (South African release of the "On Stage album from 1974)
1986: My Friend
1988: All-Time Greatest Hits

1990s

1991: All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
1991: Timeless — The Very Best of Neil Sedaka
1991: The Collection
1991: Neil Sedaka's Diary
1992: Greatest Hits Live
1992: Love Will Keep Us Together
1992: Tuneweaver
1994: Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974-80
1994: A Personal Collection
1994: The Singer & His Songs
1995: Song Cycle (songs culled from "Emergence" [1971] and "Solitaire" [1972])
1995: I Successi Di Neil Sedaka (compilation of Italian-language recordings)
1996: Neil Sedaka By Popular Demand
1996: Neil Sedaka in Italiano (2-CD edition of his 1960s Italian recordings)
1997: What a Difference a Day Makes: The Neil Sedaka Collection
1999: The Very Best of Neil Sedaka (2-CD set)

2000s

2001: RCA 100th Anniversary Series: The Very Best Of Neil Sedaka
2002: Let the Good Times In
2003: Oh! Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955-66 (8-CD box with previously unreleased material)
2003: Neil Sedaka: The Brooklyn Demos, 1958-61
2003: Platinum and Gold Collection
2003: The Show Goes On
2004: Stairway to Heaven: The Best of Neil Sedaka
2005: Love Songs
2006: The Very Best of Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2-CD)
2006: Neil Sedaka Live at the Royal Albert Hall – The Very Best of Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2 DVD set filmed 7 April 2006 in London)
2007: The Definitive Collection (2-CD)
2007: Oh! Carol
2009: Flashback (compilation of Italian recordings)
2009: Waking Up Is Hard to Do
2009: The Miracle of Christmas: The Deluxe Edition

2010s and 2020s

2010: The Music of My Life
2010: Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits / The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka (a combo re-release of his 1961 and 1978 albums as listed above)
2010: Neil Sedaka
2011: "Oh! Carol" and All the Early Classics
2011: I Must Be Dreaming
2011: The Sedaka Sessions
2011: Where the Boys Are: The Music of Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield
2012: Neil Sedaka: Hit Maker
2013: The Things I Love
2013: The Essential Early Recordings (2-CD set)
2013: The Drugstore's Rockin'
2013: Neil Sedaka in the Studio, 1958-1962
2013: Neil Sedaka Live at the Royal Albert Hall
2014: Neil Sedaka: Hits Around the World
2014: Neil Sedaka in the Studio, 1958-1962, Vol. 2
2014: The Complete Singles and EPs: As and Bs, 1956-1962
2014: Neil Sedaka Songbook (2-CD set)
2016: Greatest Hits
2022: All You Need Is The Music: The Elektra Years (1977–1981) (2-CD album containing complete contents of Sedaka's four Elektra albums - A Song [1977], All You Need Is the Music [1978], In the Pocket [1980], and Neil Sedaka: Now [1981])

EPs

Year	Title	Side 1 content	Side 2 content	Notes
1959	I Go Ape!	(1) "I Go Ape!" & (2) "All I Need Is You"	(3) "(Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!" & (4) "I Belong to You"
1959	Oh, Carol!	(1) "Oh, Carol!" & (2) "Going Home to Mary Lou"	(3) "The Girl for Me" & (4) "I Ain't Hurtin' No More"
1961	Little Devil	(1) "Little Devil" & (2) "Circulate"	(3) "Calendar Girl" & (4) "We Kiss in a Shadow"	An RCA 33 RPM "compact double"
1961	Neil's Best	(1) "Oh, Carol!" & (2) "Stairway to Heaven"	(3) "Run Samson Run" & (4) "The Diary"	An RCA 33 RPM "compact double"
1962	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do	(1) "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" & (2) "What Am I Gonna Do"	(3) "All I Need Is You" & (4) "I Waited Too Long"	Released in France
1963	Alice in Wonderland	(1) "Alice in Wonderland" & (2) "Sweet Little You"	(3) "Next Door to an Angel" & (4) "I Found My World in You"	Released in France
1966	Neil Sedaka in Hebrew and English	(1) "Oh, Carol!" (Hebrew) & (2) "You Mean Everything to Me" (Hebrew)	(3) "Waiting for Never (La Terza Luna)" & (4) "Too Late"	Released in Israel
1966	My Yiddishe Momme	(1) "My Yiddishe Momme"	(2) "Israeli Medley: (a) "Shalom Aleichem", (b) "Artza Aleinu", (c) "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena"; & (3) "Scapriaticciello"	Released in Australia
1969	Star-Crossed Lovers	(1) "Star-Crossed Lovers" & (2) "Rainy Jane"	(3) "Jeannine" & (4) "We Had a Good Thing Going"	Released in Australia on the Atlantic label
1976	Make Your Own Sunshine	(1) "You've Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine" & (2) "New York City Blues"	(3) "Summer Nights" & (4) "Tit for Tat"	Released in UK; 33 RPM EP

