Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits


Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits is a 1962 compilation album of twelve of the most popular hits of Neil Sedaka's tenure with RCA Victor.

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield unless otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "Next Door To An Angel"
  2. "Oh! Carol"
  3. "King of Clowns"
  4. "Stairway to Heaven"
  5. "Run Samson Run"
  6. "Calendar Girl"

Side two

  1. "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
  2. "The Diary"
  3. "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"
  4. "Little Devil"
  5. "Sweet Little You"
  6. "You Mean Everything to Me"

Recording dates

Sources:
  • October 30, 1958– "The Diary"
  • July 31, 1959– "Oh! Carol"
  • February 5, 1960– "Stairway to Heaven", "Run Samson Run"
  • February 8, 1960– "You Mean Everything to Me"
  • October 24, 1960– "Calendar Girl"
  • March 17, 1961– "Little Devil"
  • July 10, 1961– "Sweet Little You"
  • October 5, 1961– "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"
  • February 9, 1962– "King of Clowns", "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
  • 1962– "Next Door to an Angel"

Personnel

Sources:

Re-release

The album was re-released in 1975 and again in 1992.
Each release used different cover art. The original 1962 issue featured a painting of a teenage girl admiring a photo of Sedaka on her nightstand. The 1975 second edition featured a 1970s-era photo of Sedaka in a tuxedo standing against a black background. The 1992 third edition, the first CD issue of this album as shown above, features a standard early-1960s publicity photo of Sedaka.