The Diary

Album: Rock With Sedaka (1958)
Charted: 14
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  • (Ah, ah, ah, ah)
    (Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)

    How I'd like to look into that little book
    The one that has the lock and key
    And know the boy that you care for
    The boy who's in your diary

    When it's late at night what is the name you write?
    Oh, what I'd give if I could see
    Am I the boy that you care for?
    The boy who's in your diary

    Do you recall and make note of all
    The little things I say and do?
    The name you underline, I'm hoping that it's mine
    Darling, I'm so in love with you

    Please don't leave me blue, make all my dreams come true
    You know how much you mean to me
    Say I'm the boy that you care for
    The boy who's in your diary

    (Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
    (Whoa-oh-oh-whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    (Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh) Writer/s: Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn April 3rd 1959, Neil Sedaka performed "I Go Ape" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time the song was in its second week at #42 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and that would also be its peak position on the Top 100...
    On the same 'Bandstand' show he also performed "The Diary"; the month before on February 2nd, 1959 it had peaked at #14 {for 1 week} on the Top 100...
    Between 1958 and 1977 he had twenty-nine Top 100 records; nine made the Top 10 with three reaching #1, they were "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" for 2 weeks in 1962, "Laughter in the Rain" for 1 week in 1975, and "Bad Blood" for 3 weeks in 1975...
    He just missed having a tenth Top 10 record when "Little Devil" peaked at #11 in 1961...
    In 1980 he would enter the Top 100 with "Should've Never Let You Go", it was a duet with his daughter, Dara, and reach #19 on the chart and also spent 19 weeks on the Top 100.
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