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Neighborhood
Wikipedia ties Neil Sedaka to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. A tie, not always an origin
Places
- St. George Theatre
- Brill Building
- Abraham Lincoln High School, School
Listen and read
Music spots
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Venue
St. George Theatre
1929A picture palace on Staten Island’s North Shore, opened on 4 December 1929 and renovated in 2004. Tony Bennett, Cyndi Lauper, Art Garfunkel, Neil Sedaka and Tony Orlando are among those who have performed there, per Wikipedia.
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Studio
Brill Building
1962By the early 1960s the building at Broadway and 49th Street held more than 160 music-business tenants, and songwriters including Burt Bacharach, Neil Sedaka and Paul Simon worked in its cramped rooms, per HISTORY. Wikipedia counts 165 music businesses in it by 1962.
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