The Diary (song)

1958 single by Neil Sedaka

"The Diary"

Single by Neil Sedaka
B-side| "No Vacancy"
Released| 1958
Recorded| 1958
Genre| Pop
Label| RCA
Songwriter(s)| Neil Sedaka
Howard Greenfield
Neil Sedaka singles chronology
|  | "The Diary"
(1958)  | "I Go Ape"
(1959)

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"The Diary" is a song by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was released in 1958 as Sedaka's debut single.[1]

## Background[edit]

This song's writers, Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, were inspired to write the song after asking for (and being refused) access to their client Connie Francis's diary in hopes of mining it for lyrical material.[2] They originally wrote this song for Little Anthony & The Imperials. (It had a very similar sound to that group's first hit, "Tears on My Pillow".) The pair took the song to George Goldner, The Imperials' producer, over at End Records, who, although having the group record and release the song as an End Records single, felt that it wasn't quite done the way they felt it should have been done.[3] The Imperials' version didn't chart, so Sedaka took it and decided that he should record the song himself.[4] "The Diary" was issued on Sedaka's 1959 first solo album Rock with Sedaka on RCA. It was reissued on his 1961 record Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits, and again in 1963 on the album Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits.[citation needed]

## Reception[edit]

Sedaka's version became his very first hit. The single reached No. 14 on the US Billboard chart,[5][6] and No. 15 in Canada.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Profile of Neil Sedaka". Retrieved 2016-07-03.
2. ^ "Today's Mini-Concert - 7/16/2020". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
3. ^ TheNickNicola (2011-11-12), LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS- THE DIARY, retrieved 2016-07-04[dead YouTube link]
4. ^ "The Diary by Neil Sedaka Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
5. ^ "Neil Sedaka". www.history-of-rock.com. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
6. ^ CatsPjamas1 (2011-10-22), Neil Sedaka - The Diary (1958), archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2016-07-04`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
7. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - January 19, 1959".

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Neil Sedaka

Studio albums|

* Rock with Sedaka
* Circulate
* Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits
* 3 Great Guys
* Workin' on a Groovy Thing/Sounds of Sedaka
* Emergence
* Solitaire
* The Tra-La Days Are Over
* Laughter in the Rain
* Overnight Success
* The Hungry Years
* Steppin' Out
* A Song
* All You Need Is the Music
* In the Pocket
* Now
* Come See About Me
* The Good Times

Compilation albums|

* Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits
* Italiano
* Italiano Vol. 2
* Oh! Carol
* Sedaka's Back
* Oh Carol
* Let's Go Steady Again
* Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits (1977)
* The '50s and '60s
* 14 Knockouts
* The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka
* Sunny
* Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits (1980)
* My Friend
* Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits
* All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
* Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974–1980
* The Very Best of Neil Sedaka
* Oh Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955–66
* Stairway to Heaven: The Best of Neil Sedaka
* Love Songs

Live albums|

* Live at the Royal Festival Hall
* On Stage

Singles|

* "The Diary"
* "I Go Ape"
* "Crying My Heart Out for You"
* "Oh! Carol"
* "One-Way Ticket To The Blues"
* "Stairway to Heaven"
* "You Mean Everything to Me"
* "Run Samson Run"
* "Calendar Girl"
* "Little Devil"
* "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"
* "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
* "Next Door to an Angel"
* "La terza luna"
* "Lettera bruciata"
* "Our Last Song Together"
* "Laughter in the Rain"
* "The Immigrant"
* "That's When the Music Takes Me"
* "Bad Blood"
* "Love in the Shadows"
* "Amarillo"
* "Should've Never Let You Go"
* "Your Precious Love"
* "Rhythm of the Rain"

Other songs|

* "Stupid Cupid"
* "Fallin'"
* "Frankie"
* "Where the Boys Are"
* "Workin' On a Groovy Thing"
* "Rainy Jane"
* "Puppet Man"
* "Time Waits for No One"
* "One Day of Your Life"
* "Summer Symphony"
* "One More Mountain to Climb"
* "Ring Ring"
* "Solitaire"
* "Don't Hide Your Love"
* "The Other Side of Me"
* "The Way I Am"
* "Sad Eyes"
* "Love Will Keep Us Together"
* "Lonely Night (Angel Face)"
* "You Never Done It Like That"

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