Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Sedaka was born to a Sephardic Jewish couple. His father was a New York taxi driver who immigrated to America from Istanbul. He exhibited musical talents when young and received a piano scholarship from the famed Juilliard school of music.
He co-wrote more than 500 songs for himself and others. Here are two of them. Carol 1958 https://youtu.be/wyvMsQBoMjI You Mean Everything To Me released in 1960 https://youtu.be/kLyp67lHyas Roland. Toronto.
