1975 Neil Sedaka: Vintage Pop Stardom (with Fred Bronson)

1975 Neil Sedaka: Vintage Pop Stardom (with Fred Bronson)

From Greatest Pop Stars by Billboard

March 19, 2026 · 1h 13m

About this episode

The episode discusses Neil Sedaka's 1975 comeback in the U.S. music scene with insights from Fred Bronson.

After a full decade out of the spotlight in the U.S., Neil Sedaka embarked upon a stateside revival in 1975 — with a valuable assist from a longtime fan in Sir Elton John — and ended up bigger than he'd ever been as a teen idol in the early '60s. On this Vintage Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast, host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Billboard chart historian (and longtime personal friend of Neil's) Fred Bronson to go deep on the late great pop singer-songwriter's unlikely comeback year, including his own smashes "Laughter in the Rain" and "Bad Blood," and The Captain and Tennille's Sedaka-co-penned "Love Will Keep Us Together." Watch a YouTube playlist of 1975 Sedaka moments discussed on the podcast here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwFs58D1XAMZC-PKM3ysQIZSNz11i1CPz&si=k8p25lrRUx3kmRVO Find Fred's "Writer: Neil Sedaka" Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5IZNEa5rlWRqgQJivXOyV2?si=NqeVmc0jTi-QwYvbJAsnZg And order his 'Rockin' the Kremlin' book here: https://rockin-the-kremlin.com/ And if you enjoy the pod, please consider donating to the following causes: Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/ Trans Lifeline…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Unterberger

Guest: Fred Bronson

Topics covered

  • Neil Sedaka
  • 1975 music
  • pop stardom
  • comeback
  • Elton John

Keywords

  • Neil Sedaka
  • Elton John
  • 1975
  • pop music
  • comeback

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Billboard

Books & works: Laughter in the Rain, Bad Blood, Love Will Keep Us Together

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