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The following is a comprehensive discography of Neil Sedaka, the American singer.
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1950s
- 1959: Rock with Sedaka (titled 'Neil Sedaka' in some territories)
1960s
- 1961: Circulate (10 of the 12 songs are covers of 1930s-1950s standards; released in Japan under the title Look To The Rainbow)
- 1961: Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits
- 1963: Three Great Guys (with Paul Anka and Sam Cooke)
- 1969: Workin' on a Groovy Thing (released in the UK as Sounds of Sedaka)
1970s
- 1971: Emergence
- 1972: Solitaire (titled Neil Sedaka in some territories)
- 1973: The Tra-La Days Are Over
- 1974: Laughter In The Rain
- 1974: Sedaka's Back (US)
- 1975: Overnight Success (titled The Hungry Years in some territories)
- 1976: Steppin' Out
- 1977: A Song
- 1978: All You Need Is the Music
1980s
- 1980: In the Pocket
- 1981: Neil Sedaka: Now
- 1983: Come See About Me
- 1986: The Good Times
1990s
- 1991: Tuneweaver
- 1995: Classically Sedaka
- 1998: Tales of Love (and Other Passions)
2000s
- 2003: Brighton Beach Memories — Neil Sedaka Sings Yiddish
- 2005: The Miracle of Christmas (2-CD set)
- 2009: Waking Up Is Hard to Do (children's recording)
2010s
- 2010: The Music of My Life
- 2012: The Real Neil (his first acoustic album, with just piano and voice)
- 2016: I Do It for Applause
1960s
- 1963: Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits (also known as Greatest Hits 1959–63)
- 1963: Nuestro Amigo Neil Sedaka Canta En Español (in Spanish)
- 1964: Más Neil Sedaka En Español (in Spanish)
- 1964: Neil Sedaka: Italiano (in Italian)
- 1965: Sedaka Italiano Volume 2 (in Italian)
- 1966: Smile (in Italian)
- 1966: My Yiddishe Momme: Neil Sedaka at Chequers
1970s
- 1970: Oh! Carol
- 1974: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (UK; live)
- 1974: Oh Carol
- 1974: On Stage (issued in the US in 1976 as Live in Australia & in Brazil as Ao Vivo)
- 1975: All-Time Greatest Hits
- 1975: Pop Power: The Fantastic Neil Sedaka
- 1976: Let's Go Steady Again
- 1976: Pure Gold
- 1976: Sedaka Live in Australia at the South Sydney Junior Leagues Club
- 1976: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: The Original Hit
- 1976: Stupid Cupid (RCA Camden album)
- 1976: Laughter and Tears: The Best of Neil Sedaka Today
- 1977: Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits
- 1977: Neil Sedaka and Songs — A Solo Concert (live 2-LP)
- 1977: Neil Sedaka and Songs
- 1977: Neil Sedaka: The '50s and '60s
- 1997: Neil Sedaka: 14 Knockouts
- 1978: The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka
- 1979: Let's Go Steady Again
- 1979: Sunny
1980s
- 1980: Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits
- 1982: Is Anybody Gonna Miss You?
