The Immigrant (Neil Sedaka song)
"The Immigrant" is a 1975 single written by Neil Sedaka and and performed by Sedaka. The single was the second release from his album, Sedaka's Back. "The Immigrant" was dedicated to John Lennon and the immigration problems that he faced. The single peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at number one on the Easy Listening chart in May 1975.
According to Philip Cody, the lyric writer of The Immigrant, the song was originally written as a tribute to his father, Anthony Feliciotto, who came to America from Sicily in 1930.
