by Kevin Morton | Jul 12, 2007
When Neil Sedaka was only thirteen, he was already being groomed for a career as a classical pianist. One day he was playing in the lobby of the Kenmore Lake Hotel in Livingston Manor, New York, when he caught the ear of his neighbor, Mrs. Greenfield. Mrs. Greenfield...
by Kevin Morton | Jul 12, 2007
Although Neil Sedaka’s family had a history of classical pianists, and young Neil was expected to follow suit, rock and roll got in the way. Even as he was being trained as a “serious” musician at Juilliard in the late ’50s, Sedaka formed the...
