| "Calendar Girl" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Neil Sedaka | ||||||||||
| Released | 1961 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1961 | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Neil Sedaka Howard Greenfield |
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"Calendar Girl" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and was a hit single for Neil Sedaka. It was released in 1961 reaching #4 on the US Billboard chart,[1] making it one of the better-known Sedaka songs alongside "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" "Oh! Carol", and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do".
In the lyrics, the singer recites the months of the year and explains how events throughout the year give him reasons to celebrate the love he has for his girlfriend.[2] The events primarily relate to Western and American holidays.
A contemporary Scopitone promotional clip was filmed to the song in color, consisting of Sedaka playing piano and dancing in line with a number of scantily-clad women, on a mock stage made to resemble calendar themes.
Neil Sedaka's version reached number one on Japan's "Utamatic" song chart in the fall of 1961.
Petula Clark recorded a French-language cover of this song.
In 1978, Purina Cat Chow did a commercial using a song "Calendar Cat" which sounds like Neil Sedaka's "Calendar Girl".