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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]
"All for Leyna" is a song by Billy Joel from the 1980 album Glass Houses. The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom, where it reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart. [4] The lyrics tell the story of the protagonist who meets a girl named Leyna, and, after a one-night stand, becomes obsessed with her. A performance music video was ...
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.
"Allentown" is a song by American singer Billy Joel and the lead track on Joel's 1982 album The Nylon Curtain. Released as the album's second single, it was accompanied by a conceptual music video . Upon its release, and especially in subsequent years, "Allentown" emerged as an anthem of blue-collar America, representing both the aspirations ...
Joel’s previous single, “All My Life,” arrived in 2007, and his last full-length studio album of new material, the classical music collection “Fantasies & Delusions,” was released in 2001.
"James" is a song written and performed by Billy Joel from his fourth studio album Turnstiles (1976). It was released as the album's first single in July 1976, backed with " Travelin' Prayer ". [ 2 ] One Final serenade described the song as "a wistful song about growing up and trying to balance pursuing one's dreams while balancing family and ...
The Stranger is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 29, 1977, by Columbia Records.It was the first of Joel's albums to be produced by Phil Ramone, with whom he would work for five subsequent albums.
Streetlife Serenade is the third studio album by American recording artist Billy Joel, released on October 11, 1974, by Columbia Records.. The album peaked at No. 35 on the US album charts, eventually selling more than one million copies.