Little Devil
"Little Devil" | ||||||||||
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Single by Neil Sedaka | ||||||||||
from the album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits; Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits | ||||||||||
B-side | "I Must Be Dreaming" | |||||||||
Released | 1961 | |||||||||
Format | 7" single | |||||||||
Recorded | 1961 | |||||||||
Genre | Pop | |||||||||
Writer(s) |
Neil Sedaka Howard Greenfield | |||||||||
Neil Sedaka singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Little Devil" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and sung by Neil Sedaka. It was the title track of Sedaka's 1961 album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits. It was released in 1961 and became a hit for him reaching #11 in the US Billboard Charts.[1] the personnel on the song included Al Caiola, Bucky Pizzarelli and Charles Macy on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, Phil Kraus on percussion, David "Panama" Francis on drums, Romeo Penque, Sol Schillinger and Herman Yorks on sax. Jack Keller and Ernie Hayes on piano, Harry Lookofsky, Julius Held, David Nadian, Paul Winter, Arnold Edius and Julies Brand on violins.
Language versions
"Little Devil" was Sedaka's first song to be translated into Italian - "Esagerata". It was also translated into German ("Crazy Daisy") and Spanish ("Diablito").