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"The Longest Time" is a doo-wop song by Billy Joel, released in 1984 as the fourth single from the 1983 album An Innocent Man. Following the theme of the album in paying tribute to Joel's musical influences, the song is presented in the style of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" is a song written and recorded by Billy Joel, featured on his 1977 album The Stranger as the opening track. The song critiques the ambitions of working- and lower-middle-class New Yorkers who strive for material success as evidence of social mobility, working long hours to afford the outward signs of having "made it". [4]
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.
Billy Joel performing in 2017. ... "For the Longest Time," "Uptown Girl," "River of Dreams" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" were also mega-successful. Related: Billy Joel's 10 Best Duets.
Billy Joel breaks down his 'Piano Man' lyrics about 'real estate novelist' Paul and Davey, ... marked the first time Joel has released new music in years. Joel’s previous single, “All My Life ...
Singer Billy Joel seems to be making the same mistake that a lot of home sellers are making: Reducing the listing price by a smidgen when a slash is in order. The Piano Man just can't seem to get ...
Turnstiles marked the first time that Joel's band played on one of his studio albums. The album cover photo was shot in the uptown platform of the New York City Subway 's Astor Place station . According to Joel, each of the characters on the album cover was meant to represent a particular song (e.g., the girl in headphones for "All You Wanna Do ...
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger. It has been described as "a characteristic Joel observation on New York life." [2] In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the 324th [3] greatest song of all time. The song was also described as "a seven-minute epic" [4] by American Songwriter.