Neil Sedaka Dies: “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” & “Laughter In The Rain” Hitmaker Who Also Wrote “Love Will Keep Us Together” Was 86
He was not on the list.
Neil Sedaka, a multiple Grammy nominee and Songwriters Hall
of Famer who wrote and sang on nine Top 10 hits including chart-toppers
“Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” “Laughter in the Rain” and “Bad Blood” and penned
the 1975 smash “Love Will Keep Us Together,” died Friday in Los Angeles. He was
86.
A rep for his family confirmed the news to Deadline but did
not provide a cause of death. TMZ reported that Sedaka was rushed to a hospital
Friday morning.
“Our family is devastated by the sudden passing of our
beloved husband, father and grandfather, Neil Sedaka,” his family said in a
statement. “A true rock and roll legend, an inspiration to millions, but most
importantly, at least to those of us who were lucky enough to know him, an
incredible human being who will be deeply missed.”
During a career that would span more than 60 years, Sedaka
is among the handful of artists whose songs made the U.S. Top 20 in five
different decades, from the 1950s-’80s and in 2004, when American Idol
runner-up hit the Top 5 with “Solitaire,” which Sedaka co-wrote with
collaborator Phil Cody.
Born on March 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, Sedaka was a child
piano prodigy and attended the Juilliard School of Music. He was among the
originators of the “Brill Building” songwriting group that would include such
legends as Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, Burt
Bacharach & Hal David, Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus and others. Sedaka and
his childhood friend and songwriting partner Howard Greenfield were the first
to sign with Aldon Music, which was run by Don Kirshner and Al Nevins. Their
first hit was Connie Francis’ Top 15 tune “Stupid Cupid” in 1958, and they
later penned Francis’ signature song, “Where the Boys Are.”
The duo also wrote hits for R&B hitmakers LaVern Baker
and Drifters alum Clyde McPhatter. Those successes helped land Sedaka a
recording deal with RCA Victor, and he had his first national hit as a singer
with “The Diary” in late 1958.
Sedaka first hit the Billboard Top 10 in early 1960 with
“Oh! Carol,” written about his teenage girlfriend and future music legend King.
During the next two years, he followed up with such hits as “Stairway to
Heaven,” “Calendar Girl” and “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” before topping the
Billboard Hot 100 for the first time with “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.”
From 1959-63, Sedaka was the second-biggest selling artist
behind Elvis Presley, according to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, into which he
was inducted in 1983.
Sedaka had one more big hit with “Right Next Door to an
Angel” before the British Invasion knocked many of rock ‘n’ roll’s early stars
out of the spotlight. He would move to England in the early 1970s to perform on
the burgeoning oldies circuit there, releasing a few albums along the way.
But he would come roaring back later that decade amid the
’50s/early ’60s nostalgia wave that gripped the United States.
After a number of early rockers scored early-’70 hits,
including Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-a-Ling” and Rick Nelson’s “Garden Party,”
America’s nostalgia craze for All Things 1950s/Early ’60 took hold. With the
success of George Lucas’ American Graffiti and the ABC sitcom Happy Days, the
pop hitmakers who’d been shoved off the charts by the likes of The Beatles, The
Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and others suddenly found themselves in high
demand.
By 1974, Sedaka hadn’t had a hit in a dozen years, but that
changed when he signed with Elton John’s Rocket Records. Before long, he soared
to No. 1 with the lovely ballad “Laughter in the Rain” in early 1975. Sedaka
was back atop the Hot 100 just five months later when The Captain and Tennille
covered his 1974 album track “Love Will Keep Us Together.” The bouncy singalong
spent four weeks at No. 1, became the biggest single of 1975 and won the Grammy
for Record of the Year. Sedaka and Greenfield shared a Song of the Year Grammy
nom for the track — one of five during Sedaka’s career. He was up for Best Male
Vocal Performance for “Bad Blood” that same year and was a presenter during the
ceremony.
Sedaka was back — as we heard late in “Love Will Keep Us
Together.” As the oldies-inspired “da-da-da-daaaaas” play just before the fade,
listeners could hear, “Sedaka is baaaaack.” During the ensuing Bicentennial
year, The Captain and Tennille had another smash with a Sedaka-penned tune as
“Lonely Nights (Angel Face)” hit No. 1. The duo also had a Top 10 with Sedaka’s
“You Never Done It Like That.”
And Sedaka wasn’t through. After two follow-up singles
stalled below the Top 20, Sedaka was back at No. 1 with “Bad Blood.” Backed by
vocals from his label chief Sir Elton — who by then was among the world’s top
acts — the song spent three weeks atop the Hot 100 just four months after “Love
Will Keep Us Together.”
John is quoted on Sedaka’s website as saying about signing
the pop legend to his Rocket label: “It had been like Elvis coming up and
giving us the chance to release his records. We couldn’t believe our luck.”
Next came what would be Sedaka’s final Top 10 hit, a
slowed-down piano-ballad version of his 1962 smash “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”
that reached No. 8. His follow-up “Love in the Shadows” hit No. 16, and he’d
have one last Top 20 hit with 1980’s “Should’ve Never Let You Go,” which also
featured vocals by his daughter Dara Sedaka. That one was written by Cody, who
had co-penned “Bad Blood,” “Laughter in the Rain” and a few other Sedaka hits.
He also found plenty of chart success across the pond, with
seven Top 10 singles in the UK from 1959-62 including his first, “I Go Ape” —
which had been his second U.S. chart single after “Oh! Carol” but stalled
outside the Top 40 stateside.
