Neil Sedaka sold his first song "Stupid Cupid"while on a two year scholarship to Julliard School In New York. A hit for Connie Francis in 1958, as was his "Where the Boys Are, (which Francis sang in the hit teen movie of the same name) in 1961. Neil Sedaka also sold Sedaka-Greenfield songs to Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records who placed them with R&B singers LaVern Baker and Clyde McPhatter. Through the Sixties and early Seventies Neil Sedaka and Greenfield continued to write songs for others including the Fifth Dimension's "Working on a Groovy Thing" and Davy Jone's "Rainy Jane".
Neil Sedaka made three albums in England. Elton John helped him get back on the U.S. charts by reissuing songs from the British albums on one U.S. album "Sedaka's Back" and then having him record for his Rocket label. Sedaka's Back (#23 1972) and The Hungry Years (#16) 1975) both went gold. "Laughter in the Rain" was a #1 hit in 1974 and his "Love Will Keep Us Together (co-written with Greenfield) was a number #1 hit for the Captain and Tennille, winning a 1075 Grammy as the Record of the Year.
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