00:02Music legend Neil Sedaka is an artist who set the blueprint of popular music with number one hits in the
00:0950s, 60s, 70s and 80s.
00:11He's from Brooklyn. Did I mention he's from Brooklyn? He was the original teen idol who reshaped the sound of
00:16generations.
00:17We're going to take you on a journey through his legendary career. Please join me in welcoming Neil Sedaka to
00:25Good Day New York.
00:25Don't take your love away from me. Don't you leave my heart in misery. If you go, then I'll be
00:40blue. Cause breaking up is hard to do.
00:44Oh, I hear laughter in the rain, walking hand in hand with the one I love.
00:54Oh, how I love the rainy day and the happy way I feel inside.
01:06Solitaire is the only game in town. Every road that takes him, takes him down.
01:28Love, love will keep us together. It'll never make it.
01:33Think of me, babe, whenever some sweet-talking guy comes along, singing his song.
01:42Don't mess around. You gotta be strong. Now stop. And then...
01:49I love, I love, I love my calendar girl Each and every day of the year
01:56January, you start the year off fine You're my little valentine
02:03I'm gonna march you down the aisle You're the Easter bunny when you smile
02:10Bad blood, brother, you've been deceived It's bound to change your mind about all you believe
02:24Bad blood is taking you for a ride The only good thing about bad blood, letting us lie
02:35That's it Well, Sadaqa, what do you mean that's it?
02:39That was a beautiful, beautiful journey through some of your songs, by the way
02:44I love you, I love you I love you I'm so happy that you're here
02:47Went to all of the family, the restaurant We had so many years together
02:52I know, we did And I'm so happy that you're here
02:54So I have to tell you I'm scrolling through TikTok like many people do
02:59And I come across these videos of you and your grandson singing together
03:03Hundreds of thousands of people liking... How did that come about?
03:08Like, what... How did...
03:09This was my grandson's idea
03:12He said, let's do a duet
03:15And there hasn't been any grandfather and grandson duet
03:19And we sat at the piano
03:20And we are kings of TikTok now
03:23You really are?
03:24The two kings
03:25Mike, we're gonna bring Mike in in a second
03:28But I just... I want to give you your fair moment
03:33I mean, a more than moment
03:34I mean, you are an icon in the music industry
03:38Your music is... lives on generation through generation
03:42And you're a Brooklyn boy
03:45Brooklyn, I lived in Brighton Beach
03:47I was a 13-year-old student at the Juilliard School
03:51And in the same building was a Howard Greenfield
03:55A 16-year-old poet
03:57And he knocked at the door
03:59He said, you want to write songs
04:00I said, I'll try it
04:02And we wrote hundreds of songs
04:04For the next 20 years
04:05That is unbelievable
04:07And then at one point...
04:09Didn't you even collaborate with Carole King or something?
04:11She was my girlfriend
04:12What?
04:13Back in Brooklyn
04:14You dated Carole King?
04:15I certainly did
04:16Did she write, I feel the earth move for you?
04:20I wrote, oh, Carole for her
04:22And she wrote, oh, Neil, I've loved you for so long
04:26I never dreamed you put me in a song
04:29How's that?
04:30That's beautiful
04:30Anyway, I want to introduce your grandson, Mike
04:33So when you have all your grandkids
04:36Do you have one or do you have a few?
04:38I have three
04:39Three
04:39Twin girls, 21
04:40Charlotte and Amanda
04:42And Michael
04:42And Michael
04:43So do you audition them for the Neil Sedaka music
04:46Sing Around the Piano at home?
04:48They used to sing with me the months of the year
04:50In Calendar Girl
04:52In a show
04:53And we sing at the piano an awful lot
04:56All right, where's Mike?
04:57We need Mike to sing at the piano
04:59You're going to meet Michael
05:00He's got an incredible voice
05:02He's got your voice
05:03The gene was passed
05:05The gene was passed
05:06Here he is
05:07I'm so proud
05:08I'm so happy
05:09I'm so happy that you're all here
05:10Okay, you're going to meet Michael
05:12When we come right back
05:13More with Neil Sedaka
05:14And Michael Sedaka
05:15We'll be right back to you
05:15We'll be right back to you
05:15We'll be right back to you
