American singer-songwriter cum pianist Neil Sedaka has an estimated net worth of $100 million. Most of his earnings are derived from the millions of records sold across the world for many years.
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Who Is Neil Sedaka?
Neil Sedaka is a singer-songwriter and pianist known for writing the hit song “(Is This the Way to) Amarillo”
Born on March 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York, Sedaka’s music career began in the 1950s, and has so far sold millions of records worldwide.
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Sedaka has more than 500 songs to his credits, including collaborations with the likes of Howard “Howie” Greenfield and Phil Cody.
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Some of his early hits include “Oh! Carol”, “Calendar Girl”, “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen”, “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”, “Laughter in the Rain” and “Bad Blood”.
He additionally wrote songs such as “Stupid Cupid” (Connie Francis), “Love Will Keep Us Together” (Captain & Tennille), and “(Is This the Way to) Amarillo” (Tony Christie), which won him the Guinness World Records for “the most successful UK single of the 21st century.”
Sedaka sings across the pop, brill building, rock and roll, doo-wop genres.
In 1983, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983, and in 2006, he was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
He has also earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and holds an Art Gilmore Career Achievement Award.
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