Calendar Girl ( song ) - wikipedia Calendar Girl ( song ) `` Calendar Girl '' Single by Neil Sedaka B - side `` The Same Old Fool '' Released December 1960 Genre Brill Building Length 2 : 32 Label RCA Victor Songwriter ( s ) Neil Sedaka Howard Greenfield Neil Sedaka singles chronology `` Run Samson Run '' ( 1960 ) `` Calendar Girl '' ( 1960 ) `` Little Devil '' ( 1961 ) `` Run Samson Run '' ( 1960 ) `` Calendar Girl '' ( 1961 ) `` Little Devil '' ( 1961 ) `` Calendar Girl '' is a song by Neil Sedaka. The music was composed by Sedaka and the lyrics by Howard Greenfield. Recorded in 1960 and released in 1961, it was a Top - 5 hit single for Sedaka, peaking at # 4 on the US charts and # 1 on the Canadian and Japanese charts. Contents 1 Background 2 Promotional video 3 Reception 4 Covers 5 Personnel 6 References Background Howard Greenfield got the inspiration for the song title from an old movie listing in TV Guide. Record producer Joe Viglione, writing for AllMusic, describes the song as a G - rated calendar of pin - ups such as Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe, using verbal rather than visual imagery. Each month gives a different reason for the singer 's affection for the titular character, and September -- `` I light the candles at your sweet sixteen '' -- may be a reference to Sedaka 's yet - to - be-released hit `` Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen '' or just an acknowledgement of his target audience. Other months in the song reference Valentine 's Day in February, the Easter Bunny in April, a junior prom in May and June. Instrumentation on the song was provided by Stan Applebaum and His Orchestra, with Gary Chester on drums. Recording of the song required 26 takes over a three - hour period. The song was released to a 45 rpm single backed with a country - and - western song, `` The Same Old Fool ''. Both songs were also released on a Compact 33 Single, a short - lived format that RCA Victor promoted in the early 1960s. Promotional video A contemporary Scopitone promotional clip for the song was filmed in color. It consists of Neil Sedaka playing the piano and dancing alongside a number of models, on a mock stage made to resemble calendar themes. Reception `` Calendar Girl '' became Sedaka 's sixth hit in two years, but was also his first top - five record. The song peaked at # 4 on the US Billboard chart and # 1 on the Canadian and Japanese chart in 1961. In New Zealand, the song reached # 7. The recording peaked at number 8 in the UK. Covers Petula Clark recorded a French - language cover of this song, Tout Au Long Du Calendrier. The Swedish group Sven - Ingvars - then called Sven - Ingvars Kvartett - recorded a version of Calendar Girl on their second EP `` Pony Time '' in 1961. In 1977, Tina Arena and John Bowles recorded a version for their album `` Tiny Tina and Little John ''. In 1978, The Beach Boys recorded a version of `` Calendar Girl '' with Mike Love on lead. This version was never released by The Beach Boys but was lightly modified by Mike Love for his first solo album, Looking Back with Love. In 1978, Purina Cat Chow also did a commercial using a track called `` Calendar Cat '', which sounds like Neil Sedaka 's `` Calendar Girl ''. In 1991, Mexicana pop band OV7 ( then `` La onda vaselina '' `` ) recorded a version in Spanish were entitled `` Calendario de Amor ''. In 1998, the Brazilian singer Eliana recorded the song on his sixth studio album, titled `` Um Calendário do Amor ''. In 2013, Shakey Graves ( Alejandro Rose - Garcia ) recorded a cover of `` Calendar Girl '' for his album `` Story Of My Life. '' The song was featured in the 2016 superhero comedy film Deadpool during a montage of sex scenes between Wade Wilson ( Ryan Reynolds ) and Vanessa Carlysle ( Morena Baccarin ). Personnel The personnel on the original recording include Al Caiola, Buck Pizzarelli, Art Ryerson and Bill Suyker on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, Ernie Hayes on piano, Jerome Richardson on sax, and David `` Panama '' Francis on drums. References Jump up ^ Fontenot, Robert ( November 1, 2015 ). `` What is Brill Building Music ? ''. About. ^ Jump up to : Viglione, Joe. `` Neil Sedaka -- Calendar Girl : Song Review ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2015. Jump up ^ Talevski, Nick ( 2010 ). Knocking on heaven 's door rock obituaries. London : Omnibus. p. 225. ISBN 9780857121172. Jump up ^ Shepherd ( ed. ), John ( 2003 ). Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world. London : Continuum. p. 669. ISBN 9781847144720. CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ `` All - Time Hit Songs Broadcast Music, Inc. ''. Billboard : 49. 25 January 1964. Jump up ^ Chester, Katrina. `` PARTIAL GARY CHESTER DISCOGRAPHY ''. The Official Gary Chester Website. Retrieved 5 May 2015. Jump up ^ History of Rock : Neil Sedaka Jump up ^ http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1961&qmonth=Mar&qweek=23-Mar-1961#n_view_location Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 333. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Doe, Andrew Grayham. `` VAULTS ''. Endless Summer Quarterly. Retrieved December 11, 2014. Jump up ^ http://www.beachboys.com/solosI.html Jump up ^ http://www.discogs.com/Eliana-Eliana/release/4679099 Neil Sedaka Studio albums Rock with Sedaka Circulate Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits 3 Great Guys Workin ' on a Groovy Thing / Sounds of Sedaka Emergence Solitaire The Tra - La Days Are Over Laughter In The Rain Overnight Success The Hungry Years Steppin ' Out A Song All You Need Is the Music In the Pocket Now Come See About Me The Good Times Compilation albums Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits Italiano Oh ! Carol Sedaka 's Back Oh Carol Let 's Go Steady Again Neil Sedaka 's Greatest Hits The ' 50s and ' 60s 14 Knockouts The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka Sunny Neil Sedaka 's Greatest Hits My Friend Neil Sedaka : All Time Greatest Hits All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Laughter in the Rain : The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974 - 80 The Very Best of Neil Sedaka Oh Carol : The Complete Recordings, 1955 -- 66 Stairway to Heaven : The Best of Neil Sedaka Love Songs Live albums Live at the Royal Festival Hall On Stage Singles `` The Diary '' `` I Go Ape '' `` Crying My Heart Out for You '' `` Stupid Cupid '' `` Fallin ' '' `` Oh ! Carol '' `` One - Way Ticket To The Blues '' `` Stairway to Heaven '' `` You Mean Everything to Me '' `` Run Samson Run '' `` Calendar Girl '' `` Little Devil '' `` Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen '' `` Breaking Up Is Hard to Do '' `` Next Door to an Angel '' `` La terza luna '' `` Lettera bruciata '' `` Everything Is Beautiful '' `` Love Will Keep Us Together '' `` Laughter in the Rain '' `` The Immigrant '' `` Bad Blood '' `` Love in the Shadows `` Lonely Night ( Angel Face ) '' `` Amarillo '' `` Your Precious Love '' `` Rhythm of the Rain '' Related articles Discography Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam The Tokens Food Rocks `` Workin ' On a Groovy Thing '' Book : Neil Sedaka Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calendar_Girl_(song)&oldid=795395761 '' Categories : 1961 songs Neil Sedaka songs The Beach Boys songs Songs written by Neil Sedaka Songs with lyrics by Howard Greenfield Brill Building songs Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Norsk Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 13 August 2017, at 23 : 57. 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Question: when did the song calendar girl come out
Answer: 1961