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  2. List of songs about the Cold War - Wikipedia

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    A protest song on the futility of war, written in response to the Vietnam War. Later also covered by Edwin Starr and Bruce Springsteen. "We Didn't Start the Fire" Billy Joel (1989) – a cleverly structured list of historical events of the Cold War period from the 1950s–1980s, making special mention of the "communist bloc". "Weeping Wall ...

  3. Leningrad (song) - Wikipedia

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    Joel also makes a reference to the Korean War, a proxy war to the Cold War, as well as the Vietnam War. In the end, the two meet after Joel's Leningrad concert (Viktor had journeyed across the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to see all six of the Russian concerts), where Viktor draws a laugh from Joel's daughter, Alexa Ray Joel ...

  4. Billy Joel - Wikipedia

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    William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man", he has been making music since the 1960s ...

  5. 30 Best Songs That Are Classically 1950s - AOL

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    Many of the songs in the 1950s hinted at the simmering racial tension that would later usher in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The 1950s was a pivotal era in music, laying the groundwork ...

  6. Billy Joel discography - Wikipedia

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    American singer-songwriter Billy Joel has released 13 studio albums, seven live albums, 18 compilation albums, 10 video albums, 82 singles, three promotional singles, and 45 music videos. Throughout his career, he has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in history .

  7. Storm Front (album) - Wikipedia

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    Storm Front is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on October 23, 1989. [15] It was Joel's third album to reach No. 1 in the U.S. and features "We Didn't Start the Fire", a fast-paced song that cataloged a list of historical events, trends, and cultural icons from 1949 (when Joel was born) until 1989.

  8. List of references in We Didn't Start the Fire - Wikipedia

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    Billy Joel in 1994 "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a 1989 hit single by American musician Billy Joel in which the lyrics tell the history of the United States from 1949 to 1989 through a series of cultural references. [1] [a] In total, the song contains 118 [2] [3] or 119 [4] [5] [b] references to historical people, places, events, and phenomena. [6]

  9. We Didn't Start the Fire - Wikipedia

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    "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song written by American musician Billy Joel. The song was released as a single on September 18, 1989, and later released as part of Joel's album Storm Front on October 17, 1989.