- 1982: Sedaka Live at Sun City (South African release of the "On Stage album from 1974)
- 1986: My Friend
- 1988: All-Time Greatest Hits
1990s
- 1991: All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- 1991: Timeless — The Very Best of Neil Sedaka
- 1991: The Collection
- 1991: Neil Sedaka's Diary
- 1992: Greatest Hits Live
- 1992: Love Will Keep Us Together
- 1992: Tuneweaver
- 1994: Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974-80
- 1994: A Personal Collection
- 1994: The Singer & His Songs
- 1995: Song Cycle (songs culled from "Emergence" [1971] and "Solitaire" [1972])
- 1995: I Successi Di Neil Sedaka (compilation of Italian-language recordings)
- 1996: Neil Sedaka By Popular Demand
- 1996: Neil Sedaka in Italiano (2-CD edition of his 1960s Italian recordings)
- 1997: What a Difference a Day Makes: The Neil Sedaka Collection
- 1999: The Very Best of Neil Sedaka (2-CD set)
2000s
- 2001: RCA 100th Anniversary Series: The Very Best Of Neil Sedaka
- 2002: Let the Good Times In
- 2003: Oh! Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955-66 (8-CD box with previously unreleased material)
- 2003: Neil Sedaka: The Brooklyn Demos, 1958-61
- 2003: Platinum and Gold Collection
- 2003: The Show Goes On
- 2004: Stairway to Heaven: The Best of Neil Sedaka
- 2005: Love Songs
- 2006: The Very Best of Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2-CD)
- 2006: Neil Sedaka Live at the Royal Albert Hall – The Very Best of Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2 DVD set filmed 7 April 2006 in London)
- 2007: The Definitive Collection (2-CD)
- 2007: Oh! Carol
- 2009: Flashback (compilation of Italian recordings)
- 2009: Waking Up Is Hard to Do
- 2009: The Miracle of Christmas: The Deluxe Edition
2010s and 2020s
- 2010: The Music of My Life
- 2010: Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits / The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka (a combo re-release of his 1961 and 1978 albums as listed above)
- 2010: Neil Sedaka
- 2011: "Oh! Carol" and All the Early Classics
- 2011: I Must Be Dreaming
- 2011: The Sedaka Sessions
- 2011: Where the Boys Are: The Music of Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield
- 2012: Neil Sedaka: Hit Maker
- 2013: The Things I Love
- 2013: The Essential Early Recordings (2-CD set)
- 2013: The Drugstore's Rockin'
- 2013: Neil Sedaka In The Studio, 1958-1962
- 2013: Neil Sedaka Live at the Royal Albert Hall
- 2014: Neil Sedaka: Hits Around the World
- 2014: Neil Sedaka in the Studio, 1958-1962, Vol. 2
- 2014: The Complete Singles and EPs: As and Bs, 1956-1962
- 2014: Neil Sedaka Songbook (2-CD set)
- 2016: Greatest Hits
- 2022: All You Need Is The Music: The Elektra Years (1977–1981) (2-CD album containing complete contents of Sedaka's four Elektra albums - A Song [1977], All You Need Is the Music [1978], In the Pocket [1980], and Neil Sedaka: Now [1981])
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| Year | Title | Side 1 content | Side 2 content | Notes |
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| 1959 | I Go Ape! | (1) "I Go Ape!" & (2) "All I Need Is You" | (3) "(Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!" & (4) "I Belong to You" | |
| 1959 | Oh, Carol! | (1) "Oh, Carol!" & (2) "Going Home to Mary Lou" | (3) "The Girl for Me" & (4) "I Ain't Hurtin' No More" | |
| 1961 | Little Devil | (1) "Little Devil" & (2) "Circulate" | (3) "Calendar Girl" & (4) "We Kiss in a Shadow" | An RCA 33 RPM "compact double" |
| 1961 | Neil's Best | (1) "Oh, Carol!" & (2) "Stairway to Heaven" | (3) "Run Samson Run" & (4) "The Diary" | An RCA 33 RPM "compact double" |
| 1962 | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | (1) "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" & (2) "What Am I Gonna Do" | (3) "All I Need Is You" & (4) "I Waited Too Long" | Released in France |
| 1963 | Alice in Wonderland | (1) "Alice in Wonderland" & (2) "Sweet Little You" | (3) "Next Door to an Angel" & (4) "I Found My World in You" | Released in France |
| 1966 | Neil Sedaka in Hebrew and English | (1) "Oh, Carol!" (Hebrew) & (2) "You Mean Everything to Me" (Hebrew) | (3) "Waiting for Never (La Terza Luna)" & (4) "Too Late" | Released in Israel |
| 1966 | My Yiddishe Momme | (1) "My Yiddishe Momme" | (2) "Israeli Medley: (a) "Shalom Aleichem", (b) "Artza Aleinu", (c) "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena"; & (3) "Scapriaticciello" | Released in Australia |
| 1969 | Star-Crossed Lovers | (1) "Star-Crossed Lovers" & (2) "Rainy Jane" | (3) "Jeannine" & (4) "We Had a Good Thing Going" | Released in Australia on the Atlantic label |