During Sedaka’s decade-plus chart hiatus as a recording act,
other big-name artists would cover songs he wrote or co-wrote. The Monkees
covered “When Love Comes Knocking at Your Door” for their smash sophomore LP
More of the Monkees, which spent more than four months atop the Billboard 200
in 1967. The 5th Dimension made the Top 20 with “Workin’ on a Groovy Thing” —
penned by Sedaka and Roger Atkins — a track from the group’s seminal album The
Age of Aquarius, and Tom Jones later hit the Top 30 in 1971 with his
Sedaka-Greenfield cover “Puppet Man.”
Several top-name acts would cover songs written and/or
recorded by Sedaka. Frank Sinatra recorded the Greenfield-penned song “The
Hungry Years,” the title track of Sedaka’s 1975 comeback album that reached No.
16 on the Billboard 200 and went gold. Presley covered the Sedaka-Cody track
“Solitaire” for his 1976 LP From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee..
The Carpenters reached the Top 20 with their version of “Solitaire” in 1976,
and Sheryl Crow later recorded the song for a Carpenters tribute album. Cher
recorded Sedaka’s “Don’t Hide Your Love” on her 1973 album Foxy Lady. Sedaka
was a semi-regular on her variety TV shows during the 1970s.
Sedaka had a “jukebox musical” based on his catalog, titled
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, that was produced regionally. “Oh! Carol” later was
included in Tom Stoppard’s 2014 play The Real Thing and made it to Broadway as
part of the hit show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
In 1995, Sedaka pivoted to classical music with Classically
Sedaka, harking back to his days at Juilliard. During the Covid lockdown in
2020, Sedaka gave daily mini-concerts online, drawing in many new homebound
fans.
Sedaka also was a regular face on television, making dozens
of appearances The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Mike Douglas
Show and episodes of many others and performing three times on The Ed Sullivan
Show. During his mid-’70s comeback, he was the musical guest on a Season 1
episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live hosted by the British comedy duo of Peter
Cook and Dudley Moore, performing the redo of “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” along
with “Lonely Night (Angel Face).” He also was a guest host on Season 2 of Fox’s
American Idol in 2003, starred in a pair of primetime specials and appeared on
American Bandstand a half-dozen times.
Despite all the credentials, Sedaka never has been nominated
for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Information on survivors was incomplete.
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7.4
Video Game
writer: "Stupid Cupid"
2003
Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi,
Michael Cera, David Cross, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, and Jessica Walter in
Arrested Development (2003)
Arrested Development
8.6
TV Series
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together" (uncredited)
2003
1 episode
Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003)
Lisbela and the Prisoner
7.6
writer: "Oh Carol"
2003
I Love the '70s (2003)
I Love the '70s
7.8
TV Mini Series
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
2003
1 episode
Andreas Wilson in Evil (2003)
Evil
7.7
writer: "Stupid Cupid"
2003
Lost Love (2003)
Lost Love
5.9
performer: "La terza luna"
2003
Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, Bryan Cranston, Jane
Kaczmarek, Christopher Masterson, and Erik Per Sullivan in Malcolm in the
Middle (2000)
Malcolm in the Middle
8.2
TV Series
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
2003
1 episode
OBLS
6.6
TV Series
writer: "Ring Ring"
2003
Jos sais kerran
TV Series
writer: "Prinsessa -65" (Queen of 1964)
2002
1 episode
Phoenix Nights (2001)
Phoenix Nights
8.6
TV Series
writer: "Is This the Way to Amarillo" (uncredited)
2002
1 episode
Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn
Ulvaeus, and ABBA in ABBA: The Definitive Collection (2002)
ABBA: The Definitive Collection
9.0
Video
writer: "Ring Ring"
2002
Drew Barrymore in Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Riding in Cars with Boys
6.5
performer: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"writer:
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
2001
Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls (2000)
Gilmore Girls
8.2
TV Series
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together" (uncredited)
2001
1 episode
Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries
(2001)
The Princess Diaries
6.4
writer: "Stupid Cupid"
2001
Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, and Rosario Dawson in Josie
and the Pussycats (2001)
Josie and the Pussycats
5.7
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
2001
Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, and Sisqó in Get Over It (2001)
Get Over It
5.7
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
2001
Killing Cinderella (2000)
Killing Cinderella
6.4
performer: "Breaking Up is Hard to Do"writer:
"Breaking Up is Hard to Do"
2000
Stars in Their Eyes (1990)
Stars in Their Eyes
5.2
TV Series
writer: "Is This the Way to Amarillo"writer:
"That's When the Music Takes Me"writer: "Breaking Up Is Hard to
Do"
1990–2000
4 episodes
Playing Mona Lisa (2000)
Playing Mona Lisa
5.8
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
2000
Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Tony Kaye, Chris Squire, Peter
Banks, and Yes in Top Ten (1995)
Top Ten
6.0
TV Series
writer: "Ring, Ring" (uncredited)
2000
1 episode
Suuri luokkakokous
TV Series
writer: "Amarillo"
2000
1 episode
Michail Marmarinos in Black Milk (1999)
Black Milk
4.9
performer: "One Way Ticket (To the Blues)"
1999
Tuttu juttu (1992)
Tuttu juttu
4.6
TV Series
writer: "Tuttu juttu" (Stupid Cupid)
1993–1999
2 episodes
Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Wilmer
Valderrama, Topher Grace, and Laura Prepon in That '70s Show (1998)
That '70s Show
8.1
TV Series
performer: "Bad Blood"writer: "Bad
Blood"performer: "Laughter in the Rain" ...
