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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
Genre Pop
Label RCA 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

"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". It was also translated into German ("Crazy Daisy"), Spanish ("Diablito") and in French by Les Gendarmes ("Petit Démon").[ citation needed]

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