Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits
# Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits

Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits is a solo album by Neil Sedaka released in 1961 immediately after the cover versions of earlier hits in Circulate.

## Track listing

All tracks composed by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield; except where indicated

* "Little Devil"
* "Oh! Carol"
* "You Mean Everything to Me"
* "Run Samson Run"
* "The Girl For Me" (Sylvester Bradford, Annebelle Thompson)
* "Stairway to Heaven"
* "Calendar Girl"
* "I Must Be Dreaming"
* "Going Home to Mary Lou"
* "The Diary"
* "What Am I Gonna Do"
* "One Way Ticket" (Hank Hunter, Jack Keller)

## Singles

All of the songs on this album were released on 45 rpm singles. Seven of the twelve songs on this album hit the charts as follows:

* "Little Devil" (US #11, UK #9)
* "Oh! Carol" (US #9, UK #3)
* "You Mean Everything to Me" (US #17, UK #45)
* "Run Samson Run" (US #28)
* "Stairway to Heaven" (US #9, UK #8)
* "Calendar Girl" (#4, UK #8)
* "The Diary" (US #14) (already found on the Rock with Sedaka album)

"You Mean Everything to Me" and "Run Samson Run" were released together on a 45 rpm record; with both songs charting, the record gave Sedaka a rare double A-side.

The other five songs had also seen 45 rpm single releases as follows:

* "The Girl For Me" was a non-charting A-side from 1959.
* "I Must Be Dreaming" was the B-side of "Little Devil" in 1961.
* "Going Home To Mary Lou" was a non-charting single from 1959.
* "What Am I Gonna Do" was the B-side of "Going Home To Mary Lou" in 1959.
* "One Way Ticket (to the Blues)" was the B-side of "Oh, Carol!" in 1959.

## Re-releases

### 1993

The album was re-released in 1993 with the same 12 original tracks in addition to 8 bonus tracks:

* 13) "Stupid Cupid" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield)
* 14) "You Got to Learn Your Rhythm and Blues" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield)
* 15) "Sweet Little You" (Mann, Kolber) (US #59)
* 16) "King of Clowns" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) (US #45 UK #23)
* 17) "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) (US #1, UK #7)
* 18) "Next Door To An Angel" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) (US #5, UK #29)
* 19) "The Dreamer" (Grossman) (#47)
* 20) "Let's Go Steady Again" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) (US #26, UK #42)

### 2010

The 12 tracks from the original 1961 release were reissued again in late 2010, combined with the tracks from the 1978 album The Many Sides Of Neil Sedaka.

### 2017

In April 2017, the UK-based Hallmark Records reissued this album on CD according to the original 1961 track listing.

