Artist...............: Neil Sedaka Album................: Laughter In The Rain: The Best 0f Neil Sedaka 1974-1980 Genre................: Pop/Vocal Source...............: CD Year.................: 1994 Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit Tags.................: VorbisComment Label................: Varèse Sarabande Included.............: M3U Covers...............: Front allmusic... Singer, songwriter, and pianist Neil Sedaka enjoyed two distinct periods of commercial success in two slightly different styles of pop music: first, as a teen pop star in the late '50s and early '60s, then as a singer of more mature pop/rock in the '70s. In both phases, Sedaka, a classically trained pianist, composed the music for his hits (lyrics were often provided by Howard Greenfield), which he sang in a boyish tenor. And throughout, even when his own recordings weren't placing high on the charts, he served as a songwriter for other artists, resulting in a string of hits year in and year out, whether recorded by him or someone else. For himself, he wrote eight U.S. Top Ten pop hits, including the chart-toppers "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," "Laughter in the Rain," and "Bad Blood." The most successful cover of one of his compositions was Captain & Tennille's recording of "Love Will Keep Us Together," another number one. And over the years his songs were recorded by hundreds of pop, rock, country, R&B, and jazz performers, including ABBA, the Carpenters, Cher, Patsy Cline, Rosemary Clooney, Sheryl Crow, Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond, Gloria Estefan, Tom Jones, Carole King, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis, the Monkees, Wilson Pickett, and Elvis Presley. In Memoriam: Neil Sedaka, 1939-2026 Playlist: 01. Laughter In The Rain 02. Love Will Keep Us Together 03. That's When The Music Takes Me 04. The Immigrant 05. The Hungry Years 06. The Queen Of 1964 07. Rock And Roll Wedding Day 08. Bad Blood 09. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 10. Number 1 With A Heartache 11. Lonely Night (Angel Face) 12. Standing On The Inside 13. Love In The Shadows 14. Other Side Of Me 15. Steppin' Out 16. You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine 17. Little Brother 18. Solitaire 19. Should've Never Let You Go 20. Our Last Song Together Support the artists... buy it, if you like it! Sharing since 2010 Thanks for Seeding! Cheers ;) 88