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* TheOneThatGotAway: "Solitaire"
-->There was a man, a lonely man\\
Who lost his love through his indifference\\
A heart that cared\\
That went unshared until it died within his silence
-->There was a man, a lonely man\\
Who lost his love through his indifference\\
A heart that cared\\
That went unshared until it died within his silence
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* LyricalDissonance: "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" is a cheerful-souding song about the pain of breaking up. The later slower and darker cover is a better match.
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* LyricalDissonance: "Breaking Up is Is Hard to Do" is a cheerful-souding song about the pain of breaking up. The later slower and darker cover is a better match.
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* ProtestSong: "The Immigrant", which was written about Creator/JohnLennon's deportation struggles, as well as his own family's migration to America from persecution in Eastern Europe.
* RearrangeTheSong: The first version of "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" is [[LyricalDissonance fast and upbeat]]. The re-released version is a SofterAndSlowerCover.
* RearrangeTheSong: The first version of "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" is [[LyricalDissonance fast and upbeat]]. The re-released version is a SofterAndSlowerCover.
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* ProtestSong: "The Immigrant", which was written about Creator/JohnLennon's Music/JohnLennon's deportation struggles, as well as his own family's migration to America from persecution in Eastern Europe.
* RearrangeTheSong: The first version of "Breaking Up Is HardTo to Do" is [[LyricalDissonance fast and upbeat]]. The re-released version is a SofterAndSlowerCover.
* RearrangeTheSong: The first version of "Breaking Up Is Hard
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'Cause breaking up is hard to do\\
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'Cause breaking up is hard to do\\do
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%% * BoDiddleyBeat: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9zMo-BPADU Bad Blood]]".
%% * BreakUpSong: "Breaking Up is Hard to Do".
%% * BreakUpSong: "Breaking Up is Hard to Do".
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* BreakUpSong: Many, but the self-explanatory "Breaking Up is Hard to
-->Don't take your love away from me\\
Don't you leave my heart in misery\\
If you go then I'll be blue\\
'Cause breaking up is hard to do\\
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%% * CaughtInTheRain: "Laughter in the Rain".
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-->Strolling along country roads with my baby\\
It starts to rain, it begins to pour\\
Without an umbrella we're soaked to the skin\\
I feel a shiver run up my spine\\
I feel the warmth of her hand in mine
* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: "Wheeling, West Virginia" is sung from the point-of-view of a [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor [=McQueen=]-esque]] movie star who's bored with the Hollywood life and pines for his hometown.
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* RecordProducer: Most of his early hits were produced by Al Nevins and Don Kirshner, who were also his music publishers. Most of his later career saw him produce or co-produce his material, though 1977's ''A Song'' went the "big name" route and was produced by George Martin (though, ironically, rather than becoming The George Martin for Sedaka, they just worked together on that one album).
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* RecordProducer: Most of his early hits were produced by Al Nevins and [[Music/TheMonkees Don Kirshner, Kirshner]], who were also his music publishers. Most of his later career saw him produce or co-produce his material, though 1977's ''A Song'' went the "big name" route and was produced by George Martin (though, ironically, rather than becoming The George Martin for Sedaka, they just worked together on that one album).
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* TenorBoy: He's one of the most prominent male high tenors in pop music, and his classic hits often had him in the role of the gee-whiz GuyNextDoor.
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* RecordProducer: Most of his early hits were produced by Al Nevins and Don Kirshner, who were also his music publishers. Most of his later career saw him produce or co-produce his material, though 1977's ''A Song'' went the "big name" route and was produced by George Martin (though, ironically, rather than becoming The George Martin for Sedaka, they just worked together on that one album).
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* ProtestSong: "The Immigrant", which was written about Creator/JohnLennon's deportation struggles, as well as his own family's migration to America from persecution in Eastern Europe.
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%% * RearrangeTheSong: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do".
* RereleaseTheSong: The first version of "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" is [[LyricalDissonance fast and upbeat]]. The re-released version is a SofterAndSlowerCover.
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* LoveMartyr: The premise of "Oh! Carol".
-->Oh! Carol\\
I am but a fool\\
Darling, I love you\\
Though you treat me cruel
-->Oh! Carol\\
I am but a fool\\
Darling, I love you\\
Though you treat me cruel
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%% ** "I Go Ape".
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%% ** "I Go Ape".Ape".
* UsedToBeATomboy: The subject of "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen".
-->What happened to that funny face\\
My little tomboy now wears satins and lace
* UsedToBeATomboy: The subject of "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen".
-->What happened to that funny face\\
My little tomboy now wears satins and lace
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* GroupieBrigade: "Queen of 1964", about an old groupie who used to claim, amongst other things, that she once '[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar had]]' Music/MickJagger (getting a kick and a black eye from Bianca Jagger for it).
