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Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka

Actor · 1939 – 2026 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Neil Sedaka (March 13, 1939 — February 27, 2026) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Beginning his music career in 1957, he sold millions of records worldwide and wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody. After a short-lived tenure as a founding member of the doo-wop group the Tokens, Sedaka achieved a string of hit singles over the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Oh! Carol" (1959), "Calendar Girl" (1960), "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" (1961), and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (1962). His popularity declined by the mid-1960s, but revived in the mid-1970s, solidified by the 1975 US Billboard Hot 100 number ones "Laughter in the Rain" and "Bad Blood". Sedaka maintained a successful career as a songwriter, penning hits for other artists, including "Stupid Cupid" (Connie Francis), "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" (Tony Christie), and "Love Will Keep Us Together" (Captain & Tennille). As a performer, he had ten No. 1 hits and four as a songwriter. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983 and continued to perform, mounting mini-concerts on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sedaka was hospitalized in Los Angeles after experiencing an undisclosed medical emergency and later died on February 27, 2026, aged 86.

Series24

  • TV7.5
  • TV4.3

    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • TV7.1

    The King of Queens

    1998 · 765 votes

  • TV5.0

    American Idol

    2002 · 182 votes

  • TV4.1

    Pebble Mill

    1991 · 5 votes

  • TV6.4

    The Tony Danza Show

    2004 · 8 votes

  • TV7.7

    The Carol Burnett Show

    1967 · 74 votes

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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

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    Ein Kessel Buntes

    1972 · 3 votes

  • TV6.4

    Shindig!

    1964 · 5 votes

  • TV6.7

    The Dick Clark Show

    1958 · 3 votes

  • TV6.5
  • TV5.0

    Legends

    2006 · 1 votes

  • TV8.0

    Musikladen

    1972 · 1 votes

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    Donny & Marie

    1976 · 9 votes

  • TV5.7

    Surprise, Surprise

    1984 · 6 votes

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    Na sowas!

    1982 · 2 votes

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    Tony Orlando and Dawn

    1974 · 2 votes

Movies7

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    ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold

    2023 · 6 votes

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    ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All

    ABBA Forever: A Celebration

    2019 · 10 votes

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    1967 · 5 votes

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    Pão de Açúcar

    Instant Love

    1964 · 1 votes

  • Movie8.0