Neil Sedaka Returns to the Van Wezel, 3/24

Superstar Neil Sedaka plays the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Saturday, March 24 at 8:00 PM.

Neil Sedaka’s impressive fifty year career ranges from being one of the first teen pop sensations of the 50’s, a relevant songwriter for himself and other artists in the 60’s, a superstar in the 70’s, to remaining a constant force in writing and performing presently. Sedaka’s song "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" was re-released as a ballad in 1975, and made music history when it reached #1 on the charts, becoming the first song recorded in two different versions by the same artist to reach #1. Among the honors he has received, Sedaka has been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. With a career spanning six decades, a rare feat in the entertainment world, Neil Sedaka never ceases to amaze.

By the time he was eight years old, he had already begun his intensive classical piano training at the prestigious Julliard School of Music and in high school Neil began performing Rock N Roll outside of his classical training. As a writer and performer of his own material Sedaka is responsible for such chart toppers as "The Diary," "Oh! Carol," " Stairway to Heaven," "Calendar Girl," "Little Devil," "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen," "Next Door To An Angel," and "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," songs that have become a part of peoples' lives and can instantly take listeners back to special moments. Neil wrote hit songs for such artists as Frank Sinatra (“The Hungry Years”), Elvis Presley (“Solitaire”), Tom Jones (“Puppet Man”), The Monkees (“When Love Comes Knocking At Your Door”), and The Fifth Dimension (“Workin’ on a Groovy Thing”).