Rock with Sedaka
Rock with Sedaka | ||||
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Studio album by Neil Sedaka | ||||
Released | April 1959 | |||
Studio | RCA Victor, New York City | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Al Nevins | |||
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Singles from Rock with Sedaka | ||||
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Rock with Neil Sedaka or just Neil Sedaka is the first major solo album of Neil Sedaka released in April 1959 after two 1958 albums under the titles Neil Sedaka and The Tokens and Neil Sedaka and The Tokens and Coins. The album was released by RCA Victor and was produced by Al Nevins. The album contains 12 songs, all of them co-written by Sedaka and his friend Howard Greenfield. Two of the songs became successful singles for Sedaka from the album, namely "The Diary", his debut single that was a hit, reaching No. 14 on the US Billboard charts, and "I Go Ape", a single that was relatively successful in the United States reaching No. 42, but did far better in the UK Singles Chart, making it up to No. 9 and his debut single in the United Kingdom.
Track listing
All songs were composed by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield.
- "You're Knockin' Me Out"
- "The Diary"
- "I Ain't Hurtin' No More"
- "Stupid Cupid"
- "All I Need Is You"
- "I Waited Too Long"
- "Fallin'"
- "Another Sleepless Night"
- "I Go Ape"
- "Moon of Gold"
- "I Belong to You"
- "As Long As I Live"
Singles from the album
Singles from the album:
- 1958: "The Diary" (US #14)
- 1959: "I Go Ape" (US #42, UK #9)
- 1959: "All I Need Is You" (released in Italy on the RCA Italiana label)
- 1959: "Stupid Cupid" (released in Italy on the RCA Italiana label)
- 1959: "(Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!" (released on a 45 rpm single in Australia and Greece)
"Stupid Cupid" and "Fallin'" became major hits for Connie Francis, and Jimmy Clanton made a hit out of "Another Sleepless Night".
Also, several B-sides were drawn from this album for Neil Sedaka's singles.
- "I Ain't Hurtin' No More" was the B-side of "The Girl For Me" later in 1959.
- "Moon of Gold" was the B-side of "I Go Ape!" in 1959.
- "Fallin'" was the B-side of the Italian release of "All I Need Is You" in 1959.
- "As Long As I Live" was the B-side of the Italian release of "Stupid Cupid" in 1959, and again was a B-side in 1962 for Sedaka's signature song "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". That same year, Sedaka recorded an Italian-language version as "Finche' Vivro'".
- "I Belong To You" was the B-side of the Australian release of "(Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!" in 1959 and was re-issued in 1962 as the B-side of "Next Door To An Angel".
- "I Waited Too Long" was the B-side of the Greek release of "You're Knocking Me Out" in 1959.
Re-release
Neil Sedaka and Circulate | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | 1995 |
Genre | Pop |
In 1995, the album Rock with Sedaka was re-released on CD and also included the album Circulate.
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- Rock with Sedaka
- Circulate
- Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits
- 3 Great Guys
- Workin' on a Groovy Thing/Sounds of Sedaka
- Emergence
- Solitaire
- The Tra-La Days Are Over
- Laughter in the Rain
- Overnight Success
- The Hungry Years
- Steppin' Out
- A Song
- All You Need Is the Music
- In the Pocket
- Now
- Come See About Me
- The Good Times
- Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits
- Italiano
- Italiano Vol. 2
- Oh! Carol
- Sedaka's Back
- Oh Carol
- Let's Go Steady Again
- Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits (1977)
- The '50s and '60s
- 14 Knockouts
- The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka
- Sunny
- Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits (1980)
- My Friend
- Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits
- All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974–1980
- The Very Best of Neil Sedaka
- Oh Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955–66
- Stairway to Heaven: The Best of Neil Sedaka
- Love Songs
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall
- On Stage
- "The Diary"
- "I Go Ape"
- "Crying My Heart Out for You"
- "Oh! Carol"
- "One-Way Ticket To The Blues"
- "Stairway to Heaven"
- "You Mean Everything to Me"
- "Run Samson Run"
- "Calendar Girl"
- "Little Devil"
- "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"
- "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
- "Next Door to an Angel"
- "La terza luna"
- "Lettera bruciata"
- "Our Last Song Together"
- "Laughter in the Rain"
- "The Immigrant"
- "That's When the Music Takes Me"
- "Bad Blood"
- "Love in the Shadows"
- "Amarillo"
- "Should've Never Let You Go"
- "Your Precious Love"
- "Rhythm of the Rain"
- "Stupid Cupid"
- "Fallin'"
- "Frankie"
- "Where the Boys Are"
- "Workin' On a Groovy Thing"
- "Rainy Jane"
- "Puppet Man"
- "Time Waits for No One"
- "One Day of Your Life"
- "Summer Symphony"
- "One More Mountain to Climb"
- "Ring Ring"
- "Solitaire"
- "Don't Hide Your Love"
- "The Other Side of Me"
- "The Way I Am"
- "Sad Eyes"
- "Love Will Keep Us Together"
- "Lonely Night (Angel Face)"
- "You Never Done It Like That"