Neil Sedaka, the hit-making singer-songwriter whose boyish soprano and bright melodies made him a top act in the early years of rock ‘n’ roll and led to a second run of success in the 1970s, has died.

The singer and songwriter, who died on Friday at 86, gave voice to teenage dreams, then executed one of music’s most unexpected comebacks.

David Pogue looks back at the career of the singer-songwriter whose Top 10 hits included such classics as "Oh, Carol," "Calendar Girl," "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," and "Laughter in the Rain." ...

In a 2025 interview, Neil Sedaka recalled how Elton John helped spark his 1970s comeback, and the recording of their ...

He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ’60s, including “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.

Neil Armstrong's kids still remember the day he walked on the moon Bettmann/ Getty ; DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Neil Armstrong was famously the first man to walk on the moon. But at home, his three ...