Biography:
Neil Sedaka (born 13 March 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building era of songwriting. He teamed up with Howard Greenfield to write many major hit songs for himself and others.
Sedaka wrote his 1959 hit "Oh! Carol" about his then-girlfriend, Carol Klein, later to become Carole King. In 1963, King released a humorous answer entitled "Oh Neil".
The Laughter In the Rain Songfacts says Sedaka's hits dried up when The Beatles arrived
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Other songs:
- Breakin Up Is Hard To Do
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
- Calendar Girl
- Goin' Home To Mary Lou
- Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
- Laughter In The Rain
- Little Devil
- No Vacancy
- Oh Carol
- Rosemary Blue
- Stairway To Heaven
- The Diary
- The Hungry Years
- Oh! Carol
- Alice In Wonderland
- Bad Blood
- Bad Girl
- Crying My Heart Out For You
- Esagerata
- Goin Home To Mary Lou
- Gone With The Morning
- King Of Clowns
- Lets Go Steady Again
- Love Will Keep Us Together
- My Friend
- My World Keeps Getting Smaller Everyday
- Next Door To An Angel
- One More Mountain To Climb
- One Way Ticket
- Standing On The Inside
- Stephen
- Stupid Cupid
- Sweet Little You
- The Dreamer
- The Girl For Me
- The Immigrant
- The Other Side Of Me
- The Queen Of 1964
- You Mean Everything To Me
- Youre So Good To Me
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Stupid Cupid:Neil Sedaka.
Released on RCA in Italy in 1959.
(Sedaka was co-writer..gave it to Connie Francis
who had a smash hit with it in 1958.)
PREAMBLE:SPOKEN:
B Gb B
I would like to express my thanks..I trusted you implicitly.
Abm7 E Gb
But what a double-crosser, you turned out to be.
INTRO:SAX: B
#1.
B
Stupid Cupid you're a real mean guy,
B7
I'd like to clip your wings, so you can't fly.
E
I'm in love and it's a cryin' shame,
B
and I know that you're the one to blame.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free, Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
#2.
B
I can't do my homework and I can't think straight,
B7
I meet her every mornin' 'bout a half past eight.
E
I'm actin' like a lovesick fool,
B
you even got me carryin' her books to school.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free...Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
CHORUS:
E B
You mixed me up but good, right from the start,
E Db Gb
hey, go play Robin Hood with somebody else's ha..ha
Gb7
heart..
#3.
B
You've got me jumpin' like a crazy clown,
B7
and I don't feature what you're puttin' down.
E
Well, since I kissed her lovin' lips of wine,
B
the thing that bothers me is, I like it fine.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free...Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) E B E Db Gb
#4.
B
You've got me jumpin' like a crazy clown,
B7
and I don't feature what you're puttin' down.
E
Since I kissed her lovin' lips of wine,
B
the thing that bothers me is, I like it fine.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free...Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
OUTRO:
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, Hey set me free, Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
B E B...(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
Released on RCA in Italy in 1959.
(Sedaka was co-writer..gave it to Connie Francis
who had a smash hit with it in 1958.)
PREAMBLE:SPOKEN:
B Gb B
I would like to express my thanks..I trusted you implicitly.
Abm7 E Gb
But what a double-crosser, you turned out to be.
INTRO:SAX: B
#1.
B
Stupid Cupid you're a real mean guy,
B7
I'd like to clip your wings, so you can't fly.
E
I'm in love and it's a cryin' shame,
B
and I know that you're the one to blame.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free, Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
#2.
B
I can't do my homework and I can't think straight,
B7
I meet her every mornin' 'bout a half past eight.
E
I'm actin' like a lovesick fool,
B
you even got me carryin' her books to school.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free...Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
CHORUS:
E B
You mixed me up but good, right from the start,
E Db Gb
hey, go play Robin Hood with somebody else's ha..ha
Gb7
heart..
#3.
B
You've got me jumpin' like a crazy clown,
B7
and I don't feature what you're puttin' down.
E
Well, since I kissed her lovin' lips of wine,
B
the thing that bothers me is, I like it fine.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free...Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) E B E Db Gb
#4.
B
You've got me jumpin' like a crazy clown,
B7
and I don't feature what you're puttin' down.
E
Since I kissed her lovin' lips of wine,
B
the thing that bothers me is, I like it fine.
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, hey, set me free...Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
OUTRO:
Gb E B Gb B
Hey, Hey set me free, Stupid Cupid stop pickin' on me.
B E B...(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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