THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER
539-Neil Sedaka-Next Door To An Angel.
1962-Number 29 single.
Best Bit-At 2.09.There are worse things you could live next door to,how about Alice for instance.
This song was co-written by Sedaka and long term writing partner Howard Greenfield (March 15,1936-March 4,1986.) Together they were responsible for all of Sedaka’s big 60’s hits including Oh Carol,Breaking Up Is Hard To Do and Calendar Girl.
Their two most successful songs were made famous by other artists.The Captain And Tennille’s version of Love Will Keep Us Together was the biggest selling song in America in 1975 and Is This The Way To Amarillo sang by Tony Christie and featuring Peter Kay spent seven weeks at Number 1 in the UK in 2005,eventually becoming the third highest selling song of the 2000’s decade.
‘There’s a garden of Eden at the house next door to mine.’
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