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Born March 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York; son of Mac (a taxi driver) and Eleanor Appel Sedaka; married Leba Margaret Strassberg; children: Dara, Marc. Education: Attended Juilliard School of Music from age nine to seventeen, then attended two years of Juilliard's college division.

Addresses: Home-- Westport, Connecticut; Record company-- MCA/Curb Records, 445 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022.

Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka has enjoyed two different periods of success during his career. He first caught the music industry's attention when one of his compositions, "Stupid Cupid," provided a smash for singer Connie Francis in 1958.

Sedaka went on to record his own hits, including "Oh, Carol," "Stairway to Heaven," and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," but the British invasion of the 1960s forced him to concentrate solely on his writing. He made an amazing comeback during the 1970s, however, with songs like "Laughter in the Rain" and "Bad Blood."

Sedaka was born March 13, 1939, in Bro