It's amazing how superficial people are. Rather than judging Sedaka on his talent, they would rather judge him on his image, because that is what it seems to comes down to.
Again, here we have a major pop/rock talent who was probably the first composer to introduced sophisticated harmonica ideas into early rock music.
I composer who had hit songs recorder by great R&B great in the mid-1950s, and 50 years later, his composition "Is This the Way to Amarillo", was the best selling UK single of 2005, and about the same time his composition "Solitaire" was a huge hit in the States.
Interestingly, a friend was telling me that Neil is featured in the stage musical "Beautiful: The Carole King Story".
Now, there's thought. A musical based on Neil Sedaka's life couldn't fail.