English-language singles

1950s

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
Year	Title	US Pop ^[1]	US R&B ^[2]	ITA	NLD ^[3]	NOR ^[4]	UK ^[5]
1957	"Laura Lee"	―	―	―	―	―	―
1957	"Ring-a-Rockin'"	―	―	―	―	―	―
1958	"Oh Delilah!"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"The Diary"	14	25	―	―	―	―
	"I Go Ape"	42	―	―	―	―	9
1959	"(Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"Crying My Heart Out for You"	111	―	6	―	―	―
	"Stupid Cupid"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"All I Need Is You"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"Oh! Carol"	9	27	1	1	9	3
	"The Girl for Me"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"Going Home to Mary Lou"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"I Ain't Hurtin' No More"	―	―	―	―	―	―
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1960s

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
Year	Title	US Pop ^[1]	US R&B ^[2]	NLD ^[3]	NOR ^[4]	UK ^[5]
1960	"Stairway to Heaven"	9	―	18	―	8
1960	"You Mean Everything to Me" / "Run Samson Run"	17 28	― —	― —	― —	45 —
1961	"Calendar Girl"	4	22	11	―	8
	"Little Devil"	11	―	―	―	9
	"Sweet Little You"	59	―	―	―	―
	"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"	6	―	―	8	3
1962	"King of Clowns"	45	―	―	―	23
	"Oh, Delilah!" (with the Marvels)	―	―	―	―	―
	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"	1	12	―	―	7
	"Next Door to an Angel"	5	19	―	―	29
1963	"Alice in Wonderland"	17	―	―	―	―
	"Let's Go Steady Again"	26	21	―	―	42
	"The Dreamer"	47	―	―	―	―
	"Bad Girl"	33	―	―	―	―
1964	"This Endless Night"	―	―	―	―	―
	"The Closest Thing to Heaven"	—	―	―	―	―
	"Sunny"	86	―	―	―	―
	"I Hope He Breaks Your Heart"	—	―	―	―	―
	"Let the People Talk"	―	―	―	―	―
1965	"The World Through a Tear"	76	―	―	―	―
1965	"The Answer to My Prayer"	89	―	―	―	―
1966	"The Answer Lies Within"	―	―	―	―	―
1966	"We Can Make It If We Try"	―	―	―	―	―
1969	"Star-Crossed Lovers"	―	―	―	―	―
	"Rainy Jane"	―	―	―	―	―
	"Ebony Angel"	―	―	―	―	―
	"Wheeling, West Virginia"	―	―	―	―	―
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1970s

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
Year	Title	US Pop ^[1]	US AC ^[6]	AUS ^[7]	CAN AC ^[8]	NZ ^[9]	UK ^[5]
1971	"My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day" (Australia only)	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"I'm a Song (Sing Me)"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"Superbird"	―	―	―	―	―	―
1972	"Beautiful You"	―	―	―	―	―	43
	"That's When the Music Takes Me"	27	7	―	―	―	18
	"Dimbo Man"	―	―	―	―	―	―
1973	"Standing on the Inside"	―	―	40	―	―	26
	"Suspicions"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"Our Last Song Together"	―	―	―	―	―	31
	"Love Will Keep Us Together"	―	―	―	―	―	―
1974	"A Little Lovin'"	―	―	―	―	―	34
	"Going Nowhere"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"Laughter in the Rain"	1	1	―	―	―	15
1975	"The Immigrant"	22	1	―	―	17	―
	"The Queen of 1964"	―	―	―	―	15	35
	"Bad Blood" (with uncredited backing vocals by Elton John)	1	25	―	―	―	―
	"New York City Blues"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (slow ballad version)	8	1	―	―	―	―
1976	"Love in the Shadows"	16	4	―	―	20	―
	"Steppin' Out" (with uncredited backing vocals by Elton John)	36	45	―	―	35	―
	"No. 1 with a Heartache"	―	―	―	―	17	―
	"You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine"	53	7	―	―	―	―
1977	"Amarillo"	44	4	―	―	―	―
	"Alone at Last"	―	17	―	10	―	―
	"You Never Done It Like That"	―	―	―	―	―	―
1978	"All You Need Is the Music"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"Love Keeps Getting Stronger Every Day"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"Sad, Sad Story"	―	―	―	―	―	―
	"Blue Boy"	―	―	―	―	―	―
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1980s to 1990s

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
Year	Title	US Pop ^[1]	US AC ^[6]	AUS ^[10]
1980	"Should've Never Let You Go" (with Dara Sedaka)	19	3	69
1980	"Letting Go"	107	―	―
1981	"My World Keeps Slipping Away"	―	36	―
1981	"Losing You"	―	―	―
1984	"New Orleans" (with Gary U.S. Bonds)	―	―	―
	"Rhythm of the Rain"	―	37	―
	"Your Precious Love" (with Dara Sedaka)	―	16	―
1986	"The Good Times"	―	―	―
1991	"Laughter in the Rain" (New version; with Dara Sedaka)	―	―	―
1991	"Love Will Keep Us Together" (New version; UK only)	―	―	―
1992	"Desiree"	―	―	―
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Foreign-language singles

In Italian

All singles were released on the RCA Victor label except for "L'Addio"/"Passo E Chiudo" which was released on the Atlantic label.

