Rock-n-Roll emerged in the mid-50s as the teen music of choice with Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, James Brown, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, Ritchie Valens, Duane Eddy, Eddie Cochran, Brenda Lee, Bobby Vee, Connie Frances, Johnny Mathis, Neil Sedaka, Pat Boone and Ricky Nelson being notable exponents.

* Neil Sedaka

* March 13 – Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter

Similarly, Neil Sedaka had two distinct eras of his career, with about a decade in between: one as a teen idol in the 1960s ( in which many of his songs note his attraction to 16-year-old girls ), and a later career in adult contemporary music.

Italian-language versions were recorded by Nancy Cuomo, Neil Sedaka, and Connie Francis.

Tomino ( as Iogi ) has collaborated with artists such as Yoko Kanno, Asei Kobayashi, MIO and Neil Sedaka.

Further hits followed for Atlantic, including the follow-up " Jim Dandy Got Married " (# 7 R & B ), " I Cried a Tear " (# 2 R & B, # 6 pop in 1959 ), " I Waited Too Long " (# 5 R & B, # 3 pop, written by Neil Sedaka ), " Saved " (# 17 R & B, written by Leiber and Stoller ), and " See See Rider " (# 9 R & B in 1963 ).

After the relative failure of the follow-up singles " I'm Sorry I Made You Cry " ( which stalled at No. 36 ) and " Heartaches " ( failing to chart at all ), Francis met with Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield who sang a number of ballads they had written for her.

* 2004 – Neil Sedaka

#" Breaking Up Is Hard to Do " ( Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka ) – 2: 30

The melodies of the two opening themes and sole ending theme were written by American pop singer / songwriter Neil Sedaka.

Many well-known Pop-music acts of the ' 60s made Scopitone films such as The Exciters, Neil Sedaka, The Shadows, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Sinatra (" These Boots Are Made for Walkin '"), and Julie London.

* Sunny ( Neil Sedaka album ), 1979

* Neil Sedaka

* with Neil Sedaka on Come See About Me ( one song ) – " Come See About Me "

By the end of the decade, teen idols like Bobby Darin, Rick Nelson, Frankie Avalon, Paul Anka, Neil Sedaka, Bobby Rydell, Connie Francis, and Fabian were topping the charts.

The most successful of these were Rick Nelson (" Garden Party ", 1972 ), Neil Sedaka (" Laughter in the Rain " and " Bad Blood ", both 1975 ), and Frankie Valli as both a solo artist ( 1975's " My Eyes Adored You ") and with The Four Seasons ( 1976's " December 1963 ( Oh, What A Night )").

On American Idol, he impressed viewers with his performances of the Leon Russell / Bonnie Bramlett song " Superstar " ( best known as a hit for The Carpenters ) and the Peabo Bryson / Regina Belle duet " A Whole New World "; during his time on the show, Studdard received praise from music legends such as Lionel Richie, Neil Sedaka, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, Luther Vandross, and Gladys Knight.

Some ( Carole King, Burt Bacharach, Neil Sedaka, Neil Diamond, Boyce and Hart ) recorded and had hits with their own music.

* Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield

Celebrities impersonated by Levy on SCTV include: Perry Como, Ricardo Montalban, Alex Trebek, Sean Connery, Howard Cosell, Henry Kissinger, Menachem Begin, Bud Abbott, Milton Berle, John Charles Daly, Gene Shalit, Jack Carter, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Tony Dow, James Caan, Lorne Greene, Rex Reed, Ralph Young ( of Sandler and Young ), F. Lee Bailey, Ernest Borgnine, former Ontario chief coroner Dr. Morton Schulman, Norman Mailer, Neil Sedaka, and Howard McNear as “ Floyd the Barber ”.

* Neil Sedaka

* Neil Sedaka

Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, well known for their generational theory, define the Lost Generation as the cohorts born from 1883 to 1900, who came of age during World War I and the roaring twenties.

Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio, to Stephen Koenig Armstrong and Viola Louise Engel

Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock ( born 28 March 1942 ) is a British Labour Party politician.

Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, well known for their generational theory, define the social generation of Boomers as the cohorts born from 1943 to 1960, who were too young to have any personal memory of World War II, but old enough to remember the postwar American High.

David Neil Cutler, Sr. ( born March 13, 1942 ) is an American software engineer, designer and developer of several operating systems including RSX-11M, VMS and VAXELN at Digital Equipment Corporation and Windows NT at Microsoft.

Notable examples include David Tennant, born David McDonald, who said in an interview that he adopted the surname " Tennant " after seeing Neil Tennant in a copy of Smash Hits, Nathan Lane, whose birth name Joseph Lane was already in use, Stewart Granger, whose birth name was James Stewart, and Michael Keaton, born Michael Douglas.

He was the second of seven children born to Neil Livingstone ( 1788 – 1856 ) and his wife Agnes Hunter ( 1782 – 1865 ).

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

Neil Turner ( born 16 September 1945 ) is a British Labour Party politician and a former Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Wigan.

* Neil Ardley, jazz pianist and composer, was born in Wallington.

Anthony Neil Wedgwood " Tony " Benn PC ( born 3 April 1925 ), formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a retired British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament ( MP ) for 50 years and a Cabinet Minister under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan.

* Neil Everett ( born 1962 ), US sports announcer

Neil Mullane Finn OBE ( born 27 May 1958 ) is a New Zealand recording artist.

Neil Finn was born the youngest of four children to Dick and Mary Finn in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.

* Neil Cavuto ( born 1958 ), Fox News Channel anchor.

* Neil O ' Donnell ( born 1966 ), former NFL quarterback.

* Neil L. Andersen – LDS Church apostle ( born in Logan ; raised in Pocatello, Idaho )

* Neil Brand, writer, composer and silent film accompanist was born in Burgess Hill.

Mostyn Neil Hamilton ( born 9 March 1949 ) is a British politician and former barrister, teacher, and Conservative MP in the UK Parliament.

Over the next 13 years George and Barbara Bush had six children: George W. Bush ( born July 6, 1946 ), Pauline Robinson Bush ( December 20, 1949 – October 11, 1953, died of leukemia ), John Ellis " Jeb " Bush ( born February 11, 1953 ), Neil Mallon Bush ( born January 22, 1955 ), Marvin Pierce Bush ( born October 22, 1956 ), and Dorothy Bush Koch ( born August 18, 1959 ).