Artist: Neil Sedaka
Author: Neil Sedaka/Phil Cody
Label: RCA
Year: 1972
On lp Solitaire featuring 10 cc (or was it still Hotlegs?). Recorded in Eric Stewart's Strawberry Studio in Manchester. Neil made his comeback in England. First performed Solitaire in the London Royal Albert Hall in 1971 with the Royal Philharmonic Orch. Neil Sedaka was classically trained.
Covers:
Clay Aiken [top 5 US]
Not to be confused, neither with Tony Bennett's and Dean Martin's Solitaire ('51), written by Renée Borek and Carl Nutter and covered by Nina Simone, nor with Laura Branigan's in '83 (see there).
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Arnold Rypens
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