Year	Title	Notes
1961	"Esagerata" ("Little Devil")	b/w "Un giorno inutile" ("I Must Be Dreaming")
1962	"Tu non lo sai" ("Breaking Up Is Hard to Do")	b/w "Finché vivrò" ("As Long As I Live")
1963	"La terza luna" ("Waiting for Never")	#1-ranked hit in Italy in April 1963; b/w "Il re dei pagliacci" ("King of Clowns")
1963	"I tuoi capricci" ("Look Inside Your Heart")	b/w "Non cercare un'altra bocca" ("Walk with Me")
1963	"Adesso no"	b/w "Quando sorridi così"
1964	"La notte è fatta per amare" ("Another Day, Another Heartache")	b/w "La forza del destino"
1964	"La luna a fiori"	b/w "Ricordati ancora"
1965	"Non basta mai"	b/w "Darei 10 anni"
1965	"E la vita continua"	b/w "Sarà sarà"
1966	"Lettera bruciata" ("A Lover's Concerto")	b/w "L'ultima foglia"
1969	"L'addio" ("Star-Crossed Lovers")	b/w "Passo e chiudo" ("We Had a Good Thing Goin'")

In German

All singles were released on the RCA label.

Year	Title	Notes
1961	"Crazy Daisy" ("Little Devil")	b/w "Heute Sind Es Träume" ("I Must Be Dreaming")
1962	"Nur Ein Bild Von Dir" ("Pictures from the Past")	b/w "Wenn Ich In Dein Fenster Seh" ("On the Outside Looking In")
1963	"Candy (Madchen Aus Old Germany)"	b/w "So Wie Mein Baby" ("Wait 'Til You See My Baby")

In other languages

Year	Title	Language	B-side	Label
1964	"Manuela" §	Spanish	"Lunita Consejera" §	RCA Victor
1965	"Namida No Komichi" ("The World Through a Tear")	Japanese	"High on a Mountain" (Japanese)	Victor (JVC)
1965	"Oh, Carol!" (Hebrew)	Hebrew	"You Mean Everything to Me" (Hebrew)	RCA Victor
1969	"Amour Perdu" (Star-Crossed Lovers)	Canadian French	"Oui, Nous Serons Des Copains" ("We Had a Good Thing Goin'")	Atlantic (Quebec)

§ - "Manuela" and "Lunita Consejera" were derived from the 1964 Italian-Argentine film Il Gaucho.

References

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^ ^a ^b "Chart History: Neil Sedaka - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Discografie Neil Sedaka". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
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^ ^a ^b ^c "NEIL SEDAKA - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Chart History: Neil Sedaka - Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
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[R&B-2] "Chart History: Neil Sedaka - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

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[AC-6] "Chart History: Neil Sedaka - Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

[7] "Go-Set National Top 40". October 20, 1973.

[8] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. October 1, 1977. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

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Studio albums	Rock with Sedaka Circulate Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits 3 Great Guys Workin' on a Groovy Thing/Sounds of Sedaka Emergence Solitaire The Tra-La Days Are Over Laughter in the Rain Overnight Success The Hungry Years Steppin' Out A Song All You Need Is the Music In the Pocket Now Come See About Me The Good Times
Compilation albums	Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits Italiano Italiano Vol. 2 Oh! Carol Sedaka's Back Oh Carol Let's Go Steady Again Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits (1977) The '50s and '60s 14 Knockouts The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka Sunny Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits (1980) My Friend Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974–1980 The Very Best of Neil Sedaka Oh Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955–66 Stairway to Heaven: The Best of Neil Sedaka Love Songs
Live albums	Live at the Royal Festival Hall On Stage
Singles	"The Diary" "I Go Ape" "Crying My Heart Out for You" "Oh! Carol" "One-Way Ticket To The Blues" "Stairway to Heaven" "You Mean Everything to Me" "Run Samson Run" "Calendar Girl" "Little Devil" "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" "Next Door to an Angel" "La terza luna" "Lettera bruciata" "Our Last Song Together" "Laughter in the Rain" "The Immigrant" "That's When the Music Takes Me" "Bad Blood" "Love in the Shadows" "Amarillo" "Should've Never Let You Go" "Your Precious Love" "Rhythm of the Rain"
Other songs	"Stupid Cupid" "Fallin'" "Frankie" "Where the Boys Are" "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" "Rainy Jane" "Puppet Man" "Time Waits for No One" "One Day of Your Life" "Summer Symphony" "One More Mountain to Climb" "Ring Ring" "Solitaire" "Don't Hide Your Love" "The Other Side of Me" "The Way I Am" "Sad Eyes" "Love Will Keep Us Together" "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" "You Never Done It Like That"
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