Happy 50th Birthday To One Of Our Favorite Songs! (VIDEO)
As the host of the WSRK "Thursday Night Jukebox" I get to really play the "soundtrack of our lives." Last Thursday night I discovered a wonderful little gem of a factoid. Did you know that Neil Sedaka's classic song "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" is 50 years old this year! Amazing. This is a song that went to #1 twice (1962 and 1975) with different versions by the original artist...the only time that has ever happened! I danced to it in the Sock Hops of the 1960s and later I danced to it as a grown man. I took a "Big Chuck Bus" of 52-listeners to Proctors Theatre in Schenectady a couple of years ago to see Neil. And believe me, he hasn't lost an ounce of talent!Check out this classic 1962 video of a very young Neil Sedaka singing this evergreen song on a Miami television show. It is great....