Neil Sedaka: The Man Behind The Music

Neil Sedaka is a music legend who has been entertaining audiences for decades. In this exclusive interview, Joe Scarborough sits down with Sedaka to discuss the influence Broadway had on his music, his heroes growing up, his transition from classical to rock and roll, and his ability to transform a song from one arrangement to another.


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[Wordchipper]

Super! Sedaka is a huge part of the soundtrack of my life. Great interview!!

[davediamond]

thank you joe for doing this interview ..Neil is a music icon !

[McElhinney]

Neil Sedaka's music absolutely hits that spot in my soul. I love this interview.

[anniedayries]

Thanks, Neil and Joe. This interview is a treasure.

[johndowner]

"Solitaire" is my favorite Neil Sedaka song. Hits home and brings me to tears. 👍👌♥️

[animalsarethebest]

Myself being a 48 year old woman and I really like his music. Thankyou 😊 from Australia

[cleoxo]

This was delightful and Joe was even respectful enough to NOT constantly interrupt Mr. Sedaka.
I lost my only sister this past September and this brought back precious memories. She loved Neil Sedaka and played his music over and over again.

[dougwhite]

Hi Joe, Hi Neil! I had the pleasure to meet Neil years ago when my band played a brief summer set before him at Crystal Park, Worcester Massachusetts. I was familiar with all his music from the Brill Building onward in his brilliant career. That day when they geve him the microphone my jaw dropped. I swear Angels came out when he sang! They still do..Thanks Neil, for being so consistently great and so humble at the same time. Why aren't our Rock n Roll Forefathers (like Neil) not in the Rock n Roll Halll of Fame? He certainly should be. -doug

[jbyesterday]

Joe briefly begins to duet with Neil….wish he’d kept going 1:42-1:44
Always enjoyed singing along to Sedaka’s songs - & still do ✨👍🏻✨

[johnsrabe]

Love it that
1. Neil gets into music theory, assuming the audience will figure it out if he shows why it works (which we do).
2. Joe and the producers gave us some credit and didn’t cut it.
3. That Joe started singing in The Immigrants.

[edmundodimasprinquerondon]

You are a really wonderful man, good singer and very good pianist too, I used to hear your songs when I was a teenager (I was borned in 1947 march 25): I have many favorites like You mean everything to me, I must be dreaming (both very romantic), run sanson run and so on. God bless you for ever Neil, most of all because you are a very humble man in spite you're a famous singer. Congratulations and salutes.

[jimvalentine]

I could listen for hours to Neil Sedaka, sitting at the piano playing and telling how he did it. Thank you Neil, thank you so very much.

[hilmabarnes]

I loved Neil Sedaka in my teenaged years, I am a Jamaican, and he was very popular in Jamaica. I was SO happy to see this interview this morning. Thank you Joe.

[walterpleyer]

An incredible musical talent and artist

[mrob]

Morning Joe…You MUST have Neil on again….and again…and again…. 😊

[MyHalcyonDaysAreHere]

What a prized interview you have Joe, and he was in the same restaurant, though you were emboldened to come up to him knowing what a prize catch Neil Sedaka is, and you to him as it turned out ! Like you went fishing, in that restaurant, and hooked a willing fish. What a prized-catch for an interview really.

[andrewhatez]

Musical genius, always a classy well written tune with perfect lyrics. I always liked this great artist--at the age of 20; I loved his 'Sedakas Back, ' LP. Glad he's in good health.

[trailladymtb]

I love tuis interview. He is fabulous as a story teller accompanied by the muskc. So profound! I live dinah washington. Brilliant artist in so many ways. This is a.God-given gift to us, and its a gift beciase he unwrapped it and shared his life and music with us!!!

[peterdeamicis]

Tremendous segment. Thank you Neil, Joe and MSNBC

[rievans]

This was awesome. My fav' song by Sedaka is "Workin' On A Groovy Thing".