A talent in the years when us young seniors were growing up. Yiddisha heart, mind and charitable in action. Lyrics were wholesome, gentle and understandable. Wishes to him for a long and productive life.
This is a great video. Neil Sedaka's songs do live on! I just had the privilege of covering "Laughter In the Rain" on my new jazz vocal collection of love songs "The Glory of Love" by Rob Keiter, to be released by Sketchin' Records on October 26, 2010. ...a jazzy rendition of this great song by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody.
A talent in the years when us young seniors were growing up. Yiddisha heart, mind and charitable in action. Lyrics were wholesome, gentle and understandable. Wishes to him for a long and productive life.
ReplyDeleteAlthough they showed him singing in Yiddish, his mother was from a Turkish Jewish family and he spoke Ladino as a child.
ReplyDeleteYes, Sedaka is a sefardic name
ReplyDeleteThis is a great video. Neil Sedaka's songs do live on! I just had the privilege of covering "Laughter In the Rain" on my new jazz vocal collection of love songs "The Glory of Love" by Rob Keiter, to be released by Sketchin' Records on October 26, 2010. ...a jazzy rendition of this great song by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody.
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