1998–1999
3 episodes
Tohuwabohu (1990)
Tohuwabohu
7.6
TV Series
performer: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"writer:
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" (uncredited, uncredited)
1997–1998
2 episodes
Leslie Ash, Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, and Caroline
Quentin in Men Behaving Badly (1992)
Men Behaving Badly
7.7
TV Series
writer: "Solitaire"
1998
1 episode
Sweet Nightmare (1998)
Sweet Nightmare
4.8
performer: "Oh Carol"
1998
The Way We Laughed (1998)
The Way We Laughed
6.8
performer: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do", "One
Way Ticket"writer: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
1998
A Smile Like Yours (1997)
A Smile Like Yours
4.8
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1997
Jennifer Aniston in Picture Perfect (1997)
Picture Perfect
5.6
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1997
The Castle (1997)
The Castle
7.7
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1997
Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling (1997)
Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling
8.4
performer: "My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every
Day"writer: "My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day"
1997
Rose McGowan in Lewis & Clark & George (1997)
Lewis & Clark & George
5.2
writer: "Where The Boys Are"
1997
Night Fever (1997)
Night Fever
7.7
TV Series
writer: "Oh! Carol"
1997
1 episode
Hotel de Love (1996)
Hotel de Love
6.0
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1996
Jamie Lee Curtis, Jennifer Tilly, Caroline Aaron, Jennifer
Love Hewitt, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Pollak, Wallace Shawn, Mooky Arizona,
Herbert Russell, Kyle Howard, Sheila McCarthy, Amy Sakasitz, Alex Seltz-Wald,
Harry Winer, and Josh Wolford in House Arrest (1996)
House Arrest
5.8
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1996
Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, and Rachel True
in The Craft (1996)
The Craft
6.5
writer: "Fallin'"
1996
Christina Applegate, David Faustino, Katey Sagal, and Ed
O'Neill in Married... with Children (1987)
Married... with Children
8.1
TV Series
performer: "Calendar Girl"writer: "Calendar
Girl"
1996
1 episode
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
7.9
Video
Soundtrack ("Where the Boys Are")
1995
Oprah Winfrey in The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)
The Oprah Winfrey Show
5.0
TV Series
writer: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
1995
1 episode
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)
Mystery Science Theater 3000
8.6
TV Series
music: "Where the Boys Are"
1994
1 episode
Food Rocks (1994)
Food Rocks
9.0
Short
performer: "Vegetables Are Good For You"writer:
"Vegetables Are Good For You"
1994
Marilyn Monroe, Jason Priestley, Jerry O'Connell, and
Gabriel Olds in Calendar Girl (1993)
Calendar Girl
5.2
performer: "Calendar Girl"writer: "Calendar
Girl"
1993
Kuolema käy kuusi beessä (1993)
Kuolema käy kuusi beessä
4.4
writer: "Ehkä suukon antaa saan (Happy Birthday Sweet
Sixteen)"
1993
Tales of the City (1993)
Tales of the City
8.3
TV Mini Series
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1993
1 episode
Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth,
Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
Beverly Hills, 90210
6.6
TV Series
writer: "Breaking Up is Hard To Do"writer:
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (uncredited, uncredited)
1991–1993
3 episodes
Dana Dvorin, Ido Mosseri, Tomer Gottlieb, Tal Mosseri, Betty
Cohen, and Shir Gottlieb in Lo Kolel Sherut (1990)
Lo Kolel Sherut
7.0
TV Series
writer: "Oh, Carol"
1993
1 episode
Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
7.9
TV Series
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together" (uncredited)
1993
1 episode
Crónicas del mal (1992)
Crónicas del mal
5.6
TV Series
writer: "Oh Carol"
1992
1 episode
Peter Frödin and Hella Joof in Bullerfnis (1990)
Bullerfnis
7.6
TV Series
music: "Løb Samson løb"
1992
1 episode
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick in Pyrates (1991)
Pyrates
4.7
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1991
Reginald VelJohnson, Jaimee Foxworth, Telma Hopkins, Rosetta
LeNoire, Bryton James, Darius McCrary, Jo Marie Payton, Jaleel White, and
Kellie Shanygne Williams in Family Matters (1989)
Family Matters
6.6
TV Series
lyrics: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"music:
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (uncredited, uncredited)
1991
1 episode
Queen: Rare Live - A Concert Through Time and Space (1989)
Queen: Rare Live - A Concert Through Time and Space
9.4
Video
writer: "Big Spender / Jailhouse Rock / Stupid
Cupid"
1989
Rowan Atkinson, Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Kim Thomson,
and Emil Wolk in The Tall Guy (1989)
The Tall Guy
6.2
writer: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
1989
Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in
Designing Women (1986)
Designing Women
7.3
TV Series
writer: "Where The Boys Are"
1989
1 episode
Kevin Kline and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in The January
Man (1989)
The January Man
5.5
writer: "Calendar Girl" (uncredited)
1989
Emu's Wide World (1987)
Emu's Wide World
5.9
TV Series
writer: "My Friend" (uncredited)
1988
1 episode
Paul Fusco and Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros in ALF (1986)
ALF
7.4
TV Series
writer: "Breaking Up is Hard to Do"
1988
1 episode
Brigitte Nielsen, Kris Kristofferson, Miguel Bosé, and
Sabrina Salerno in Super 88 (1987)
Super 88
TV Special
writer: "Oh Carol"
1987
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
7.7
Short
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1987
Bronson Pinchot and Mark Linn-Baker in Perfect Strangers
(1986)
Perfect Strangers
7.2
TV Series
writer: "Oh! Carol" (uncredited)
1986
1 episode
Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1984)
Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show
7.4
TV Series
writer: "Love Is Spreading Over the World"writer:
"That's When the Music Takes Me" (uncredited, uncredited)
1985–1986
2 episodes
John Cusack, Curtis Armstrong, Diane Franklin, Yuji Okumoto,
Dan Schneider, and Amanda Wyss in Better Off Dead (1985)
Better Off Dead
7.1
performer: "Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do"writer:
"Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do"
1985
Marcus Groth in Häng dej, pojkfan (1985)
Häng dej, pojkfan
5.7
Short
writer: "Stupid Cupid"
1985
Lynn-Holly Johnson, Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal,
and Russell Todd in Where the Boys Are (1984)
Where the Boys Are
4.3
writer: "Where The Boys Are"
1984
Craig Sheffer and Pia Zadora in Voyage of the Rock Aliens
(1984)
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
5.2
performer: "New Orleans"
1984
Emu's World (1982)
Emu's World
6.6
TV Series
writer: "That's When the Music Takes Me"writer:
"All You Need Is the Music"writer: "You Gotta Make Your Own
Sunshine" (uncredited, uncredited, uncredited)
1983
3 episodes
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Champs-Elysées
6.5
TV Series
writer: "Tous besoin de musique (All You Need Is The
Music)"
1983
1 episode
Stuck on You! (1983)
Stuck on You!
