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"Piano Man" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel. First released as a single in the US on November 2, 1973, it was included on Joel's 1973 album Piano Man . The song is sung from the point of view of a piano player at a bar, describing the patrons.
"The Big Unknown" is a song by the English band Sade released in 2018. [1] [2] The song is featured in the motion picture Widows directed by Steve McQueen and centered on four women forced to pull off a robbery to pay a large criminal debt left behind by their late husbands.
In 2016, on National Coming Out Day, Sade's child, Izaak Theo Adu, came out as a transgender man. [87] [88] [89] In September 2019, Izaak posted a message online, thanking his mother for her support through his transition. [90] In the fall of 2024, Sade and the Red Hot Organization's TRANSA project released "Young Lion", a song dedicated to her ...
"Smooth Operator" is about a fashionable con-man who moves within high social circles. He is popular with women and breaks many hearts. The lyrics "Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male / Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale" [6] imply that he also uses women to obtain his income.
Sade's sixth studio album Soldier of Love was released worldwide on 8 February 2010, the band's first album of new material in ten years. [27] Following the release of the " Soldier of Love " single on 8 December 2009, the track debuted at number 11 on the Urban Hot AC chart, making it the highest debut of the decade and the third-highest all ...
Joining Latin funk band Pride, Matthewman met singer Sade Adu and they began writing songs together. Teaming with bassist Paul S. Denman and keyboardist Andrew Hale, they formed the band Sade. Sade signed with Epic Records in 1984. In addition to songwriting, Matthewman can be heard on saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming.
Compare "Piano Man" to a waltz, such as the Blue Danube by Strauss or the Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, and you'll see the feel is very similar. The piano is clearly played in 3/4 as the piano hits the bass of the current inversion every third beat followed by the two upper notes of the triad on two and three.
Paul Spencer Denman (born 29 July 1957) is an English songwriter and musician.With Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, and Stuart Matthewman, Denman gained worldwide fame as the bass guitarist of the English band Sade. [1]