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The Words and Music of Billy Joel RecentTitlesin ThePraegerSinger-SongwriterCollection TheWordsandMusicofPrince JamesE.Perone TheWordsandMusicofPattiSmith JoeTarr TheWordsandMusicofNeilYoung KenBielen TheWordsandMusicofIceCube GailHilsonWoldu TheWordsandMusicofTomWaits CorinneKessel TheWordsandMusicofSting ChristopherGable TheWordsandMusicofVanMorrison ErikHage TheWordsandMusicofJoniMitchell JamesBennighof TheWordsandMusicofGeorgeHarrison IanInglis TheWordsandMusicofPaulMcCartney:TheSoloYears VincentP.Benitez TheWordsandMusicofJimiHendrix DavidMoskowitz TheWordsandMusicofDollyParton:Getting toKnowCountry’s“IronButterfly” NancyCardwell T P S -S C HE RAEGER INGER ONGWRITER OLLECTION The Words and Music of Billy Joel Ken Bielen JamesE.Perone,SeriesEditor Copyright2011byKenBielen Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recording,orotherwise,exceptfortheinclusionofbriefquotationsin areview,withoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Bielen,KennethG. ThewordsandmusicofBillyJoel/KenBielen. p.cm.— (ThePraegersinger-songwritercollection) Includesbibliographicalreferences,discography,andindex. ISBN978–0–313–38016–7(hardcopy:alk.paper)—ISBN978–0–313–38017–4 (ebook) 1. Joel,Billy.2. Singers—UnitedStates—Biography.3. Rockmusicians—United States—Biography. I.Title. ML420.J72B54 2011 782.42166092—dc22 2011013499 [B] ISBN:978–0–313–38016–7 EISBN:978–0–313–38017–4 15 14 13 12 11 1 2 3 4 5 ThisbookisalsoavailableontheWorldWideWebasaneBook. Visitwww.abc-clio.comfordetails. Praeger AnImprintofABC-CLIO,LLC ABC-CLIO,LLC 130CremonaDrive,P.O.Box1911 SantaBarbara,California93116-1911 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Inlovingmemoryofmymom,FranBielen,1926–2010. Contents SeriesForeword,byJamesE.Perone xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. TheLegendofBillyJoel 5 2. EarlyYears 9 TheHassles 9 HouroftheWolf 13 Attila 15 3. GoingSolo 19 ColdSpringHarbor 20 PianoMan 23 StreetlifeSerenade 29 Turnstiles 33 4. Recognition 41 TheStranger 41 52ndStreet 48 GlassHouses 52 viii Contents 5. FollowingtheMuse 57 TheNylonCurtain 57 AnInnocentMan 63 6. Maturity 71 TheBridge 71 StormFront 75 RiverofDreams 84 FantasiesandDelusions 89 OtherRecordings 90 7. LiveAudioandVideo 95 LiveAudio 95 TheStranger:TheCarnegieHallConcert 95 SongsintheAttic 96 Kohuept 96 2000Years:TheMillenniumConcert 97 12GardensLive 97 LiveatSheaStadium:TheConcert 97 OtherLiveRecordings 98 LiveVideo 98 TheOldGreyWhistleTest 98 LivefromLongIsland 99 LivefromLeningrad 101 LiveatYankeeStadium 101 LivefromtheRiverofDreams 102 EltonJohnandBillyJoel:ThePianoMenLiveinTokyo 103 LiveatSheaStadium:TheConcert 105 8. DocumentariesandMusicVideoCollections 109 AMatterofTrust 109 ShadesofGrey 110 BillyJoel:GreatestHits,VolumeIII:TheVideo 112 BillyJoel:TheEssentialVideoCollection 115 TheMakingof TheStranger 118 TheLastPlayatShea:TheDocumentaryFilm 119 Contents ix 9. CoverVersionsofBillyJoelSongs 121 Movin’Out(OriginalBroadwayCastRecording) 121 OtherCoverVersions 124 Conclusion 133 Discography 143 Notes 163 AnnotatedBibliography 167 Index 181
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