The Diary (song)
| "The Diary" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SinglebyNeil Sedaka | ||||
| B-side | "No Vacancy" | |||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | 1958 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Sedaka Howard Greenfield | |||
| Neil Sedakasingles chronology | ||||
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"The Diary"is a song byNeil SedakaandHoward Greenfield.It was released in 1958 as Sedaka's debut single.[1]
Background
[edit]This song's writers, Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, were inspired to write the song after asking for (and being refused) access to their clientConnie Francis's diary in hopes of mining it for lyrical material.[2]They originally wrote this song forLittle Anthony & The Imperials.(It had a very similar sound to that group's first hit, "Tears on My Pillow".) The pair took the song to George Goldner, The Imperials' producer, over at End Records, who, although having the group record and release the song as an End Records single, felt that it wasn't quite done the way they felt it should have been done.[3]The Imperials' version didn't chart, so Sedaka took it and decided that he should record the song himself.[4]"The Diary" was issued on Sedaka's 1959 first solo albumRock with SedakaonRCA.It was reissued on his 1961 recordNeil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits,and again in 1963 on the albumNeil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits.[citation needed]
Reception
[edit]Sedaka's version became his very first hit. The single reached No. 14 on the USBillboardchart,[5][6]and No. 15 inCanada.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Profile of Neil Sedaka".Retrieved2016-07-03.
- ^"Today's Mini-Concert - 7/16/2020".YouTube.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-11-07.RetrievedJune 14,2021.
- ^TheNickNicola (2011-11-12),LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS- THE DIARY,retrieved2016-07-04[dead YouTube link]
- ^"The Diary by Neil Sedaka Songfacts".songfacts.Retrieved2016-07-04.
- ^"Neil Sedaka".history-of-rock.Retrieved2016-07-03.
- ^CatsPjamas1 (2011-10-22),Neil Sedaka - The Diary (1958),archivedfrom the original on 2021-12-21,retrieved2016-07-04
{{citation}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^"CHUM Hit Parade - January 19, 1959".
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