From the producers of smash hit Rock N Roll musicals including Dreamboats and Petticoats, The Roy Orbison Story & Elvis The Musical, comes Laughter In The Rain, a brand new show based on the rise, fall and rise again of pop music's ultimate survivor... Neil Sedaka.
Born in Brooklyn, the son of a taxi-driver, Sedaka started songwriting at Broadway's legendary Brill Building, penning his first hit, Oh Carol, for his then girlfriend, Carole King. He went on to become a teenage idol to rival Elvis but in 1964 his career collapsed as America embraced the Beatles and other bands of the so-called 'British Invasion'. For almost a decade, he struggled to support his wife, Leba, and their two children but found salvation in moving to Britain, where he signed to Elton John's Rocket Records label, and remarkably returned to the top of the US charts in 1974 with 'Laughter In The Rain' - remaining a national treasure there as well as in the UK ever since.
'Laughter in The Rain' - a remarkable story of triumph against the odds.
Edward Ray Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) As we approach the 50 year anniversary of the death of Eddie Cochran, it seems only right that a blog with content such as our own should pay tribute to such a great musician. So enjoy the clip below, probably his greatest hit- "Summertime Blues".
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