Neil Sedaka obit

Neil Sedaka Dies: “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” & “Laughter In The Rain” Hitmaker Who Also Wrote “Love Will Keep Us Together” Was 86

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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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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