LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka at the Midnight Special

[@GStraitKISS1]

The 70s better music, better culture, better people!

[@norbertwild6983]

thats true

[@gusvietnam5086]

Great comment! Very true! 👍

[@DavidThompsonlive]

❤❤❤❤

[@Sandoz-tq7qj]

Sure

[@rb10465]

Amen to that! Well said! 🥰🙏🇵🇷

[@bettyriley7295]

I was so lucky to grow up in the 70's. We didn't realize at the time, just how lucky we were to have all this incredible music. There will never be another time when music is this good.

[@TonyWeaving]

I also grew up in the 1970s. I was 10 in 1973, we lived through the BEST decade EVER for music. We Had Pop Glam Rock Punk etc etc. We were so lucky. Much better than the music around today. These songs will be played for years to come. Music today will be forgotten next week but our music will live on and on.

[@SB-mm9zh]

Totally agree with you. In my opinion no other era had such diversity in music and such talent. Even most of the Christmas songs we hear every year date from the 70s.

[@easyglider69]

You where happy and free to live in a free world. I was in the comunism, behind the iron curtain. We where starving. I did not know about "Live Aid" until recently when I saw the movie about Queen. But YES, despite the fact my music was recorded from illegal broadcast stations (VOA and Freedom Europe) on tapes, it was the best time for music.❤ Now I am equally happy that I can browse my streaming service, read the lyrics and find out about my dearest songs and musicians. And from time to time I DJ some oldies party where everyone come to hear those songs from golden music years.

[@stephengossman9819]

Don't we know it... Glad I'm still around to listen to it. The the times... I feel sorry for the younger generations that I'll say big corporations that help them... $$$$

[@crmsnmax]

The late 70s and early 80s

[@GStraitKISS1]

Neil Sedaka underrated and a gentlemen.

[@catirerubio]

Underrated? He is great!

[@nigelwilliams9307]

Underrated by who?

[@rwboa22]

An abomination that this man is not in the RnR HoF.

[@loraa3873]

The pimped out 70s Neil ❤

[@jeffreyamado5230]

The 1970's music included better talent, songwriting, and live performances than any other era.

[@Shopmyst]

The 60's was just as good or better.

[@ernestheron2008]

I soo agree. The singer song writer era..Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Carol King and Aretha Franklin ❤️

[@timothymoore6341]

The 80s was a great decade for music too, especially with rock, r&b and soul music!

[@miguelmolina.]

@jeffreyamado5230 🎶🎵👌agree brother great time 70s great music and golden days classic 👌 have good day my friend 2025

[@miguelmolina.]

🎶🎵🙌keep enjoying the memories brother 70s great time to be alive good old days classic 👌

[@Tickbryan]

The seventies. When a 36 year old man with a comb over could have a number one record. I miss those days.

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

Tick Bryan miss those days too. I was in the Marine Corps stationed at Camp LeJeune, NC. Transport me back to the 70s.

[@Tickbryan]

Thank-you for your service to our country.

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

Tick Bryan Thank you it was an honor to sevre our great nation.

[@offthewallproductionsltd6326]

Neil didn't need a combover- he had him a pimp hat!

[@rwboa22]

The only thing missing is the ostrich feather in the hatband!

[@Totes59]

When musicians had to have talent, and could play live. Today’s “music” is a disgrace. Love ❤ the 70’s.

[@rwboa22]

My KZbin Music playlist is pretty much all songs from 1966 to the mid-1980s with mostly songs from the 1970s. Late Gen Xer, yet my parents steered me into what they listened to back when they went to school, or in my Dad's case, the Army (including a tour in South Vietnam in 1970-1971).

[@DDandrums]

A disgrace? Really? Are you insane?

[@fridaythe13thpartx]

The 70s belonged to Neil Sedaka.I miss those great days of being a kid back then.No internet.No social media.No cell phone or internet bills. We all played outside and were active.When it rained we had our board games and record collections. Greatest time to be alive.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

People today want fast (disposable) music as well as fast food, and record companies are only too happy to offer it up, that’s why people are stuck with fat arses and shit music.

