NEIL SEDAKA, 82 YEARS OLD

Neil Sedaka is a singer, record producer, and composer who has globally sold millions of records. However, aside from being one of the industry’s most loved best-sellers, he is also among the most prolific. After all, Sedaka has over 500 songs to his credit, which he has written for himself or other people. His frequent collaborators include other talents such as Phil Cody and Howard Greenfield. Did you know that he was in a band before he achieved success as a soloist? The Linc-Tones may have been short-lived, but they also released a few hits with songs such as, While I Dream and I Love My Baby.

As a solo artist, Sedaka gained further recognition with the songs Stairway to Heaven and Calendar Girl, which were both released during the 60s. The degree of his success reached a global fever pitch, which led to him recording songs in other languages such as German, Japanese, Hebrew, and Canadian French!