Calendar Girl (song)
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"Calendar Girl" is a song written by Neil Sedaka
and Howard Greenfield
and was a hit single for Neil Sedaka
. It was released in 1961 reaching #4 on the US Billboard chart, making it one of the better-known Sedaka songs alongside "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" "Oh! Carol
", and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do".
In the lyrics, the singer recites the months of the year and explains how events throughout the year give him reasons to celebrate the love he has for his girlfriend. The events primarily relate to Western
and American holidays.
A contemporary Scopitone
promotional clip was filmed to the song in color, consisting of Sedaka playing piano and dancing in line with a number of scantily-clad women, on a mock stage made to resemble calendar themes.
Neil Sedaka's version reached number one on Japan's "Utamatic" song chart in the fall of 1961.
Petula Clark
recorded a French-language cover of this song.
In 1978, Purina Cat Chow did a commercial using a song "Calendar Cat" which sounds like Neil Sedaka's "Calendar Girl".
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
and Howard Greenfield
Howard Greenfield
Howard Greenfield was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building...
and was a hit single for Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
. It was released in 1961 reaching #4 on the US Billboard chart, making it one of the better-known Sedaka songs alongside "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" "Oh! Carol
Oh! Carol
"Oh! Carol", sometimes just "Oh Carol" is an international hit written by Neil Sedaka in 1958 about his then-girlfriend, Carol Klein, later to become Carole King. The song was co-written with Howard Greenfield. The song reached #9 in the American charts in 1959. It also earned Sedaka his first #1...
", and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do".
In the lyrics, the singer recites the months of the year and explains how events throughout the year give him reasons to celebrate the love he has for his girlfriend. The events primarily relate to Western
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...
and American holidays.
A contemporary Scopitone
Scopitone
Scopitone is a type of jukebox featuring a 16 mm film component. Scopitone films were a forerunner of music videos. The Italian Cinebox/Colorama and Color-Sonics were competing, lesser-known technologies of the time....
promotional clip was filmed to the song in color, consisting of Sedaka playing piano and dancing in line with a number of scantily-clad women, on a mock stage made to resemble calendar themes.
Neil Sedaka's version reached number one on Japan's "Utamatic" song chart in the fall of 1961.
Petula Clark
Petula Clark
Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
recorded a French-language cover of this song.
In 1978, Purina Cat Chow did a commercial using a song "Calendar Cat" which sounds like Neil Sedaka's "Calendar Girl".