This prolific singer-songwriter, who was behind so many hit songs of my adolescence, many written for other artists, has died.
Here is one of my favorites Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen.
His songs were usually cheerful and upbeat, reflecting a more innocent time in pop culture. Sadly, in the post-Jeffrey Epstein era, this song about teenage love now has creepy connotations.
But I thought that it might momentarily take people’s minds off today’s truly depressing news that Trump and Netanyahu have launched a war with Iran with who knows what consequences.
an even more epsteinly track would be billy idol’s rock the cradle of love.
Sweet sixteen is too bubble gum for me, and I was too young to appreciate when Sedaka was a performing star himself, but I do well remember when The Captain and Tennille were very popular covering his songs. Most of my friends thought they were uncool, but I liked a lot of their stuff, and both Darryl Dragon and Toni Tennille were talented musicians who knew a good song when they heard it.