Solitaire (Neil Sedaka song)

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"Solitaire"
Song by Neil Sedaka
from the album Solitaire/Neil Sedaka
Released1972
RecordedJune 1972
StudioStrawberry Studios, Stockport, England
GenrePop
Length5:02
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody
Producer(s)Neil Sedaka
"Solitaire"
Single by The Searchers
B-side"Spicks and Specks"
ReleasedFebruary 1973
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody
Producer(s)The Searchers
The Searchers singles chronology
"Sing Singer Sing"
(1972)
"Solitaire"
(1973)
"Vahevala"
(1973)
"Solitaire"
Single by Andy Williams
from the album Solitaire
B-side"My Love"
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1973
GenreSoft rock
Length4:22
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody
Producer(s)Richard Perry, Jack Gold
Andy Williams singles chronology
"Last Tango in Paris"
(1973)
"Solitaire"
(1973)
"Getting Over You"
(1974)
"Solitaire"
Single by Carpenters
from the album Horizon
B-side"Love Me for What I Am"
ReleasedJuly 18, 1975
RecordedLate 1974
GenrePop, Soft rock[1]
Length4:40
LabelA&M
1721
Songwriter(s)Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody
Producer(s)Richard Carpenter
Carpenters singles chronology
"Only Yesterday"
(1975)
"Solitaire"
(1975)
"There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)"
(1976)

"Solitaire" is a 1972 song by Neil Sedaka and was taken from his 1972 album Solitaire/Neil Sedaka. It became a hit for Andy Williams in 1973 and is the title track to his 31st studio album Solitaire. It went to number 4 in the United Kingdom, number 1 in South Africa, number 3 in Ireland and number 18 in New Zealand. It was also a hit in 1975 for The Carpenters and was taken from their sixth studio album Horizon. It went to number 17 in the United States, number 32 in the United Kingdom, number 12 in Canada and number 6 in New Zealand.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Soft Rock Music Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-10-31.