"Laughter in the Rain" is a song recorded by 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...

 and composed by Sedaka with lyrics by Phil Cody. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 on February 1, 1975. The song also spent two weeks atop the adult contemporary chart

Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

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Covers

This song was covered by Thomas Anders

Thomas Anders

Thomas Anders is a German singer, composer and record producer. Anders was the lead singer of Germany's popular pop-duo Modern Talking in 1984–1987 and in 1998–2003.-Early years:...

 (of Modern Talking

Modern Talking

Modern Talking was a German dance pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. Their music has often been classified as Europop. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top 5 in many countries...

 fame) in 1992 for his album Down on Sunset. It was also covered by Pepe Jaramillo on his Mexican Tijuana / Mexican Gold album. This song was also covered by Donny Osmond

Donny Osmond

Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long...

 in 2007 on his solo studio album Love Songs of the '70s

Donny Osmond discography

This article documents the discography of American pop music singer, Donny Osmond.-Solo studio albums:The Osmond's 60s and 70s albums have never been released on CD legitimately in any country. Several 2 for 1 bootleg collections have been released on all of the original catalogue. Most notably the...

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