[@mrob75]

@@Eleventhearlofmars oh, yes...spot on!

[@franciscovalladolid1370]

@@Eleventhearlofmars 😩🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃😝🤭

[@coltzgurl0319]

So true. I miss it for sure.

[@joeferguson2606]

Thats what our parents said about 70s music

[@vrldc8966]

In his own way this man was a straight up dawg. He is part of rock and roll's first generation and was still relevant 50 years later. RESPECT!

[@truelies3690]

1975! Different time different music different styles different values different cars different era different people different country never to return again ever. Whoever was alive and well in 1975, just be grateful you were there like I was.

[@miguelmolina.]

🎉🎉🎉🎉agree brother 🙌 70s great time to be alive 🙌 every one 2025

[@ernestheron2008]

Neil Sedaka drained every last ounce of goodness of this song in this particular show! Other versions are good, none are this good!! He absolutely nailed it. LIVE!!

[@queenmicale9686]

What a special guy. He sings with no effort.great song writer and sings great. Very underrated!. We need more like him. True singing. Love him. Takent number 1. 😂❤

[@PhyllisShepherd]

This was the jam! Smooth as silk!

[@JWJ1550]

Big thanks to Elton John for signing this great artist to his record label and helping to revive Sedaka's career!

[@renatooliveira-dm8rw]

1975 quase 50 anos e tão presente.......prova o que e bom , o tempo não apaga .

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

Still one of my favorite Songs….

[@88Beccca]

Man, how I miss music like this...if only we could pack up & go back to the 70's, when things were so much simpler & so much happier...we had it made back then.

[@TheLAGopher]

The 70s were the 70s because of the 60s. American society had gone through the seismic social shifts of Vietnam,Civil Rights,and student protests. The upheaval carried over into the 70s with the fall of Saigon and Watergate. By 1975,when this song was released,America just wanted to take a break and feel good about itself. It was a time to enjoy peace and greater personal freedom.

[@t40onbass]

The hat worn on his 1974 LP "Sedaka's Back" was given to him by Al Pacino

[@johnsrabe]

0:58 how he turns to the camera so perfectly!

[@todd8109]

Simply timeless. I grew up in the 70’s and this music never gets old

[@ianman15]

One of the best comebacks in music history. Sedaka was mostly forgotten as a hitmaker and singer for a decade before this release although notable people did cover his songs. A hasbeen at 26 and a number one artist in the 70’s. It’s never too late and you’re never too old. Just ask Tina Turner!

[@bjsc67]

Mr. Sedaka is so talented-all those songs he wrote and recorded! No music like his anymore, and that's a shame.

[@luisacardet5907]

No more,.. The patty is OVER!!!!! We had the BEST!!!!!

[@ericbgordon1575]

I won't stop saying this until it happens; industry insiders need to be scouting for musicians that are expressly attempting to measure up to musicians like Neil Sedaka. It has to happen at a moment when at least one of them discovers how how bored out of their skulls everyone is with predictable stuff that's supposed to represent an instant sell.

[@AllenMichael]

@@ericbgordon1575 they wont because their agenda is to make our culture ROT. The moral decay of society started in the 60s but it has finally reached its peak. Its only a matter of a few years and we will see America die.

[@ericbgordon1575]

I'm not giving up hope though, @@AllenMichael. I'm not giving up hope for this country or for the human race. That's why my latest solo recording is named Hope. Here it is. kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_m6ESo4nFuzzSfF1Pkdc4007Lk1JAv-6_4

[@AllenMichael]

@@ericbgordon1575 nice! We both do music. Good to know someone is on the same page as I.

[@mikejimenez5518]

No fancy pyrotechnics or stage shows. Just artists and musicians doing what they did best and it was enough!

[@erinrose1995]

This was music. Such a tune.

[@NationalistRussian]

I first heard this song working in TJ Maxx. They would play it on their little retail radio station and I fell in live with it. The way that chorus falls in like a heart melting. Well, I've gotta say that was one good thing that came from that job, being introduced to Sedaka.

