Neil Sedaka And How I Loved His Second Act

by Kevin Burton    I love laughter, I love rain, and I love me some Neil Sedaka.    So the news that Sedaka died Feb. 27 at age 86, stung.    I never knew the man of course. Never got within 100 miles of him as far as I know. Yet he was a friend …

“The Immigrant” Didn’t Fit John Lennon

by Kevin Burton    For about three minutes and fifty seconds a tidy story unfolds from the pen of lyricist Phil Cody and the voice of the great Neil Sedaka.    Attempt to read between the lines though and you have a mess on your hands, especially with Sedaka dedicating the song to ex-Beatle John …