| 1976 | Make Your Own Sunshine | (1) "You've Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine" & (2) "New York City Blues" | (3) "Summer Nights" & (4) "Tit for Tat" | Released in UK; 33 RPM EP |
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1950s
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| 1957 | "Laura Lee" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
| "Ring-a-Rockin'" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| 1958 | "The Diary" | 14 | 25 | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
| "I Go Ape" | 42 | ― | ― | ― | ― | 9 | ||||
| 1959 | "(Stop!) You're Knocking Me Out!" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
| "Crying My Heart Out for You" | 111 | ― | 6 | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Stupid Cupid" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "All I Need Is You" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Oh! Carol" | 9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| "The Girl for Me" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Going Home to Mary Lou" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "I Ain't Hurtin' No More" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
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1960s
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| US Pop [1] |
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| 1960 | "Stairway to Heaven" | 9 | ― | 16 | 18 | ― | 8 | |||
| "You Mean Everything to Me" / "Run Samson Run" |
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| 1961 | "Calendar Girl" | 4 | 22 | 11 | ― | 8 | ||||
| "Little Devil" | 11 | ― | ― | ― | 9 | |||||
| "Sweet Little You" | 59 | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" | 6 | ― | ― | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 1962 | "King of Clowns" | 45 | ― | ― | ― | 23 | ||||
| "Oh, Delilah!" (with the Marvels) | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | 1 | 12 | ― | ― | 7 | |||||
| "Next Door to an Angel" | 5 | 19 | ― | ― | 29 | |||||
| 1963 | "Alice in Wonderland" | 17 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Let's Go Steady Again" | 26 | 21 | ― | ― | 42 | |||||
| "The Dreamer" | 47 | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| "Bad Girl" | 33 | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| 1964 | "This Endless Night" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "The Closest Thing to Heaven" | — | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| "Sunny" | 86 | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| "I Hope He Breaks Your Heart" | — | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| "Let the People Talk" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| 1965 | "The World Through a Tear" | 76 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "The Answer to My Prayer" | 89 | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| 1966 | "The Answer Lies Within" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "We Can Make It If We Try" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| 1969 | "Star-Crossed Lovers" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Rainy Jane" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| "Ebony Angel" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
| "Wheeling, West Virginia" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||||
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1970s
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| US Pop [1] |
US AC [6] |
AUS [7] |
CAN AC [8] |
NZ [9] |
UK [5] | |||||
| 1971 | "My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day" (Australia only) | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
| "I'm a Song (Sing Me)" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Superbird" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| 1972 | "Beautiful You" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | 43 | |||
| "That's When the Music Takes Me" | 27 | 7 | ― | ― | ― | 18 | ||||
| "Dimbo Man" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| 1973 | "Standing on the Inside" | ― | ― | 40 | ― | ― | 26 | |||
| "Suspicions" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Our Last Song Together" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | 31 | ||||
| "Love Will Keep Us Together" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| 1974 | "A Little Lovin'" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | 34 | |||
| "Going Nowhere" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Laughter in the Rain" | 1 | 1 | ― | ― | ― | 15 | ||||
| 1975 | "The Immigrant" | 22 | 1 | ― | ― | 17 | ― | |||
| "The Queen of 1964" | ― | ― | ― | ― | 15 | 35 | ||||