[@chrish9155]

Wow what compliments

[@spiritof76forever81]

The absolute best version of this song Mr. Sedaka ever did! Great work by all on this.

[@TheScribe114]

Like the depth in this vocal singing live, versus the studio version where he is in his higher register.

[@spiritof76forever81]

And the saxophone solo is amazing, too.

[@stevenedwardmaylott6078]

I always love a come back story , the guy paid his dues after the first part of career, when he had to make a living playing the club circuit in England in the late sixties early seventies. As well as writing for other artists. The song represents and its success was was so well deserved.

[@brucerodgershimself]

In addition to the outstanding vocals, I LOVE the bass player’s groove - SO smooth… 😎🎸

[@franciscovalladolid1370]

😩🙃🙃🙃🙃😝🤭

[@venderstrat]

A musical and songwriting genius.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

1975 was the year of Sedaka: Bad Blood, Laughter in the Rain, and Love will Keep us together.

[@elizabethhill908]

Actually, " Love will Keep us Together" was Captain and Teneille (sp?) you know, of "Muskrat Love" fame, 😊 but I like your taste in music. Edit... Well I just learned that he wrote for C.and T., not a surprise 😊 they were all great! ❤ I still smile so much when I hear any of their music.

[@sheiladaniels9552]

Loved The Midnight Special!

[@stevephillips6667]

Love the hat!!

[@mustangjane1610]

I loved this song as a teenager and now as a grandmother. A timeless tune. Mvto to Mr Sedaka.

[@Metfan1986]

This songs feels like sunshine on your face on a quiet afternoon walk. No worry and nothing to worry about. Just living and embracing the moment.

[@Buelligan88]

This song must have been played in every roller skating rink in the 70's. That's why I really remember it.

[@carp68]

Tremendously talented.

[@marybaker1715]

I saw him in Lake Tahoe. He was amazing!!

[@LawnBunny777]

That's real talent. Someone who can actually sing and hit all the notes without autotune. Listening to him sing made me feel happy inside!

[@grouchosays]

How about writing this great song? Incredible

[@FayCreative]

Yep. Back when celebrities had to have actual talent to be a celebrity!

[@gumby2412]

I was 13 in 1970..70s were great..the 80s were awesome! Then the 90s changed everything..life was simple as a teenager in the 70s.

[@Esqurl]

Russ Kunkell on drums! He played on hundreds of big hits in the 70's and 80's. He recently toured with James Taylor and Carol King. He was the drummer on all of their big hits.

[@porgy]

I'm so glad I grew up listening to music from the 70's. They had everything. Why do you think so many movies use music from that decade in their soundtracks. 🎶🎶🎶

[@brucep9729]

Great singer,great songwriter, great song, man where did it all go wrong today

[@tmcmurra63]

Me and my sister watched this live...what a great time for music!

[@rwboa22]

I would say bring it back, but music this day and age stinks.

[@sierria64]

Yes I did too...I love this song......

[@roytee3127]

At the time we had no idea how magical this show was. And the legendary performers and performances they had every week.

[@coltzgurl0319]

Yes I never missed an episode! I miss those days.

[@jkeegan154]

This song puts me in a good mood, even when my life turns to shit.

[@masterb5683]

I just realised it has the same effect on me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 😃😃😃

[@zahnbuerste]

If you are still alive, i love you.

[@jkeegan154]

@@zahnbuerste I love you too.

[@zahnbuerste]

@@jkeegan154 Hooray. Thank you so much for the reply. That's so great, that's the internet. It can spread love. I wish you the best for the rest of your life.

[@jkeegan154]

@@zahnbuersteThanks

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

He seems so jolly during this performance. I enjoy this more than the studio version.

[@luisacardet5907]

Yes!!!!

[@luisacardet5907]

Yes, I love this one.

[@carolynpannebaker5761]

A true entertainer

[@TheNYHITTINGACADEMY]

why is this great singer and song writer not in the Hall of Fame even people in Harlem like me want to know

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

He’s not a rock singer per se.

