“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. Continue reading →

One Way Ticket (To The Blues ) was written by Hunter Hank and Jack Keller in 1959 Continue reading →

Oh! Carol”, legal title “Oh Carol”, is an international hit written by Neil Sedaka in 1958 about his then-girlfriend, Carol Klein, later to become Carole King. The song was co-written with Howard Greenfield. The song reached #9 in the American charts in 1959. It also earned Sedaka his first #1 ranking when it went to #1 on the Italian charts for four weeks in January 1960. Continue reading →