# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-sedaka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:21:35.384Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-sedaka"
name: "Neil Sedaka"
slug: "neil-sedaka"
description: "Neil Sedaka was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Beginning his music career in 1957, he sold millions of records worldwide and wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody."
tagline: "American singer (1939–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neil_Sedaka_-_TopPop_1974_3_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939-03-13"
deathDate: "2026-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           77.95
  momentum:             11.05339688181598
  historical:           25.73606
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 148000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/neilsedaka"
    handle:    "neilsedaka"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/neilsedakamusic/"
    handle:    "neilsedakamusic"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@neil_sedaka_official"
    handle:    "neil_sedaka_official"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/neilsedakamusic"
    handle:    "neilsedakamusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781226/"
    handle:    "nm0781226"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5N6GwJzOcOY5kv8p0NjhYL"
    handle:    "5N6GwJzOcOY5kv8p0NjhYL"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://neilsedaka.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6ncFiOHR5Rbhj1Sbczm8w"
    handle:    "@neilsedakamusic"
    followers: 148000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نيل سيداكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Нийл Седака"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka"
    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neil Sedaka"
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    title: "Neil Sedaka"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Νιλ Σεντάκα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka"
    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka"
    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka"
    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka"
    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka"
    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%94"
    title: "ניל סדקה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka"
    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka"
    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka"
    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%AB"
    title: "ニール・セダカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%90_%EC%84%B8%EB%8B%A4%EC%B9%B4"
    title: "닐 세다카"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Нил Седака"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312743"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/180701"
    title: "Neil Sedaka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump