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April 7

Neil receives the Guinness Award for “The Best Selling Single of the 21st Century in the UK” for “(Is This the Way to) Amarillo”. It was presented by David Roberts—editor of The Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles & Albums—during Neil’s performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall. It was filmed for the Eagle Rock DVD Release Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On—Live at the Royal Albert Hall.

March 20

Neil releases The Very Best of Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On in the United Kingdom, and debuts at #20 on the charts. Three weeks later BPI certifies it Gold.

February 1

Neil makes appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York, in tribute to Joni Mitchell. Neil performed Mitchell’s “Raised on Robbery”.

November 15

Neil releases his first Christmas CD The Miracle of Christmas, through QVC and Neil Sedaka Music. It features 12 original Christmas songs, as well as 10 Christmas standards, five of which were chosen by members of the QVC Audience.

September 9

Grandson, Michael Emerson, is born.

July 20

Neil’s musical, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, debuts at the Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, NY

March 31

Neil makes special guest appearance on the hit ABC sitcom, Jake In Progress, starring John Stamos.

March 21

The re-release of “Amarillo,” as recorded by Tony Christie, becomes the #1 single in the United Kingdom just one week after its release. It is now the highest-selling single of the year to-date.

January 6

Appears on ABC’s daytime hit The Tony Danza Show.

June 10

Presented with the Songwriters Hall of Fame—Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award. The ceremony aired on The Bravo Channel on July 18.

June 3

Starred in performance at Carnegie Hall in New York, in a tribute to Yiddish music, with The Klezmatics. Concerts also scheduled at the Mann Center in Philadelphia and the Ravinia Festival near Chicago in August.

May 25

Renee Olstead, 14- year-old star of CBS comedy Still Standing, releases self titled debut CD, co-produced by David Foster, which includes duet on “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” with jazz pianist and singer, Peter Cincotti. Debuts at #4 on Billboard Top Jazz Album chart

April 19

Honored by the Actor’s Fund of America/NYSAE – Broadway Sings Sedaka.

March 16

Clay Aiken’s single with “Solitaire” released, reaching #4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, and #1 on Nielsen SoundScan Single Sales chart, where it remains for nine straight weeks.

March 5

“Love Will Keep Us Together” performed by Brigette Romanek in a scene in the hit film, Starsky & Hutch. The movie was released on DVD on July 20.

November 25

Release of 8-CD Box Set, Oh Carol: The Complete Recordings 1956-1966 (Bear Family Records).

October

Release of Brighton Beach Memories: Neil Sedaka Sings Yiddish.

August 2

Performance on Today Show Summer Concert Series Weekend Edition.

May

Release of collection of new songs, The Show Goes On.

April 29

Guest judge on the Fox Network’s American Idol.

March 31

Friars Club of NY Salute.

January 29

Granddaughters, Amanda and Charlotte, are born.

January 20

Re-release of Tales of Love.

Winter

Memorabilia in the “Teen Idols” exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

November 12

A&E Biography one-hour program.

October

Marking 50 years of songwriting.

September 7

CPTV/PBS Words and Music half-hour program.

August

Re-release of Tuneweaver.

“Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” reaches five million radio and television performances, as certified by BMI.

July

Included in Madame Tussauds’ Wax Museum in Las Vegas.

“Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” makes BMI list of “One Hundred Top Songs of the Century.”

Part of Entertainment Weekly magazine’s “100 Greatest Moments in Rock Music: “The 1950’s – Aldon Music is Launched.”

Neil made a Summer Concert Series appearance on NBC morning show Today.

June 12

Neil was named “Homecoming King” at Brooklyn Festival and honored with a street named for him in Brighton Beach (“Neil Sedaka Way”).

Neil was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame by the National Academy of Popular Music.