“Calendar Girl” is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and was a hit single for Neil Sedaka. It was released in 1960 and reached #4 on the US Billboard chart in 1961, making it one of the better-known Sedaka songs alongside “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” “Oh! Carol”, and “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”. The personnel on the original recording include Al Caiola, Buck Pizzarelli, Art Ryerson and Bill Suyker on Guitar, George Duvivier on Bass, Ernie Hayes on Piano, Jerome Richardson on Sax, and David “Panama” Francis on Drums.

In the lyrics, the singer recites the months of the year and explains how events throughout the year give him reasons to celebrate the love he has for his girlfriend. The events primarily relate to Western and American holidays.

A contemporary Scopitone promotional clip was filmed to the song in color, consisting of Sedaka playing piano and dancing in line with a number of scantily-clad women, on a mock stage made to resemble calendar themes. Neil Sedaka’s version reached number one on Japan’s “Utamatic” song chart in the fall of 1961.

Petula Clark recorded a French-language cover of this song.

In 1978, Purina Cat Chow did a commercial using a song “Calendar Cat” which sounds like Neil Sedaka’s “Calendar Girl”.

By Neil Sedaka

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