[@luisacardet5907]

I like to know, why!!!!!

[@milescoburn1845]

@@Eleventhearlofmars And acts like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, Donna Summer, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens, N.W.A., Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., etc. ARE "rock singers, per se"?

[@edwardjh05]

Huge 70s fan and Neil Sedaka is a huge part of the era!

[@ceciliaperez3878]

Wonderful.song.Beautiful.

[@rcrcunha1549]

Anos 70 , foi uma explosão de acontecimentos e músicas maravilhosas, que deixaram saudades e muitas lembranças

[@luisacardet5907]

Is time for Neil Sedaka to be in the ROCK and ROll HALL OF FAME. I got the petition 7 years later. SO SAD.

[@mitchellwhite7914]

The band kills it. Thank you Neil for a GREAT song.

[@dannychin3208]

wow this is one singer that sounds the same recorded or live. Awesome !

[@grouchosays]

Mega talent. Effortless for him. Talent and Julliard plus time at Brill Building

[@barryhowell7904]

So true!

[@irishmermaid4]

I feel joy when I listen to Neil sing. ❤🎶🎵❤🎶🎵❤

[@luisacardet5907]

I feel very happy, when I listen this song, beautifully voice, I love him, and much respect.

[@mikepreston-engel8869]

This reminds me so much of the June weekend in 1979 when my special lady at the time and I spent an unforgettable weekend in Toronto. I was done high school and heading out west to British Columbia to take work with my uncles' construction company and she had a year to go. It was doubtful we'd get back together due to moving on in our lives, so we decided to celebrate our high school romance with a long weekend in the city. The Friday we arrived, we checked in to the Chelsea Inn downtown Toronto, and headed out in the pouring rain to walk along harbourfront. We walked hand in hand, sometimes stopping under an awning or tree just to hug, kiss, and savor the moments. It's a time I will never forget. We stayed close friends, yet drifted apart when we both found other lovers. It was a beautiful weekend...four days later we said goodbye through the window of the train I was taking to the Toronto airport...

[@jacyborreaux919]

That’s such a beautiful story! Thanks for sharing it. I miss how feminine women were 20, 30, and 40 years ago!

[@mmillerssn]

Beautiful memory, tinged with longing and sadness. Makes my heart ache for my youthful love. Thanks for sharing.

[@Blondiee10]

Made me cry, but in a good way

[@hollistevens1700]

❤

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

i love Neil’s voice. It’s so smooth, so sweet and gentle, but strong. A very happy and genuine sound. Man, what happened to us as a species??

[@magneto7930]

Good question, but I'm quite happy to have been born when I was and to be able to live through all this wonderful music!

[@DeborahGilchrease]

HIS GREATEST SONG....THE ESSENCE OF MUSICAL JOY!!!!.THANK YOU MR. SEDAKA❤️‍🔥

[@lyndonbell5796]

One of my all time favorite songs. Been singing this all my life!!!

[@DA90027]

He always sounds as good live as he does on his records, not many can pull that off.

[@mytube77126]

He is one of the Greatest! Even today, he sings beautifully!

[@Enid2Sacramento]

Sounds as good live as it did in the studio. I miss those days.

[@kattiamirabello4180]

Não se fazem mais músicas maravilhosas como essa!!! Que tempos e artistas maravilhosos!!

[@paulinesmead6749]

I totally agree that he should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They do not make music like that anymore. They are winners in my book.

[@mikewagner8169]

Fantastic song writer and he was great live. No lip sync! Genius!

[@atp1962]

One of my favorite songs !

[@raulyduenas6898]

You the MAN Neil Sedaka!

[@joeyconvery2055]

Neil Sedaka's voice is flawless.

[@PowersDave1966]

That's Brenda Russel who sang "Piano in the Dark" singing back up.

[@rosaliesamporna8047]

Old people were so lucky to grow up with this kind of music.. ❤❤

[@iggypopbowie2073]

Whenever im stress and depressed, i listened to this song to cheer me up and to lift my spirit

[@magneto7930]

Always loved this song, absolutely gorgeous!

