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New York Radio DJ Pete Fornatale interviews Neil Sedaka (2004)

Portion of a 2004 intimate interview with legendary song writer and performer Neil Sedaka 00:00 (TC: 01.07.05): Neil Sedaka - The Diary (live) 00:05 (TC: 01.09.19): Neil Sedaka: Steve Sholes, he brought Elvis from Sun Records to RCA. And I walked in with the diary, which had already been recorded by little Anthony and the Imperials, it was a terrible record. And Nevins encouraged and said, What do you want as your first debut single on RCA as a singer songwriter? I said the diary. Pete Fornatale: You had already tasted success as a songwriter, which we'll get to in a minute, but that was the transition into performing exactly. I heard a quote from you, Neil, where you said that you wanted to be famous from a very early age but then right after that, you said, Be careful what you wish for. What did you mean by that Neil Sedaka: Brighton Beach, I used to buy 45 Records Pete and I used to scratch out the name of the artists and the writer and write Neil Sedaka to see how it looks. And be careful of what you wish for. Well, you know, I worked very hard. I traveled all over the world, you have to give up a lot of your privacy, you have to give up a lot of your personal life. And it was a successful run. But I worked very hard for it. Pete Fornatale: so there is an upside and a downside to the celebrity. Neil Sedaka: Yes, you have to be two different people. There are two Neils one is the Neil that is the in the public eye and one is the personal Neil. 01:36 (TC: 01.10.50): Pete Fornatale: Well, you are here today for among other reasons, celebrating a number of milestones, and projects, including a DVD recorded at Royal Albert Hall, the Definitive Collection of your career spanning hits. But to me, the most staggering of all is 50 successful years in the music business. I'm I'm guessing that it seems to you like at this point, a blink of the eye, is that accurate? Neil Sedaka: Very slow. There was so many countries and so many languages and so many trips, that it seems ages and ages ago, that I began as, as a kid. You know, I was very fortunate. I sang in five languages, Nevins and Kirshner, who were not only my publishers, but they were my managers. And they were afraid to book me in America because I was not a seasoned performer. I was just a kid. And so as a as a result, they booked me in Japan, Italy, Australia, South America. And it was good because I I became a success in those countries. 03:10 (TC: 01.12.25): Pete Fornatale: Could you tell our younger listeners what the make believe ballroom was and what it meant to you? Neil Sedaka: Oh, I was growing up. Martin block's make believe ballroom. I was about 10, 11, 12. I listened to Johnny Ray, Patti Page, Les Paul and Mary Ford. Rosemary Clooney. I was glued to the radio. And I loved it. And the first thing that how we Greenfield and I write we're writing the first songs were pre rock and roll. So we emulated Jerome Kern Rogers and Hart George Gershwin. Pete Fornatale: So you really walked this, this line between classical music and then popular music. I know that you still have your classical chops and you include it in your show. Is there something you can demonstrate Neil Sedaka: a little bit.bit I studied at the Juilliard with the great Adela Marcus...Well, you know, I'm probably the only one in my generation that can do that. I started out, I wanted to be a classical pianist. Yeah, I got a scholarship to the Juilliard. And everybody expected Neil, to be a concert pianist. Pete Fornatale: What was your bridge from classical music, to popular music? Neil Sedaka: I wanted to make money. Classical is wonderful for the soul. It's great to play a Beethoven sonata. But it's better to sing your own songs when I realized that I could write and then starting to listen to rock and roll. every teenager wanted to be a rock and roll star. So I think any music done and good taste is valid. You know people in Juilliard said oh my God, how can you do that? It's disgusting. It's not Chopin and Bach.