4.1
lyrics: "Love Will Keep Us Together"music:
"Love Will Keep Us Together"
1983
Johnny Carson in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
8.5
TV Series
writer: "Breaking Up is Hard to Do"
1982
1 episode
Miracle (1982)
Miracle
7.9
music: "Where the Boys Are"
1982
Mireille Allonville, Ted Rogers, and Dusty Bin in 3-2-1
(1978)
3-2-1
5.6
TV Series
writer: "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"
1982
1 episode
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Saturday Night Live
8.0
TV Series
performer: "Breaking up is hard to do"writer:
"Breaking up is hard to do"performer: "Breaking Up Is Hard to
Do", "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" (uncredited, uncredited) ...
1976–1982
2 episodes
Neil Sedaka: In Concert
Music Video
performer: "I'm A Song (Sing Me)", "Standing
On The Inside", "Laughter In The Rain", "Hits Medley (Oh!
Carol / Stairway To Heaven / Hey Little Devil / Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen /
Calendar Girl)", "New York City Blues", "Love Will Keep Us
Together", "Solitaire", "Bad Blood", "The
Immigrant", "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", "That's When The
Music Takes Me"
1981
Prince of the City (1981)
Prince of the City
7.4
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together" (uncredited)
1981
Jon 'Bowzer' Bauman and Sha-Na-Na in Sha Na Na (1977)
Sha Na Na
6.8
TV Series
writer: "Next Door To An Angel" (uncredited)
1980
1 episode
Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Louise Gold, Richard Hunt,
Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson, and Steve Whitmire in The Muppet Show (1976)
The Muppet Show
8.4
TV Series
writer: "Puppet Man"writer: "Love Will Keep
Us Together" (uncredited, uncredited)
1979–1980
2 episodes
Bobby Vinton in The Gossip Columnist (1980)
The Gossip Columnist
6.5
TV Movie
music: "You've Never Done It Like That"
1980
Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and
Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)
The Love Boat
6.3
TV Series
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1979
1 episode
Shirley
7.3
TV Series
writer: "(I Was) Born to Be Bad"
1979
1 episode
Billy Crystal in Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979)
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
5.7
TV Movie
performer: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"writer:
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
1979
Frankie Lymon in Good Old Days Part II (1978)
Good Old Days Part II
6.0
TV Special
writer: "Breaking Up is Hard to Do", "Since
You've Been Gone"
1978
Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin
Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)
Happy Days
7.4
TV Series
writer: "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"writer:
"Calendar Girl" (uncredited, uncredited)
1977–1978
3 episodes
Jeff Bridges and Farrah Fawcett in Somebody Killed Her
Husband (1978)
Somebody Killed Her Husband
4.9
performer: "Love Keeps Getting Stronger Every
Day"writer: "Love Keeps Getting Stronger Every Day"
1978
Tisha Sterling in Over Easy (1977)
Over Easy
6.6
TV Series
writer: "Solitaire"
1977
1 episode
Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn
Ulvaeus, and ABBA in ABBA: The Movie (1977)
ABBA: The Movie
6.5
writer: "Ring Ring"
1977
An Evening with Glen Campbell (1977)
An Evening with Glen Campbell
7.8
TV Special
writer: "That's When the Music Takes Me"
1977
Sextette (1977)
Sextette
3.9
writer: "Happy Birthday Twenty One" ("Love
Will Keep Us Together")
1977
Get It Together (1977)
Get It Together
5.2
TV Series
writer: "My World (Keeps Getting Smaller
Everyday)"
1977
1 episode
Florence Henderson, Susan Olsen, Robert Reed, Christopher
Knight, Mike Lookinland, Maureen McCormick, Geri Reischl, and Barry Williams in
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976)
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
3.8
TV Series
writer: "Laughter in the Rain"
1977
1 episode
Larry Gelman, Candice Rialson, and Rip Taylor in Chatterbox!
(1977)
Chatterbox!
