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Neil Sedaka, Chart-Topping Pop Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 86

Neil Sedaka, legendary pop singer-songwriter who created enduring 1960s-70s hits including 'Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,' died at age 86.
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Neil Sedaka composed over 1,000 songs across seven decades, establishing himself as both a prolific songwriter and successful recording artist with multiple hits including Breaking Up Is Hard to Do and Bad Blood.
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2 weeks ago

From Amarillo to Stockport: 15 of Neil Sedaka's greatest songs, and their extraordinary stories

Sedaka got his breakthrough as a performer with 1958's The Diary—inspired when Connie Francis refused to let him and songwriting partner Howard Greenfield scour her diary for inspiration. Oh! Carol, meanwhile, was a paean to Sedaka's ex-girlfriend Carol Klein—the irrepressibility of the melody at odds with the misery in the lyrics (I am but a fool!). Klein was impressed enough to write an answer song, Oh! Neil, which she recorded under her new pen name: Carole King.
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Neil Sedaka, singer-songwriter of 1960-70s fame, dies at 86

Neil Sedaka, a legendary rock 'n' roll singer and songwriter who created hits like 'Breaking Up Is Hard to Do' and 'Laughter in the Rain,' died at age 86.
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