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Article: At an age when most people would be thinking of a happy and well- earned retirement, singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka is about to embark on a new career. Having spent nearly 50 years as one of the great iconic pop stars, writing more than 1,000 songs and having his work performed by such legends as Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, Neil, now 70, is going back to his first love, classical music. ; Chart-topping music legend Neil Sedaka tells Laurence White why he has penned his last pop song
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- June 13, 2009
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At an age when most people would be thinking of a happy and well-
earned retirement, singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka is about to embark
on a new career. Having spent nearly 50 years as one of the great
iconic pop stars, writing more than 1,000 songs and having his work
performed by such legends as Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, Neil,
now 70, is going back to his first love, classical music.
Neil, who is coming to Belfast's Waterfront Hall on June 18 as
part of a 12-city UK tour, enrolled at the prestigious Julliard
School of Music as a precocious eight-year-old, training as a
classical pianist. At 16, he was heralded by Arthur Rubenstein,
regarded as among the greatest pianists of the 20th ...