5.1
writer: "Sad Eyes"
1977
Dolly Parton in Dolly (1976)
Dolly
8.2
TV Series
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1976
1 episode
Maurice Colbourne in Gangsters (1976)
Gangsters
8.1
TV Series
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1976
1 episode
Neil Sedaka Steppin' Out
9.2
TV Special
performer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"writer:
"Love Will Keep Us Together"
1976
Charo in Charo (1976)
Charo
TV Movie
writer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
1976
Waar heb dat nou voor nodig (1973)
De ondergang van de Onan
6.7
TV Movie
writer: "Oh Carol" (uncredited)
1976
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971)
The Sonny and Cher Show
6.9
TV Series
writer: "Lonely Nights (Angel Face)"writer:
"Solitaire"performer: "The Hungry Years / Breaking Up Is Hard To
Do / Sad Eyes / Calendar Girl / Laughter In the Rain / That's When the Music
Takes Me" Medley ...
1976
4 episodes
ABBA in Australia
7.5
TV Special
writer: "Ring Ring"
1976
Super Bowl (1976)
Super Bowl
7.6
TV Movie
writer: "Laughter in the Rain"
1976
Cruisin' 57
6.9
performer: "The Diary"writer: "The
Diary" (uncredited, uncredited)
1975
The Benny Hill Show (1969)
The Benny Hill Show
7.6
TV Series
writer: "Going Nowhere"
1975
1 episode
Ernie Sigley in The Ernie Sigley Show (1974)
The Ernie Sigley Show
6.9
TV Series
writer: "I'm a Song (Sing Me)"writer:
"Standing on the Inside"writer: "Laughter in the Rain" ...
1974–1975
7 episodes
Shang-a-Lang (1975)
Shang-a-Lang
6.7
TV Series
writer: "I Go Ape"
1975
1 episode
Graham Kennedy in The Graham Kennedy Show (1972)
The Graham Kennedy Show
6.8
TV Series
writer: "I'm a Song (Sing Me)"writer:
"Standing on the Inside"writer: "Working on a Groovy Thing"
...
1973–1975
7 episodes
The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1974)
The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club
7.5
TV Series
writer: "(Is This the Way To) Amarillo"
(uncredited)
1975
1 episode
Spede show (1968)
Spede show
6.9
TV Series
writer: "Ring, Ring"
1974
1 episode
María José Cantudo, Ángela Carrasco, and Victoria Vera in
¡Señoras y señores! (1974)
¡Señoras y señores!
5.9
TV Series
writer: "Ring, Ring"
1974
1 episode
Spotlight (1968)
Spotlight
6.6
TV Series
writer: "Ring Ring"
1973
1 episode
The Partridge Family (1970)
The Partridge Family
6.6
TV Series
lyrics: "Workin' On A Groovy Thing"music:
"Workin' On A Groovy Thing"lyrics: "Breaking Up Is Hard To
Do" ...
1970–1973
3 episodes
Robert Wagner in It Takes a Thief (1968)
It Takes a Thief
7.5
TV Series
lyrics: "The Puppet Man"music: "The Puppet
Man"
1970
1 episode
Jeff Phillips and The Lido Dancers in Sounds Like Us (1969)
Sounds Like Us
TV Series
writer: "Workin' On a Groovy Thing"
1969
1 episode
Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show
7.9
TV Series
writer: "Workin' on a Groovy Thing"
1969
1 episode
33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee (1969)
33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee
5.8
TV Movie
writer: "I Go Ape" (uncredited)
1969
Playgirl Killer (1967)
Playgirl Killer
4.5
performer: "Waterbug"
1967
Bandstand (1958)
Bandstand
7.9
TV Series
writer: "Calendar Girl"performer: "Breaking
Up Is Hard to Do"writer: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" ...
1960–1967
4 episodes
Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and
The Monkees in The Monkees (1965)
The Monkees
7.5
TV Series
producer: "When Love Comes Knocking (At Your
Door)" (credit only)writer: "When Love Comes Knocking (At Your
Door)" (credit only)
1967
1 episode
Sting of Death (1966)
Sting of Death
4.4
performer: "Do the Jellyfish"writer: "Do the
Jellyfish"
1966
Rings Around the World (1966)
Rings Around the World
7.8
performer: "The Canvas Sky"
1966
Hollywood a Go Go (1964)
Hollywood a Go Go
7.8
TV Series
music: "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen"performer:
"The World Through a Tear", "Happy Birthday, Sweet
Sixteen"performer: "Calendar Girl", "Let the People
Talk" ...
1965
2 episodes
Shindig! (1964)
Shindig!
8.0
TV Series
writer: "I Go Ape"performer: "Let the People
Talk", "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"writer: "Let the People
Talk", "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" ...
