Billy Joel has sold over 150 million records, produced thirty-three Top-40 hits, received six Grammy Awards, and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Fans celebrate him, critics deride him, and scholars have all but ignored him. This first-of-its-kind collection of essays on the music of Billy Joel offers close analysis and careful insight into the ways his work has impacted popular music during the last fifty years. Using a diversity of approaches, including those not traditionally found within popular musicological studies, this volume serves as a model for how any scholar can approach the study of popular music, regardless of their methodological leanings. These chapters interrogate how popular music frames personal and collective experiences, participates in the construction of history and culture, and invites us to reflect on its importance in our daily lives.

for CCBar and piano This arrangement meets the demand for timeless popular songs, designed to appeal to teachers and students alike. For three-part choir, it contains that memorable tune, Joel's clever lyrics, riffs associated with the original, and an exciting piano part that supports the singers and provides short interludes.

Billy Joel has sold over 150 million records, produced thirty-three Top-40 hits, received six Grammy Awards, and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Fans celebrate him, critics deride him, and scholars have all but ignored him. This first-of-its-kind collection of essays offers close analysis and careful insight into the ways his work has impacted popular music during the last fifty years. Using diverse approaches, this volume serves as a model for how any scholar can approach the study of popular music. Ultimately, these chapters interrogate how popular music frames our experiences, constitutes our history and culture, and gains importance in our daily lives.

(Easy Piano Personality). 21 of Joel's best, arranged for easy piano, including the songs: Baby Grand * Just the Way You Are * Piano Man * Leave a Tender Moment Alone * 16 more.

(Piano Solo Personality). Fantasies & Delusions is the next chapter in Billy Joel's life-long love affair with the piano. Before the world-renowned "Piano Man" ever discovered pop, he grew up studying classical piano, already feeling the influences of Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann and many others. Although he ran away with the seductress named Rock'n'Roll as a teenager, 30 years later he returns to where he began to pay tribute to the music that made him fall in love with music in the first place. This matching folio features all 12 pieces from the album, as performed by Richard Joo.

(Keyboard Recorded Versions). A new addition to our popular Note-for-Note Keyboard Transcriptions series, this beauty features 16 megahits from the Piano Man himself Includes: Allentown * And So It Goes * Honesty * Just the Way You Are * Movin' Out * My Life * New York State of Mind * Piano Man * Pressure * She's Got a Way * Tell Her About It * and more.

(Piano Solo Personality). Features solo piano arrangements of 19 huge hits from this pop superstar: All About Soul * Allentown * And So It Goes * Baby Grand * Honesty * An Innocent Man * It's Still Rock and Roll to Me * Just the Way You Are * Keeping the Faith * The Longest Time * My Life * Only the Good Die Young * Piano Man * The River of Dreams * She's Always a Woman * She's Got a Way * Tell Her About It * Uptown Girl * We Didn't Start the Fire.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Over 50 songs from Joel's first 5 albums now revised to include all the songs from Cold Spring Harbor. Songs include: The Entertainer * Honesty * Just The Way You Are * Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) * Say Goodbye To Hollywood * The Stranger * Vienna * and more.

Import only 19-track collection includes many of Joel's biggest hits and, although it is nearly impossible to compile a single CD collection of Billy Joel's extraordinary career, this CD comes awfully close to perfection. Apart from the usual selection of great hit songs including Tell Her About It', 'Uptown Girl', 'Goodnight Saigon', 'New York State Of Mind', 'Only The Good Die Young' and 'Honesty'. there are a few surprises here as well. The original Radio Edits of 'Just The Way You Are', 'All About Soul', 'We Didn't Start The Fire' and 'Piano Man' (with an entire verse edited out!) are making their debut on a Billy Joel CD here. It's time to either reacquaint yourself with his music or perhaps experience the Joel magic for the first time! Sony. 2006.

Get a view from behind the piano in Billy's first-ever career spanning collection! 4 CDs PLUS a previously unreleased Live Concert DVD For the first time ever, experience the complete career of Billy Joelthrough this behind-the-scenes journey, from the 60's through to his Classical work, as he reveals some of his most intimate musical moments in this unprecedented box set.4 CDs, over 5 hours of previously unreleased tracks including demos, live versions, alternate takes, covers and much, much more. Also included is a completely unreleased DVD, live from Frankfurt: "A Voyage On The River of Dreams - Live From The River of Dreams Tour" featuring Billy Joel performing his biggest hits of all time. The deluxe booklet features in-depth liner notes from Anthony DeCurtis, track-by-track annotations of the unreleased material and photos and memorabilia from Billy's own archives. Every track was chosen by Billy...from his early days with the Hassels, his metal moments with Attila and so much more.This is the ULTIMATE must-have for any Billy Joel fan.

Featuring 34 Hits on 2 CDs! Plus 2 additional tracks from Billy's new classical album Fantasies & Delusions.