But first... My best wishes to the great Neil Sedaka, the pop hitmaker and songwriter, who has been performing daily weekday virtual piano mini-concerts on social media and telling the stories behind his hits and more obscure songs. In late December, Sedaka, 81, announced that on the advice of his doctor, he had to halt the concerts for a while. Sedaka returned Jan. 4 and revealed that he had COVID-19, but that he got through it and proceeded to perform three of his hits, and his voice was as great as ever. He will be reducing his mini-concerts to twice a week.