1964–1965
4 episodes
Il giovedì (1964)
Il giovedì
7.2
performer: "I tuoi capricci"
1964
Lando Buzzanca, Marino Masé, Marisa Merlini, and Ugo
Tognazzi in The Monsters (1963)
The Monsters
7.4
performer: "I tuoi capricci"
1963
George Hamilton, Jim Hutton, Connie Francis, Dolores Hart,
and Yvette Mimieux in Where the Boys Are (1960)
Where the Boys Are
6.7
music: "Where the Boys Are", "Turn On the
Sunshine"
1960
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956)
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
7.7
TV Series
writer: "Fallin'" (uncredited)
1960
1 episode
The Dick Clark Show (1958)
The Dick Clark Show
7.6
TV Series
writer: "Frankie" (uncredited)
1959
1 episode
Writer
Cover that One Cupid
Music Video
written by
2023
Producer
Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2008)
Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On
8.2
Video
executive producer
2008
Thanks
Secrets of New York (2013)
Secrets of New York
TV Series
special thanks
2013
1 episode
Legends (2006)
Legends
6.4
TV Series
thanks
2010
1 episode
Smile (1975)
Smile
7.1
acknowledgment: is heard through the courtesy of Polydor
International / Rocket Records
1975
Self
Good Day New York (1988)
Good Day New York
4.9
TV Series
Self
2025
1 episode
ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold (2023)
ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold
7.7
Self - SingerSelf - Songwriter
2023
Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast Live: A Tribute
to Gilbert (2022)
Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast Live: A Tribute
to Gilbert
8.9
Video
Self - Guest
2022
This Is Pop (2021)
This Is Pop
6.9
TV Series
Self - Legendary SingerSelf - Songwriter
2021
1 episode
Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn
Ulvaeus, and ABBA in ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All (2019)
ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All
7.3
TV Movie
Self
2019
Gilbert Gottfried in Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal
Podcast (2014)
Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast
9.6
Podcast Series
Self - Guest
2019
1 episode
207 15th Anniversary (2018)
207 15th Anniversary
TV Special
Self
2018
The Boulevard (2018)
The Boulevard
TV Mini Series
Self
2018
Neil Sedaka: King of Song (2014)
Neil Sedaka: King of Song
7.1
TV Movie
Self
2014
Geraldo Rivera Reports (2003)
Geraldo Rivera Reports
2.4
TV Series
Self
2014
1 episode
Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie in Today (1952)
Today
4.6
TV Series
Self - Musical Guest
2014
1 episode
Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard in Good Morning Britain (2014)
Good Morning Britain
3.0
TV Series
Self
2014
1 episode
Art Laboe in My Music: Doo Wop Discoveries (2012)
My Music: Doo Wop Discoveries
TV Movie
Self
2012
The Joy of the Single (2012)
The Joy of the Single
6.5
TV Movie
Self
2012
Huckabee (2008)
Huckabee
3.6
TV Series
Self
2012
1 episode
Sunset Strip (2012)
Sunset Strip
6.8
Self
2012
Elvis Costello, John Lydon, Sex Pistols, and The Cure in How
the Brits Rocked America (2012)
How the Brits Rocked America
7.3
TV Mini Series
Self
2012
1 episode
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song
9.0
TV Movie
Self
2011
The Joy of Easy Listening (2011)
The Joy of Easy Listening
7.2
TV Movie
Self
2011
Carolina Escobar, María Luisa Godoy, and Gonzalo Ramírez in
Buenos días a todos (1992)
Buenos días a todos
5.7
TV Series
Self - Musical Guest
2011
1 episode
The One Show (2006)
The One Show
3.6
TV Series
Self - Guest
2009–2011
2 episodes
Neil Diamond: Solitary Man (2010)
Neil Diamond: Solitary Man
7.8
TV Movie
Self
2010
Harry Belafonte, Smokey Robinson, Arianna Huffington, Jesse
Jackson, Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Newt Gingrich, Suze Orman, Richard Haass,
Jim Wallis, and Connie Rice in Tavis Smiley (2004)
Tavis Smiley
5.7
TV Series
Self
2010
1 episode
Talk Stoop (2009)
Talk Stoop
4.0
TV Series
Self
2010
1 episode
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
3.7
TV Series
Self
2010
1 episode
Legends (2006)
Legends
6.4
TV Series
Self
2010
1 episode
Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha, Ruth Langsford, and Charlene
White in Loose Women (1999)
Loose Women
2.1
TV Series
Self - Performer
2006–2009
2 episodes
Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa in Live with Kelly and Mark
(1988)
Live with Kelly and Mark
4.5
TV Series
Self
1989–2009
3 episodes
Robin Williams, Juliet Huddy, and Mike Jerrick in The
Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2007)
The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet
4.4
TV Series
Self
2009
1 episode
Bonnie Hunt in The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008)
The Bonnie Hunt Show
6.5
TV Series
Self
2008
1 episode
Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2008)
Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On
8.2
Video
Self
2008
American Idol Rewind (2006)
American Idol Rewind
3.2
TV Series
Self - Guest Judge
2008
1 episode
The View (1997)
The View
2.4
TV Series
Self
2007
1 episode
Long Island Music Hall of Fame's 1st Induction Awards Gala
TV Special
Self
2006
Cat Deeley, Alison Hammond, Dermot O'Leary, and Ben Shephard
in This Morning (1988)
This Morning
4.3
TV Series
Self
2006
1 episode
John Stamos in Jake in Progress (2005)
Jake in Progress
6.0
TV Series
Self
2005
1 episode
Tony Danza in The Tony Danza Show (2004)
The Tony Danza Show
3.6
TV Series
Self
2005
1 episode
Elvis: 50 Years in Show Business
8.2
Video
Self
2004
Songwriters Hall of Fame
TV Special
Self
2004
Lionel Richie, Ryan Seacrest, Carrie Underwood, and Luke
Bryan in American Idol (2002)
American Idol
4.3
TV Series
Self - Guest Judge
2003–2004
2 episodes
Legends in Concert: Neil Sedaka Up Close and Personal
Self
2004
God Only Knows: Vocal Harmony - The Voice
TV Movie
Self
2003
Biography (1987)
Biography
7.7
TV Series
Self
1998–2002
2 episodes
Neil Sedaka: The Show Must Go On (2001)
Neil Sedaka: The Show Must Go On
TV Movie
Self
2001
The Songmakers Collection (2001)
The Songmakers Collection
8.6
Video
Self
2001
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001)
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song
8.5
TV Series
Self
2001
2 episodes
Keith Chegwin, Chris Evans, Gaby Roslin, Peter Smith, and
Paula Yates in The Big Breakfast (1992)
The Big Breakfast
6.9
TV Series
Self
1993–1995
2 episodes
The James Whale Show (1995)
The James Whale Show
4.9
TV Series
Self
1995
1 episode
Cilla Black in Surprise! Surprise! (1984)
Surprise! Surprise!
