Neil Sedaka

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246 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 6 Mar

Neil Sedaka’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Fresh Air · Remembering pop songwriter Neil Sedaka · 6 Mar 2026 podcast

And she said, are you kidding?

Who is this?

I said, no, it's Neil Sedaka.

She said, sit there.

We're having a meeting.

She called me back in an hour and said, you'll be on in two weeks, and the five finalists will be singing all Neil Sedaka songs.

I was over the moon.

The catalog went through the roof.

All of the old records started to sell.

Amazon.com was ringing off the walls.

And Solitaire by Clay was one of the biggest, I think the second biggest seller of that year.

No, I was a very serious piano student.

I started playing at age eight.

At nine, I entered the prep school of the Juilliard when it was on 125th Street and Claremont Avenue.

I studied with the great Edgar Roberts.

And when I was 13, I discovered that I could write songs.

I wasn't very popular in school.

I wasn't a jock and wasn't one of the popular kids playing Chopin and Bach.

So I was...

fascinated by the reaction I got.

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