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Billy Joel announces "Johnny Almond on sax," after an April 1975 live performance of "New York State of Mind", including a saxophone solo, on his album Live at The Great American Music Hall (1975). Almond's version is unique, but contains similar sentimental and jazzy qualities that would later appear on the Turnstiles album. [5]
Barbra Streisand covered "New York State of Mind" on her album Superman, released in the Spring of 1977, opening up Billy Joel's music to a mainstream audience. He thanked her for the exposure, and also told her his New York relatives were duly impressed to have the Queen of Brooklyn cover one of his songs.
Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert is the fifth live album as well as a CD and DVD music compilation of songs performed by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel during two concerts at Shea Stadium in New York City on July 16 and 18, 2008. It was released on March 8, 2011. [1]
Long Island legend Billy Joel proves he's still a class act after making a surprise appearance at a local elementary school. WNYW reports, "The Piano Man showed up to one elementary school spring ...
"N.Y. State of Mind" is a song by hip hop recording artist Nas from his debut studio album Illmatic (1994). The song's production was handled by DJ Premier who sampled two jazz songs: "Mind Rain" by Joe Chambers and "Flight Time" by Donald Byrd. [1] Premier additionally scratched up vocal samples from Eric B. & Rakim's "Mahogany" for the song's ...
Brooks performed "Shameless" with Joel during Joel's Last Play at Shea concerts in 2008, and after Brooks performed it in his Central Park concert in 1997, Joel came out on stage and they sang a duet of "New York State of Mind." In 2011, Joel and Brooks performed the song together again when Brooks was inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame ...
Fifty years ago, Billy Joel was supposed to graduate from Hicksville High School in his Long Island hometown of Hicksville, NY. But after a late-night performance at a piano bar, he overslept and ...
Good news for Billy Joel fans.. His burst of real estate activity, what with buying and selling homes in Palm Beach, Manalapan and New York, is a means to an end.. We're going to be seeing more of ...