| "Bad Blood" (with uncredited backing vocals by Elton John) | 1 | 25 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "New York City Blues" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (slow ballad version) | 8 | 1 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| 1976 | "Love in the Shadows" | 16 | 4 | ― | ― | 20 | ― | |||
| "Steppin' Out" (with uncredited backing vocals by Elton John) | 36 | 45 | ― | ― | 35 | ― | ||||
| "No. 1 with a Heartache" | ― | ― | ― | ― | 17 | ― | ||||
| "You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine" | 53 | 7 | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| 1977 | "Amarillo" | 44 | 4 | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
| "Alone at Last" | ― | 17 | ― | 10 | ― | ― | ||||
| "You Never Done It Like That" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| 1978 | "All You Need Is the Music" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
| "Love Keeps Getting Stronger Every Day" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Sad, Sad Story" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
| "Blue Boy" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
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1980s to 1990s
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
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| US Pop [1] |
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AUS [10] | ||||||||
| 1980 | "Should've Never Let You Go" (with Dara Sedaka) | 19 | 3 | 69 | ||||||
| "Letting Go" | 107 | ― | ― | |||||||
| 1981 | "My World Keeps Slipping Away" | ― | 36 | ― | ||||||
| "Losing You" | ― | ― | ― | |||||||
| 1984 | "New Orleans" (with Gary U.S. Bonds) | ― | ― | ― | ||||||
| "Rhythm of the Rain" | ― | 37 | ― | |||||||
| "Your Precious Love" (with Dara Sedaka) | ― | 16 | ― | |||||||
| 1986 | "The Good Times" | ― | ― | ― | ||||||
| 1991 | "Laughter in the Rain" (New version; with Dara Sedaka) | ― | ― | ― | ||||||
| "Love Will Keep Us Together" (New version; UK only) | ― | ― | ― | |||||||
| 1992 | "Desiree" | ― | ― | ― | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
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In Italian
All singles were released on the RCA Victor label except for "L'Addio"/"Passo E Chiudo" which was released on the Atlantic label.
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| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1961 | "Esagerata" ("Little Devil") | b/w "Un giorno inutile" ("I Must Be Dreaming") |
| 1962 | "Tu non lo sai" ("Breaking Up Is Hard to Do") | b/w "Finché vivrò" ("As Long As I Live") |
| 1963 | "La terza luna" ("Waiting for Never") | #1-ranked hit in Italy in April 1963; b/w "Il re dei pagliacci" ("King of Clowns") |
| 1963 | "I tuoi capricci" ("Look Inside Your Heart") | b/w "Non cercare un'altra bocca" ("Walk with Me") |
| 1963 | "Adesso no" | b/w "Quando sorridi così" |
| 1964 | "La notte è fatta per amare" ("Another Day, Another Heartache") | b/w "La forza del destino" |
| 1964 | "La luna a fiori" | b/w "Ricordati ancora" |
| 1965 | "Non basta mai" | b/w "Darei 10 anni" |
| 1965 | "E la vita continua" | b/w "Sarà sarà" |
| 1966 | "Lettera bruciata" ("A Lover's Concerto") | b/w "L'ultima foglia" |
| 1969 | "L'addio" ("Star-Crossed Lovers") | b/w "Passo e chiudo" ("We Had a Good Thing Goin'") |
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In German
All singles were released on the RCA label.
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| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1961 | "Crazy Daisy" ("Little Devil") | b/w "Heute Sind Es Träume" ("I Must Be Dreaming") |
| 1962 | "Nur Ein Bild Von Dir" ("Pictures from the Past") | b/w "Wenn Ich In Dein Fenster Seh" ("On the Outside Looking In") |
| 1963 | "Candy (Madchen Aus Old Germany)" | b/w "So Wie Mein Baby" ("Wait 'Til You See My Baby") |
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In other languages
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| Year | Title | Language | B-side | Label |
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| 1964 | "Manuela" § | Spanish | "Lunita Consejera" § | RCA Victor |
| 1965 | "Namida No Komichi" ("The World Through a Tear") | Japanese | "High on a Mountain" (Japanese) | Victor (JVC) |
| 1965 | "Oh, Carol!" (Hebrew) | Hebrew | "You Mean Everything to Me" (Hebrew) | RCA Victor |
| 1969 | "Amour Perdu" (Star-Crossed Lovers) | Canadian French | "Oui, Nous Serons Des Copains" ("We Had a Good Thing Goin'") | Atlantic (Quebec) |
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§ - "Manuela" and "Lunita Consejera" were derived from the 1964 Italian-Argentine film Il Gaucho.
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