Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits is a solo album by Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...

 released in 1961 immediately after the cover versions of earlier hits in Circulate

Circulate

Circulate was the second solo album of Neil Sedaka after his 1959 debut solo album Rock with Sedaka. Circulate was released in 1961 on RCA and was produced by Al Nevins and Don Kirshner. Except for the title song "Circulate" and "I Found My World In You", the whole album contains covers of the...

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield

Howard Greenfield

Howard Greenfield was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building...

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1. "Little Devil
   Little Devil
   "Little Devil" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and sung by Neil Sedaka. It was the title track of Sedaka's 1961 album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits. It was released in 1961 and became a hit for him reaching #11 in the US Billboard Charts."Little Devil" was...
   
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2. "Oh! Carol
   Oh! Carol
   "Oh! Carol", sometimes just "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...
   
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3. "You Mean Everything to Me"
4. "Run Samson Run
   Run Samson Run
   "Run Samson Run" is song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and sung by Neil Sedaka. It appears on his album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits. The song was included in Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits ....
   
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5. "The Girl For Me" (Sylvester Bradford, Annebelle Thompson)
6. "Stairway to Heaven
   Stairway to Heaven (Neil Sedaka song)
   "Stairway to Heaven" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield from Neil Sedaka's album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits. It became a hit for Sedaka after "Oh! Carol" and in 1960, repeated the performance of the previous single by peaking at number nine on the US...
   
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7. "Calendar Girl
   Calendar Girl (song)
   "Calendar Girl" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and was a hit single for Neil Sedaka. It was released in 1961 reaching #4 on the US Billboard chart, making it one of the better-known Sedaka songs alongside "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" "Oh! Carol", and "Breaking Up Is Hard...
   
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8. "I Must Be Dreaming"
9. "Going Home to Mary Lou"
10. "The Diary
    The Diary (song)
    "The Diary" is a song by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and is Neil Sedaka's debut single in 1958. It was issued on his 1959 debut solo album Rock with Sedaka on RCA. It was reissued on his 1961 album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits and again in 1963 on the album Neil Sedaka...
    
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11. "What Am I Gonna Do"
12. "One Way Ticket" (Hank Hunter, Jack Keller)

Singles

Seven of the twelve songs on this album hit the charts as follows:

• "Little Devil
  Little Devil
  "Little Devil" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and sung by Neil Sedaka. It was the title track of Sedaka's 1961 album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits. It was released in 1961 and became a hit for him reaching #11 in the US Billboard Charts."Little Devil" was...
  
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• "Oh! Carol
  Oh! Carol
  "Oh! Carol", sometimes just "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...
  
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• "You Mean Everything to Me
  You Mean Everything to Me (song)
  "You Mean Everything to Me" is a song written and sung by Neil Sedaka. It was released in 1960. It became a hit in the US reaching #17 on the US Billboard Chart....
  
  " (US #17, UK #45)
• "Run Samson Run
  Run Samson Run
  "Run Samson Run" is song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and sung by Neil Sedaka. It appears on his album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits. The song was included in Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits ....
  
  " (US #48)
• "Stairway to Heaven
  Stairway to Heaven (Neil Sedaka song)
  "Stairway to Heaven" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield from Neil Sedaka's album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits. It became a hit for Sedaka after "Oh! Carol" and in 1960, repeated the performance of the previous single by peaking at number nine on the US...
  
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• "Calendar Girl
  Calendar Girl (song)
  "Calendar Girl" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and was a hit single for Neil Sedaka. It was released in 1961 reaching #4 on the US Billboard chart, making it one of the better-known Sedaka songs alongside "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" "Oh! Carol", and "Breaking Up Is Hard...
  
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• "The Diary
  The Diary (song)
  "The Diary" is a song by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and is Neil Sedaka's debut single in 1958. It was issued on his 1959 debut solo album Rock with Sedaka on RCA. It was reissued on his 1961 album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits and again in 1963 on the album Neil Sedaka...
  
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  Rock with Sedaka
  Rock with Neil Sedaka or just Neil Sedaka is the first major solo album of Neil Sedaka released in 1959 after two 1958 albums under the titles Neil Sedaka and The Tokens and Neil Sedaka and The Tokens and Coins...
  
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All of these songs were released on 45 rpm singles. It should be noted that "You Mean Everything To Me" and "Run Samson Run" were released together on a 45 rpm record; with both songs charting, the record gave Sedaka a rare double A-side.

The other five songs had also seen 45 rpm single releases as follows:

• "The Girl For Me" was a non-charting A-side from 1959.
• "I Must Be Dreaming" was the B-side of "Little Devil" in 1961.
• "Going Home To Mary Lou" was a non-charting single from 1959.
• "What Am I Gonna Do" was the B-side of "Going Home To Mary Lou" in 1959.
• "One-Way Ticket To The Blues" was the B-side of "Oh, Carol!" in 1959.

1993 Re-release

The album was re-released in 1993 with the same 12 original tracks in addition to 8 bonus tracks:

• 13) "Stupid Cupid
  Stupid Cupid
  "Stupid Cupid" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka which became a hit for Connie Francis in 1958.In the spring of 1958 Francis had hit #4 with her breakout hit, a rock ballad version of the standard "Who's Sorry Now?"...
  
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• 14) "You Got to Learn Your Rhythm and Blues" (Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield)
• 15) "Sweet Little You" (Mann/Kolber) (US #59)
• 16) "King of Clowns" (Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield) (US #45 UK #23)
• 17) "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield) (US #1, UK #7)
• 18) "Next Door To An Angel" (Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield) (US #5, UK #29)
• 19) "The Dreamer" (Grossman) (#47)
• 20) "Let's Go Steady Again" (Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield) (US #26, UK #42)

2010 Re-release

The 12 tracks from the original 1961 release were reissued again in late 2010, combined with the tracks from the 1978 album The Many Sides Of Neil Sedaka

The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka

The Many Sides Of Neil Sedaka is a 1978 compilation album released by RCA Victor Records containing the works of pop singer Neil Sedaka. The album contains some of Sedaka's lesser-known works in the period from 1958-1965, although three of the songs on the album were charting hits at the time of...

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