380 Neil Sedaka (1939- ) “Oh Carol” 1959

“When Neil Sedaka first toured Britain, in 1958, visiting American rock and-rollers were not held in high regard. His immediate predecessor had been Jerry Lee Lewis, a wild man from Louisiana…Imagine the relief, then, as the 19-year-old Sedaka walked onto the London Palladium stage immaculately dressed and barbered, with a beaming smile in place of Jerry Lee’s superciliously curled lip. Before pitching into his pop repertoire, the Juilliard-trained pianist gave a virtuoso performance of Chopin's Fantaisie impromptu. A chambermaid at the Dorchester hotel, where he was staying, expressed the general feeling. ‘Nice to see a bit of class,’ she told him, ‘after all the rubbish they’ve been sending over’” (Philip Norman, The Sunday Times (London), 10/7/2012). 

Neil Sedaka “Oh Carol”