Sedaka decided he could sing it better — and he did. The song was My Diary, which Sedaka recorded in 1959. It quickly was followed with Calendar Girl, Oh, Carol and other hits.

Man Behind "Calendar Girl," "Oh, Carol" and "Laughter ... For 50 years, Neil Sedaka has been writing, playing, and singing his music though it's not always been easy.

As he noted in another post, Sedaka had hit songs in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. He’s probably best known for 1959’s “Oh! Carol,” 1960’s “Calendar Girl” and “Breaking Up ...

As he noted in another post, Sedaka had hit songs in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. He’s probably best known for 1959’s “Oh! Carol,” 1960’s “Calendar Girl” and “Breaking Up ...

Neil Sedaka will be just shy of his ... hits include “Laughter in the Rain,” “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen” and “Oh Carol.” Sedaka was just 18 when he ...

Neil Sedaka will always be a permanent fixture when it comes to the making of American rock 'n' roll. He's had an over-50-year-long love affair with making music through performing and producing.

Although Neil Sedaka has been associated with plenty of flamboyant characters over the course of his expansive career, he's never given in to style-over-substance gremlins in his own right.

Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, at 78, is playing his final concerts this year, and his last show in Naples is on Monday, Feb. 26. ... (Francis), "Oh! Carol," "Happy Birthday, ...

The hits of Neal Sedaka are coming to the Red Barn Theater in Saugatuck. “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,” directed by Patricia Huyge with music direction by Joel L. Schindlbeck, features 18 songs ...

From their humble beginnings in Brooklyn to the dizzying heights of their success in the 50’s & 60’s the songwriting genius of Neil Sedaka and ‘Howie’ Howard Greenfield will go down in musical history ...