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Neil Sedaka RIP (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 27 OP
Looks like it's for real. Intractable Feb 27 #1
86 years old...... a kennedy Feb 27 #2
awww. Quiet Em Feb 27 #3
... SheltieLover Feb 27 #4
I caught him live in Europe, 53 years ago Brother Buzz Feb 27 #5
I like Laughter In The Rain now better than then. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 27 #8
Ditto kimbutgar Feb 27 #9
Same thing with Philadelphia Freedom and The Bitch Is Back DemocratSinceBirth Feb 27 #18
I agree with you in the 70's when I was a young lass kimbutgar Feb 27 #19
Two things DemocratSinceBirth Feb 27 #21
Laughter In The Rain was the beginning of his second career. Brother Buzz Feb 27 #10
Aw gee ... R-I-P Neil 🙏 Raine Feb 27 #6
Aww, man. He was a fun guy. shenmue Feb 27 #7
Wow. I'd been watching him on TikTok live from time to time. C Moon Feb 27 #11
Wrong guy, God BaronChocula Feb 27 #12
... Talitha Feb 27 #13
Requiescat in pace, good soul, and thank you for the music. niyad Feb 27 #14
RIP orangecrush Feb 27 #15
RIP Neal MustLoveBeagles Feb 27 #16
Oh wow... RIP FemDemERA Feb 27 #17
Elton John was a big fan. Norbert Feb 27 #20

Brother Buzz

(39,917 posts)
5. I caught him live in Europe, 53 years ago
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 07:13 PM
Feb 27

In that period, he was kinda a nobody, but he put on a spectacular show (he included his daughter in the show). Soon after a saw him, I noticed came-back from the doldrums. Solid songwriter even if it wasn’t stuff I was really interested in.

kimbutgar

(27,257 posts)
9. Ditto
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 08:26 PM
Feb 27

I have Sirius FN satellite radio in my car and this one channel yacht rock plays the song all the time. I heard it yesterday and was humming along with it !

RIP Neil you brought great music into our lives in the 70’s !

DemocratSinceBirth

(101,856 posts)
18. Same thing with Philadelphia Freedom and The Bitch Is Back
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:33 PM
Feb 27

You Are So Beautiful. My Eyes Adored You. Having My Baby. Rock Me Gently. All different artists I know, but I like 70s music now more than in the 70s. Your friends would make fun of you if you said you liked it.

kimbutgar

(27,257 posts)
19. I agree with you in the 70's when I was a young lass
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:43 PM
Feb 27

I thought they were sappy songs and now I love hearing them!

DemocratSinceBirth

(101,856 posts)
21. Two things
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 11:40 PM
Feb 27

Someone must have been buying them. Andy Kim was at the Capitol Records building in Hollywood and Andy Kim was there for business and John Lennon came in. John told him how much he loved Rock Me Gently.

Brother Buzz

(39,917 posts)
10. Laughter In The Rain was the beginning of his second career.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 08:26 PM
Feb 27

We I saw him, he mostly performed all his Brill Building pop/bubble gum music. Solid music, but not my thing.

Norbert

(7,773 posts)
20. Elton John was a big fan.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:54 PM
Feb 27

Go figure, like Elton, Neil was a prolific songwriter and also played the piano very well. Neil recorded for Elton's Rocket Records.

I 'liked' him on Facebook. He would play vignettes of some of his famous songs and placed them on FB. Facebook can be such a good social media site. Sigh.

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