Neil Sedaka
Birth Name:
Neil Sedaka
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Profession
Soundtrack, Music department, Actor
Fast Facts
- In 1983, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
- Received the 2004 Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award
- Is a cousin of performer Eydie Gorme and actress Helene Sedaka
- Started performing in high school with the doo-wop group The Tokens
- Started training in piano at the Julliard School of Music at the age of nine
- Would frequently collaborate with lyracist Howard Greenfield
- In 1966, he was going to represent the United States at the Tchaikovsky competition, but was disqualified because of his work with pop music