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* GroupieBrigade: "Queen of 1964", about an old groupie who used to claim, amongst other things, that she once '[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar had]]' 'had' Music/MickJagger (getting a kick and a black eye from Bianca Jagger for it).
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: The SofterAndSlowerCover of his own "Breaking Up is Hard to Do." The original was an uptempo look at a broken teen romance; the 1976 ballad version was a reflection years later of that same breakup, and realizing there was still a lot of good that could be taken from that relationship from years earlier. Both were major hits – No. 1 in 1962, top 10 in 1976.
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: The SofterAndSlowerCover of his own "Breaking Up is Hard to Do." The original was an uptempo look at a broken teen romance; the 1976 ballad version was a reflection years later of that same breakup, and realizing there was still a lot of good that could be taken from that relationship from years earlier. Both were major hits – No. 1 in 1962, top 10 (as well as #1 adult contemporary) in 1976.
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* SofterAndSlowerCover: In 1976, he released a slow ballad version of his 1962 hit "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". It reached No. 8 on the charts, making him the first solo artist to reach the Top 10 with two different versions of the same song. [[note]](The first artist to do so was The Ventures, who re-recorded their 1960 #2 hit "Walk, Don't Run" as "Walk, Don't Run '64" for a #8 hit in 1964.)[[/note]]
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* SofterAndSlowerCover: In 1976, he released a slow ballad version of his 1962 hit "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". It reached No. 8 on the charts, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making him the first solo artist to reach the Top 10 with two different versions of the same song. [[note]](The first artist to do so was The Ventures, who re-recorded their 1960 #2 hit "Walk, Don't Run" as "Walk, Don't Run '64" for a #8 hit in 1964.)[[/note]])[[/note]] This version also hit #1 on the ''Billboard'' adult contemporary chart.
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* SofterAndSlowerCover: In 1976, he released a slow ballad version of his 1962 hit "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". It reached No. 8 on the charts, making him the first artist to reach the Top 10 with two different versions of the same song.
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* SofterAndSlowerCover: In 1976, he released a slow ballad version of his 1962 hit "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". It reached No. 8 on the charts, making him the first solo artist to reach the Top 10 with two different versions of the same song.song. [[note]](The first artist to do so was The Ventures, who re-recorded their 1960 #2 hit "Walk, Don't Run" as "Walk, Don't Run '64" for a #8 hit in 1964.)[[/note]]
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He has written many well-known songs including "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8_oucBYblI Stupid Cupid]]" (sung by Connie Francis), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqLLDZvbG-U Is This the Way to Amarillo]]" (sung by Tony Christie), "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille, and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pz8WDI-DhI Oh! Carol]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzh4_W1KQ0 Breaking Up is Hard to Do]]" (sung by himself).
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He has written many well-known songs including "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8_oucBYblI Stupid Cupid]]" (sung by Connie Francis), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqLLDZvbG-U Is This the Way to Amarillo]]" (sung by Tony Christie), "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille, Music/CaptainAndTennille, and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pz8WDI-DhI Oh! Carol]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzh4_W1KQ0 Breaking Up is Hard to Do]]" (sung by himself).
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Neil Sedaka (born March 13,1939) is a [[SingerSongwriter singer/songwriter]] active from 1957. He mostly writes his own songs and frequently collaborates with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody.
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Neil Sedaka (born March 13,1939) 13, 1939) is a [[SingerSongwriter singer/songwriter]] active from 1957. He mostly writes his own songs and frequently collaborates with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody.
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* AscendedExtra: His backing band on the albums ''Solitaire'' and ''The Tra-La Days Are Over'' renamed themselves [[Music/TenCC 10cc]] and became stars shortly afterwards.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: In "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen", the narrator sings about being attracted to his childhood friend now that she turned 16.
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* GroupieBrigade: "Queen of 1964", about an old groupie who used to claim, amongst other things, that she once '[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar had]]' MickJagger (getting a kick and a black eye from Bianca Jagger for it).
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* GroupieBrigade: "Queen of 1964", about an old groupie who used to claim, amongst other things, that she once '[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar had]]' MickJagger Music/MickJagger (getting a kick and a black eye from Bianca Jagger for it).
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* TheSixties: When some of his well-known songs came out. Took a hiatus when TheBeatles emerged.
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* TheSixties: When some of his well-known songs came out. Took a hiatus when TheBeatles Music/TheBeatles emerged.
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** The early single "Laura Lee"/"Snowtime" goes even farther, with Sedaka becoming his own vocal quartet.
