Rock with Sedaka
Rock with Sedaka | ||||
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RCA Victor | ||||
Producer | Al Nevins | |||
Neil Sedaka chronology | ||||
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Singles from Rock with Sedaka | ||||
Rock with Neil Sedaka or just Neil Sedaka is the first major solo album of
RCA Victor and was produced by Al Nevins
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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.