The Hungry Years is an album

Album

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 by Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...

, the title of which is an eponymous track from the album. It was released on the Rocket Records

Rocket Records

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 label in 1975

1975 in music

-January–April:*January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case....

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The album is the American edition of Overnight Success, with two songs being replaced.

"Bad Blood

Bad Blood (Neil Sedaka song)

"Bad Blood" was a popular song written by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody. The song, with uncredited backing vocals by Elton John, reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975, remaining in the top position for three weeks. It was certified gold by the RIAA and was the most successful individual...

," a duet with Elton John

Elton John

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, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 for 3 weeks, was certified gold, and was the most commercially successful single of his career; his followup, a slowed-down, bluesy remake of his 1962 #1 smash "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," hit #8 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart over December 1975-January 1976. "The Queen of 1964," from his British-released Overnight Success album, reached #5 in the UK in March 1975.

Also, The Captain and Tennille's cover of Sedaka's "Lonely Night (Angel Face)

Lonely Night (Angel Face)

"Lonely Night " is a song written by Neil Sedaka, who first recorded the song for his 1975 album, The Hungry Years. The following year, the song was a hit single for Captain & Tennille, for whom Sedaka had written the duo's hit single, "Love Will Keep Us Together"...

" from "The Hungry Years," hit #3 on the Hot 100 and was certified gold.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield

Howard Greenfield

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; except where indicated

1. "Crossroads" (Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody)
2. "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" (Sedaka)
3. "Stephen"
4. "Bad Blood
   Bad Blood (Neil Sedaka song)
   "Bad Blood" was a popular song written by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody. The song, with uncredited backing vocals by Elton John, reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975, remaining in the top position for three weeks. It was certified gold by the RIAA and was the most successful individual...
   
   " (Sedaka, Cody) (duet with Elton John
   Elton John
   Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
   
   )
5. "Your Favorite Entertainer" (Sedaka, Cody)
6. "Baby Blue"
7. "Tit for Tat"
8. "New York City Blues" (Sedaka, Cody)
9. "When You Were Lovin' Me" (Sedaka, Cody)
10. "The Hungry Years"
11. "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" (slow version)
12. "Hey Mister Sunshine" (Dara Sedaka)
13. "The Queen Of 1964"*
14. "Betty Grable"
15. "Goodman Goodbye"** (Sedaka, Cody)

Tracks 12–15 (in italics) are bonus tracks on the 1998 CD rerelease.

• "The Queen of 1964" was from Overnight Success; it was replaced by "Tit For Tat" in The Hungry Years.
  • "Goodman Goodbye" was from Overnight Success; it was replaced by "Your Favorite Entertainer" in The Hungry Years.