Neil Sedaka discography

Neil Sedaka discography

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

Original studio albums

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

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

2000s

2010s

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

Compilations, live albums and foreign-language albums

1960s

1970s

1980s

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
US Pop
[1] 		US R&B
[2] 		ITA
 NLD
[3] 		NOR
[4] 		UK
[5]
1957 "Laura Lee" ― ― ― ― ― ―
"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
US Pop
[1] 		US R&B
[2] 		NLD
[3] 		NOR
[4] 		UK
[5]
1960 "Stairway to Heaven" 9 ― 18 ― 8
"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 ― ― ― ―
"The Answer to My Prayer" 89 ― ― ― ―
1966 "The Answer Lies Within" ― ― ― ― ―
"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
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
US Pop
[1] 		US AC
[6] 		AUS
[10]
1980 "Should've Never Let You Go" (with Dara Sedaka) 19 3 69
"Letting Go" 107 ― ―
1981 "My World Keeps Slipping Away" ― 36 ―
"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) ― ― ―
"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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