[@raphaellima2431]

This song is amazing! I love rain days!

[@fredfrenchy]

Another amazing song ...this period is incomparable

[@elainehernen286]

Wonderful talent as a songwriter great song takes you back to a lot of memories ❤😊

[@victorkreitner754]

This was the kind of stuff I was exposed to throughout the 70s as a kid when my parents were playing stuff on the turntable. Sedaka, Captain and Tenille, Paul Simon, and then in 1979 my father brought home The Wall album by Pink Floyd and my life changed forever.

[@elizabethhill908]

The house rule (when I was a little-bitty kid) was that if I could stay awake on my own, I could watch "The Midnight Special" with my dad.😊 I'm so glad that I got to see the acts that you mentioned. I will also never forget when he brought home "The Wall". I was a little older and when he was at work, I would blast it on his " sound system" . Those were the days! Lol

[@robertgardner1498]

Hell of an artist. He was songwriter, musician, singer... Was a helluva time to be a kid.

[@Frankiarmz]

What an incredible talent, to be able to write such lyrics, and put them to music. His voice is perfect, fantastic performance.Thanks

[@exitstageleft6070]

There isn't a speck of talent like this in the world today

[@franciscofjcdl]

Incredible performance of "LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN". GOD BLESS MR. SEDAKA.

[@bva5362]

one of my favorite songs of all times!

[@laquitajones3276]

You gotta love the 70s! So glad I was blessed to grow up in that era!

[@mikejacobson14]

What a great song! I was a teenager when it was on the radio and didn't really appreciate it. Life makes you see things differently.

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY NEIL SEDAKA (MARCH 13, 2015)

[@angelivangeli]

God! This beautiful song is soooo PERFECT! I can hear it again again and many times! Neil Sedaka have many beautiful songs but this song for me is my #1 💖 I love it a lot! 😍😍😍

[@MinnMorke]

Wow..excellent live performance!!!!

[@RatzoMcFatso]

I want to know who the two backing singers are. On point.

[@timwmartin]

Too bad they don't make songs like this anymore! Remember when music could actually make you feel ALIVE?

[@jameshernandez5766]

I've heard that the Eagles lipsync their performances, but Neil still sings live even at 85.

[@frankho99]

That sound blows me away!!

[@douglasj53]

What a great song and great live performance!

[@rosegarden1846]

Neil Sedaka is awesome!!! Love, love Laughter in the Rain!!!

[@mikeymaff8074]

So talented and so very underrated as both a musician and a songwriter.

[@micko1404]

aaaah the 70s, when music was real. No fakery, no autotune, all real with feeling

[@fastfoodreviewandelvistoo]

Someone asked me the other day who had the best voice in the 70’s I said Neil Sedaka. It brought me here to double check. Yup no doubt

[@TurboPumperX]

So effortless with the singing and playing.

[@PATRICIAWILMAFERNANDEZTAPIA]

Hermoso tema. ❤❤❤

[@jguerr562]

Flashback to 1974 when this came out. Riding my bike in the rain in San Francisco bay area. A different time.

[@abbiamoquesto]

He's not in the R&R hall of fame already?!! Outrageous.

[@TheProfessorOfLife]

Great song. Sedaka is GROSSLY underrated and DEFINITELY belongs in the R&R HOF!

[@grouchosays]

I saw him live in Sarasota maybe 12 years ago. Great musician and great guy. He does a few shows on Sirius/XM where he discusses his songs. Great, great song, Flawless pitch, beautiful lyrical voice, intricate piano classical piano licks from Julliard training.

[@jrussellcase]

I want that hat. 😁

[@stephenlokey6711]

I can honestly say his singing this song moves me everytime always always.

[@martinaregia95martinez71]

I miss those days!!!!!!!!l Soul and soul!!!!! Love Mr. Sedaka!!!!

[@scottculli7851]

He is timeless, 🛸