Oh! Carol - Music
Oh! Carol by Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
Artist Biography For Neil Sedaka
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 But Then He Teamed Up With The Lyricist Philip Cody And Had A A Number 1 Hit With "Laughter In The Rain." It Re-Ignited Sedaka's Career And He Had 6 More Top-40 Hits In America By 1977. Sedaka's Voice Is In The Tenor Range.
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For Many Decades The Center Of The US Recording Industry Was The Brill Building A Tall Office Building In New York City Where Many Recording Companies Had Recording Studios Many Songwriters Worked In The Offices Even If Not For A Recording Company And Session Musicians Hung Around All Day To Do Demos For Song-Writers And Even Full-Blown Sessions For Release Cuts. In This Song Neil Publicly Proclaims His Infatuation For The Precociously Young Brill Building Song-Writer Carol King. Shortly Thereafter Carol Publicly Humiliates By Brushing Him Off With Her Answer Song "Oh! Neil". Sad But True.
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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 But Then He Teamed Up With The Lyricist Philip Cody And Had A A Number 1 Hit With "Laughter In The Rain." It Re-Ignited Sedaka's Career And He Had 6 More Top-40 Hits In America By 1977. Sedaka's Voice Is In The Tenor Range.
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For many decades, the center of the US recording industry was the Brill Building, a tall office building in New York city, where many recording companies had recording studios, many songwriters worked in the offices (even if not for a recording company), and session musicians hung around all day to do demos for song-writers and even full-blown sessions for release cuts.
In this song, Neil publicly proclaims his infatuation for the precociously young Brill Building song-writer Carol King. Shortly thereafter, Carol publicly humiliates by brushing him off with her answer song, "Oh! Neil". Sad, but true. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.