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Circulate (1961)
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The same album came out in Japan under a different title, Look To The Rainbow.
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Overview
- Circulate: second solo album by Neil Sedaka
- Follows his 1959 debut solo album Rock with Sedaka
- Released 1961 by RCA Victor
- Produced by Al Nevins and Don Kirshner
- Twelve tracks, six per side
- The title song and I Found My World In You are Sedaka's own compositions with Howard Greenfield
- The other songs are covers of songs from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, as interpreted by Sedaka
- Track list includes Smile, All the Way, Look to the Rainbow and Angel Eyes
Background
- Two songs were reissued later as B-sides of other hits
- I Found My World In You was the B-side of Sweet Little You later in 1961
- Circulate was the B-side of Alice In Wonderland in 1963
- Sedaka later recorded Italian-language versions of Smile and All the Way
Recording
- Sedaka's version of Smile and All the Way are covers of earlier recordings of those songs
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Circulate | |
| 2 | Smile | |
| 3 | Nothing Ever Changes, My Love for You | |
| 4 | All the Way | |
| 5 | We Kiss in a Shadow | |
| 6 | Bess You Is My Woman Now | |
| 7 | Look to the Rainbow | |
| 8 | Everything Happens to Me | |
| 9 | A Felicidade | |
| 10 | Angel Eyes | |
| 11 | I Found My World in You | |
| 12 | You Took Advantage of Me |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Born March 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York.
- Began his music career in 1957 after a short tenure as a founding member of the Linc-Tones, later renamed the Tokens.
- Signed a recording contract with RCA Victor.
Career
- Scored a string of early hits including "Oh! Carol" (1959), "Calendar Girl" (1960), "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" (1961), and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (1962), which hit No. 1 on the Hot 100.
- Popularity declined by the mid-1960s after the British Invasion.
- Revived in the mid-1970s with "Laughter in the Rain" and "Bad Blood", both Hot 100 number ones in 1975.
- Wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs, including hits for Connie Francis, Captain & Tennille, and Tony Christie.
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983.
- Died February 27, 2026, in Los Angeles, aged 86.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Released 1961 by RCA Victor as Sedaka's second solo album
- Produced by Al Nevins and Don Kirshner
- Mixes an original title song with covers of older popular songs
Reappraisal
- Remained popular enough to be reissued later
- Reissued on CD in 1995 with the contents of the debut album Rock with Sedaka
- Reissued on CD again in 2012 by Hallmark Records
Records
- 1995 CD reissue paired with the debut album Rock with Sedaka
- 2012 CD reissue by Hallmark Records
- Japanese release title: Look To The Rainbow
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- In Japan, Circulate was released under the title Look To The Rainbow.
- Circulate was the B-side of Alice In Wonderland in 1963.
- I Found My World In You was the B-side of Sweet Little You later in 1961.
- Sedaka later recorded Italian-language versions of Smile and All the Way.
- Two of the songs on the album were reissued as B-sides of other hits.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org