Billy Joel

 

Artist:  Billy Joel
Birth Name:  William Martin Joel
Born:  May 9, 1949.  The Bronx, New York, USA
Origin:  Hicksville, New York, USA
Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Rock, Rock 'N' Roll, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop
Occupation;  Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Harmonica

Billy Joel is an American Pianist, Singer, Songwriter.  His first hit song "Piano Man" in 1973 has became the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling Solo Artist in the USA.  He is also a six-time Grammy Award Winner.  He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.  He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame (1999), and the Long Island Music Hall Of Fame (2006).  In 2001, he received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall Of Fame.  In 2013, he received the Kennedy Center Honors, the nation's honor for influencing American Culture.

Title:  The Stranger (2024)

Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Rock, Rock 'N' Roll, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop

Label:  Sony Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (3:30)

 2.  The Stranger (5:10)

 3.  Just The Way You Are (4:52)

 4.  Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (7:37)

Side Two:

 1.  Vienna (3:30)

 2.  Only The Good Die Young (3:55)

 3.  She's Always A Woman (3:21)

 4.  Get It Right The First Time (3:57)

 5.  Everybody Has A Dream (6:38)

Personnel:

Billy Joel:  Vocals, Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Synthesizers

Richie Cannata:  Organ, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Tuba

Dominic Cortese:  Accordion on Tracks:  1/4, 2/1

Hiram Bullock:  Electric Guitar

Steve Khan:  6 & 12-String Electric Guitars, Acoustic Rhythm Guitar, High-String Guitar

Hugh McCracken:  Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  1/3, 4, 2/3-5

Steve Burgh:  Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  1/3, 2/3, Electric Guitar on Track 1/4

Dough Stegmeyer:  Bass

Liberty DeVitto:  Drums

Ralph MacDonald:  Percussion on Tracks:  1/2, 3, 2/4, 5

Phil Woods:  Alto Saxophone on Track 1/3

Patrick Williams:  Orchestration

Patti Austin, Lani Groves, Gwen Guthrie, Phoebe Snow:  Backing Vocals on Track 2/5

The Stranger is the fifth studio album by Billy Joel, originally released on September 29, 1977 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on April 5, 2024 by Sony Music, includes the hits "Just The Way You Are", and "Vienna".