As Sedaka took the Westbury stage, in the round, he began his set with a solo, piano-driven version of “I Am a Song (Sing Me),” which was well-received by all. The Long Island audience knew that they ...

Neil Sedaka, an irrepressible songsmith who parlayed his compositional skills into pop stardom during the height of the Brill Building era in the 1960s and later staged an easy-listening comeback in ...