Married to the love of his life for almost 61 years, Neil Sedaka doesn’t have much experience to say that “breaking up is hard to do”.
Having recently celebrated his 84th birthday, the handsome singer of “down doobie do down down”, who has melted hearts with his voice, overflows with love for his grandchildren and prides himself on having been “born married to his wife”.
A natural talent, Neil Sedaka – who has written and recorded some of the catchiest tunes in pop history – said that, as a child, he was embarrassed to sing in front of an audience.
“I knew I had a remarkable voice, but I was embarrassed because it was so high-pitched,” he said. “But when I sang at my bar mitzvah, the rabbi was in tears.
When he was just 13, the classically trained pianist, who was attending a Saturday scholarship program at Julliard’s Preparatory for Children, teamed up with 16-year-old Howard Greenfield, and together they composed songs for Sedaka’s school band, the Linc-Tones, a group that would later become the Tokens.
This former teen pop star is now a caring grandfather who loves spending time with his granddaughter lookalikes