B-side "I Must Be Dreaming" Format 7" single Genre Pop | Released 1961 Recorded 1961 | |
Writer(s) Neil Sedaka
Howard Greenfield | ||
"Little Devil" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and sung by Neil Sedaka. It was the title track of Sedaka's 1961 album Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits. It was released in 1961 and became a hit for him reaching #11 in the US Billboard Charts. 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 Schillinger and Herman Yorks on sax. Jack Keller and Ernie Hayes on piano, Harry Lookofsky, Julius Held, David Nadian, Paul Winter, Arnold Edius and Julies Brand on violins.
Language versions
"Little Devil" was Sedaka's first song to be translated into Italian - "Esagerata". It was also translated into German ("Crazy Daisy") and Spanish ("Diablito").