5.1
TV Series
Self - Performer
1995
1 episode
The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995)
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
8.2
TV Mini Series
Self
1995
1 episode
The 22nd International Emmy Awards
TV Special
Self
1994
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (1994)
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
6.3
TV Series
Self
1994
1 episode
Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg
TV Special
Self
1994
Milton Berle, Oliver Hardy, Johnny Cash, Bobby Darin, Ralph
Edwards, Shirley Jones, Stan Laurel, and Jayne Mansfield in This Is Your Life
(1950)
This Is Your Life
6.9
TV Series
Self
1993
1 episode
Rock with Laughter
TV Series
Self
1993
1 episode
The Connie Francis Scrapbook
Video
Self
1992
Des O'Connor Tonight (1977)
Des O'Connor Tonight
5.7
TV Series
Self
1990–1992
3 episodes
Ein Kessel Buntes (1972)
Ein Kessel Buntes
5.5
TV Series
Self - Musician
1992
1 episode
Queridos padres
TV Series
Self
1992
1 episode
Guest Night (1992)
Guest Night
TV Series
Self
1992
1 episode
Pebble Mill at One (1972)
Pebble Mill at One
6.2
TV Series
Self
1991–1992
2 episodes
Top of the Pops (1964)
Top of the Pops
6.9
TV Series
Self
1972–1991
3 episodes
Primetime
TV Series
Self
1991
1 episode
Debbie Gibson in One on One with John Tesh (1991)
One on One with John Tesh
2.1
TV Series
Self
1991
1 episode
Cue the Music
5.8
TV Series
Self (1993)
1991–1995
The Garden Party
TV Series
Self
1991
1 episode
Eamonn Andrews in This Is Your Life (1955)
This Is Your Life
6.4
TV Series
Self
1991
1 episode
The Howard Stern Show (1990)
The Howard Stern Show
6.9
TV Series
Self
1991
1 episode
Saturday Matters (1989)
Saturday Matters
TV Series
Self
1989
1 episode
The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic
of Music
TV Special
Self
1989
Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1980)
Lou Rawls Parade of Stars
2.4
TV Series
Self
1988
1 episode
Live! On City Line
TV Series
Self - Guest
1987
1 episode
American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (1985)
American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration
8.6
TV Special
Self
1985
Star Search (1983)
Star Search
5.7
TV Series
Self - Introducer
1984
1 episode
The Gift of Song
TV Special
Self
1984
Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1966)
Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon
6.8
TV Series
Self
1984
1 episode
Na sowas! (1982)
Na sowas!
6.4
TV Series
Self
1984
1 episode
On Stage America (1984)
On Stage America
5.8
TV Series
Self
1984
1 episode
Live from Her Majesty's (1982)
Live from Her Majesty's
7.0
TV Series
Self
1984
1 episode
Breakaway (1983)
Breakaway
6.1
TV Series
Self
1984
1 episode
Weekend with the Stars Telethon
TV Special
Self - Co-Host
1984
Salute!
TV Series
Self
1983
1 episode
Neil Sedaka Says: All You Need Is the Music
TV Special
Self
1983
Hour Magazine (1980)
Hour Magazine
7.4
TV Series
Self
1982
1 episode
Neil Sedaka: In Concert
Music Video
Self
1981
The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll
TV Series
Self - Host
1981
The Monte Carlo Show
7.3
TV Series
Self
1981
1 episode
Deborah Jenssen and Darcel Wynne in Solid Gold (1980)
Solid Gold
6.8
TV Series
Self - Co-Host
1981
1 episode
The Toni Tennille Show (1980)
The Toni Tennille Show
6.8
TV Series
Self
1980
1 episode
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (1980)
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
6.3
TV Special
Self
1980
Mike Douglas in The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Mike Douglas Show
7.0
TV Series
Self - Co-HostSelf - SingerSelf - Songwriter ...
1968–1980
26 episodes
Johnny Carson in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
8.5
TV Series
Self - Musical GuestSelf - Guest
1965–1980
10 episodes
Live Wednesday (1978)
Live Wednesday
5.0
TV Series
Self
1978
1 episode
Dinah Shore in Dinah! (1974)
Dinah!
