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Little Devil

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"Little Devil"
Single by Neil Sedaka
from the album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits; Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits
B-side"I Must Be Dreaming"
ReleasedApril 1961
Recorded1961
GenrePop
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
Neil Sedaka singles chronology
"Calendar Girl"
(1961)
"Little Devil"
(1961)
"Sweet Little You"
(1961)
Music video
"Little Devil" on YouTube

"Little Devil" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield which was released by Sedaka as a single in 1961. The title track of Sedaka's 1961 album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits, it was a hit, reaching #11 in the US Billboard Charts.[1]

The personnel on the song included: Al Caiola, Bucky Pizzarelli and Charles Macy on guitar; George Duvivier on bass; Phil Kraus on percussion; David "Panama" Francis on drums; Romeo Penque, Sol Schlinger and Herman Yorks on saxophone; Jack Keller and Ernie Hayes on piano; and Harry Lookofsky, Julius Held, David Nadien, Paul Winter, Arnold Eidus and Julius Brand on violins.[citation needed]

Language versions

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"Esagerata" and "Un Giorno Inutile", the Italian-language versions of "Little Devil" and its B-side "I Must Be Dreaming"

"Little Devil" was Sedaka's first song to be translated into Italian – "Esagerata".[2] It was also translated into German ("Crazy Daisy"),[3] Spanish ("Diablito") and in French by Les Gendarmes ("Petit Démon").[4] Danish and Finnish versions were also recorded.[5]

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