7.0
TV Series
Self
1975–1978
3 episodes
Michel Legrand in Concert
TV Special
Self - Musician
1978
Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, and Michael Strahan in
Good Morning America (1975)
Good Morning America
4.4
TV Series
Self
1978
1 episode
The People's Command Performance
TV Special
Self
1978
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
TV Special
Self
1977
Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond in Donny and Marie (1975)
Donny and Marie
6.2
TV Series
Self
1977
1 episode
Deniece Williams in The Val Doonican Music Show (1975)
The Val Doonican Music Show
5.7
TV Series
Self
1977
1 episode
Carol Burnett in The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
The Carol Burnett Show
8.7
TV Series
Self
1977
1 episode
Bob Hope's Christmas Comedy Special
6.9
TV Special
Self
1976
Neil Sedaka Steppin' Out
9.2
TV Special
Self
1976
The Midnight Special (1972)
The Midnight Special
8.6
TV Series
Self
1975–1976
2 episodes
Phonzeit (1975)
Phonzeit
TV Series
Self - Musician
1976
1 episode
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971)
The Sonny and Cher Show
6.9
TV Series
SelfSelf - Various Characters
1976
1 episode
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Saturday Night Live
8.0
TV Series
Self - Musical Guest
1976
1 episode
"Tony Orlando and Dawn" Show. Joyce Vincent, Tony
Orlando, Thelma Hopkins
Tony Orlando and Dawn
6.5
TV Series
Self
1975
2 episodes
The Mac Davis Special
9.0
TV Special
Self
1975
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington
in Bicentennial Minutes (1974)
Bicentennial Minutes
8.9
TV Series
Self - Narrator
1975
1 episode
AC/DC, Mark Evans, Phil Rudd, Bon Scott, Angus Young, and
Malcolm Young in King of Pop 1975 (1975)
King of Pop 1975
TV Special
Self
1975
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show
8.3
TV Series
Self
1975
1 episode
In Concert (1970)
In Concert
7.6
TV Series
Self
1975
1 episode
Lulu (1975)
Lulu
TV Series
Self
1975
1 episode
Merv Griffin in The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Merv Griffin Show
6.6
TV Series
Self
1975
1 episode
American Bandstand (1952)
American Bandstand
7.5
TV Series
Self - Musical Guest
1963–1975
6 episodes
Moods of Love
TV Series
Self - Guest
1974
1 episode
They Sold a Million (1973)
They Sold a Million
TV Series
Self
1973–1974
2 episodes
Look, Mike Yarwood!
6.0
TV Series
Self
1974
1 episode
The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971)
The Old Grey Whistle Test
8.1
TV Series
Self
1974
1 episode
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971)
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
7.1
TV Series
Self
1973
1 episode
Hey Brian!
TV Series
Self
1973
1 episode
David Frost in The David Frost Show (1969)
The David Frost Show
7.1
TV Series
Self
1969–1971
2 episodes
Graham Kennedy in In Melbourne Tonight (1957)
In Melbourne Tonight
8.0
TV Series
Self
1969
2 episodes
The Dennis Wholey Show (1969)
The Dennis Wholey Show
TV Series
Self
1969
1 episode
The Bob Braun Show (1967)
The Bob Braun Show
2.4
TV Series
Self - Vocalist
1968
1 episode
Bandstand (1958)
Bandstand
7.9
TV Series
Self - Singer
1968
1 episode
The Peter Martin Show
TV Series
Self
1968
1 episode
Rings Around the World (1966)
Rings Around the World
7.8
Self
1966
The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1961)
The Lloyd Thaxton Show
8.1
TV Series
Self
1964–1966
3 episodes
Where the Action Is (1965)
Where the Action Is
8.2
TV Series
Self
1965–1966
3 episodes
Clay Cole in The Clay Cole Show (1959)
The Clay Cole Show
TV Series
Self
1965–1966
2 episodes
Upbeat (1964)
Upbeat
TV Series
Self
1965
1 episode
Hollywood a Go Go (1964)
Hollywood a Go Go
7.8
TV Series
Self - Singer
1965
2 episodes
ABC's Nightlife (1964)
ABC's Nightlife
2.6
TV Series
Self
1965
2 episodes
Shindig! (1964)
Shindig!
8.0
TV Series
Self - SingerSelf - Pianist
1964–1965
3 episodes
I've Got a Secret (1952)
I've Got a Secret
7.9
TV Series
Self - Guest Star
1965
1 episode
Instant Love (1964)
Instant Love
5.1
Self
1964
Scopitone (1964)
Scopitone
TV Series
Self - Special Guest
1964
Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show
7.9
TV Series
Self - SingerSelf - Piano Player
1963
3 episodes
Helen Atkinson Wood, Nell Campbell, Simon Hickson, Brian
Travers, and Trevor Neal in Juke Box Jury (1959)
Juke Box Jury
7.4
TV Series
Self - Panellist
1962
1 episode
Bruce Forsyth, Frankie Howerd, Des O'Connor, Jimmy Tarbuck,
and Norman Wisdom in Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955)
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
7.3
TV Series
Self
1962
1 episode
Scopitones
TV Series
Self - Performer
1960–1969
The Dick Clark Show (1958)
The Dick Clark Show
7.6
TV Series
Self - Guest
1958–1960
6 episodes
Cita con las estrellas
TV Series
Self - Guest
1956–1971
Archive Footage
A Year in Music (2019)
A Year in Music
6.7
TV Series
Self (archive footage)
2022
1 episode
Donna Summer in Greatest Hits of the 70s (2021)
Greatest Hits of the 70s
7.3
TV Movie
Self (archive footage)
2021
Dusty Springfield in My Music: 60s & 70s Slow Songs
(2015)
My Music: 60s & 70s Slow Songs
TV Movie
Self (archive footage)
2015
My Yearbook 1960-1963 (2015)
My Yearbook 1960-1963
TV Movie
Self (archive footage)
2015
My Music: 50s & 60s Rock Rewind (2014)
My Music: 50s & 60s Rock Rewind
TV Movie
Self (archive footage)
2014
Bandstand (1958)
Bandstand
7.9
TV Series
Self - Singer (archive footage)
1969
1 episode
