Subject: Billy Joel Frequently Asked Questions
Date: 8 Apr 1996 18:17:29 -0400

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INDEX
============================

I.   History of Billy Joel
.1. Fact Sheet
.2. History of Early Years
.3. Awards

II.  Discography (arranged by year)
.1. The Hassles
.2. Attila
.3. Billy Joel (solo career)
.4. Singles
.5. Videotapes
.6. Other Stuff

III. History of the Band
.1. Timeline of Band Members

IV.  Billy Joel Resources
.1. Books
.2. Magazine Articles
.3. Sheet Music
.4. Net Resources
..a. FTP Sites
..b. WWW Sites
..c. Mailing List -- joel-request@chaos.taylored.com
.5. Fan Clubs

V.   Origins/Meanings of Songs, plus other Miscellaneous Questions
.1. Captain Jack
.2. Rosalinda's Eyes
.3. Downeaster Alexa
.4. The Bridge
.5. Vienna
.6. Big Shot
.7. Root Beer Rag (newsletter)
.8. Covers of Billy's Songs by Other Artists
.9. "Souvenir" Album
.10. Unreleased Songs
.11. KOHUEPT
.12. "An Innocent Man" Track Listing Discrepancy
.13. Scandinavian Skies



I. HISTORY OF BILLY JOEL
============================

1.  Fact Sheet
----------------------
[Info is from 1994 edition of Who's Who in America]
.Real Name:.William Martin Joel
.Birthday:.May 9, 1949 (in the Bronx, NY)
.Married To:.Elizabeth Small (m. 1973, divorced 1982)
...Christie Brinkley  (m. March 23, 1985, 
...divorced Aug 25, 1994)
.Children:.Alexa Ray Joel  (b. December 29, 1985)
.Address:.Maritime Music, Inc
...200 W. 57th St.
...New York, NY  10019

2.  A Biography of Billy Joel's Early Years
-------------------------------------------
[editor's note:  Since I didn't write the following, I don't want
to change the body of the text.  To clear up a lot of confusion,
Billy Joel was born in The Bronx, NY.  He grew up in Levittown, NY,
and went to high school in the neighboring town of Hicksville, NY.]

.Billy Joel
.Before the Piano Man
.A look into Billy Joel's early recordings
.by Paul Maclauchlan (paul@moore.com)
.Copyright 1991 by Paul Maclauchlan 

.William Joseph Martin (Billy) Joel, born May 9, 1949, in Levittown
.Long Island, New York.  He began piano lessons at age 4.  As a young
.teenager, Joel discovered the joys of reading books and decided to
.become a history teacher.  Billy divided his time between music,
.street gangs and boxing.  After 22 bouts he gave up the ring for
.piano.  "...when I came to a difficult passage I'd start knuckling
.the keyboards."  "I idolized The Beatles, especially Paul - nobody
.could come up with the melodies he could".

.His first band was a four piece beat band called "The Echoes".  The
.Echoes played cover versions of popular hits, including songs by The
.Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Zombies and, of course, The Beatles.
.In late 1964, Billy was pressed into service by producer Shadow
.Morton, who was recording The Shangri-Las in a Levittown basement
.studio.  Billy played on "Leader Of The Pack", but was never paid,
.since he wasn't a union member.
.
.The Echoes became "The Lost Souls" in 1965 and "The Emerald Lords" in
.1966.  Billy and Emerald Lords bassist Howard Blauvelt left the 
.Emerald Lords to join "The Hassles" in 1967.  The Hassles were signed
.to United Artists (UA) Records in 1968.  The Hassles featured: John
.Dizek (vocals), Billy Joel (Keyboards), Jon Small (drums), Howie
.Blauvelt (bass) and Richard McKenner (guitar).  He occasionally billed
.himself as: Billy Joe Joel!

.The Hassles self-titled debut album contained original songs (by W.
.Joel) and covers.  Produced by Tony Michael and Vinnie Gorman. 
.United Artists 6631.  [see discography below for track listings]
.Two singles from the album flopped: Every Step I Take, Every Move I
.Make b/w I Hear Voices and You've Got Me Hummin' b/w I'm Thinking.

.Later the same year, 1968, The Hassles recorded and released their
.second, and final, album: Hour Of The Wolf.  Produced by Thomas Kay.
.United Artists 6699.  This album's songs were all originals by the
.band.  [see discography below for track listings]  Singles from the
.album were: 4 O'Clock In The Morning b/w Let Me Bring You To The
.Sunshine and Night After Day b/w Country Boy.

.The album was followed by a non-LP single, Great Balls Of Fire (Jack
.Hammer-Otis Blackwell) [the Jerry Lee Lewis song] b/w Travellin' Band
.(W.Joel) [not the CCR song].  Produced by The Hassles, that release
.sunk without a trace, and The Hassles were disbanded.

.Billy and Jon Small (The Hassles drummer) then formed Atilla, and
.recorded an album Billy later described as "psychedelic bullshit". 
.The album was released on Epic (E 30030) and produced by Irwin Mazur,
.William Joel and Jonathan Small.  All music and lyrics by William
.Joel and Jonathan Small.  [see discography below for track listings]
.Billy eventually married Jon Small's wife, Elizabeth.

.Billy reportedly still loves Jimi Hendrix, but hates the album that
.was influenced by him.  After Atilla, Billy worked as a rock
.journalist for Changes magazine and recorded a commercial for
.Bachmann's Pretzels with Chubby Checker.

.In 1971, he recorded his first "solo" album, "Cold Spring Harbor",
.for Family Records.  Billy was embarrassed by the record, which had
.been mastered at the wrong speed.  It was produced by Artie Ripp. 
.All songs were composed by Billy Joel.  [see discography below for
.track listings]  Singles: Everybody Loves You Now b/w She's Got A
.Way and Tomorrow Is Today b/w Everybody Loves You Now.

.Discouraged by touring for six months to support the album, opening
.for acts like J. Geils Band and Badfinger, Billy moved to California.
.There he performed as Bill Martin at Corky's on Van Nuys Blvd and at
.the Executive Lounge piano bar on Wilshire Blvd.  The experience is
.related in his first Columbia single: Piano Man.

.Information from this article is from liner notes by Glenn A. Baker
.and articles and books by Jeff Tamarkin and Peter Gabaccini.  Also
.from the records themselves.

3.  Awards
----------------------
.[Info is from 1994 edition of Who's Who in America]
.1978 Grammy Award for Record of the Year:  The Stranger
.1978 Grammy Award for Song of the Year:  Just the Way You Are
.1979 Grammy Nomination for Song of the Year:  Honesty
.1979 Grammy Award for Best Album:  52nd Street
.1979 Grammy Award for Best Rock Male Vocal Performance
.1980 Grammy Award for Best Rock Male Vocal Performance
.1980 American Music Award for Album of the Year:  Glass Houses
.1982 Grammy Nomination for Album of the Year:  The Nylon Curtain
.1984 Grammy Nomination for Album of the Year:  An Innocent Man
.1989 Grammy Nomination for Record of the Year:  Storm Front
.1989 Grammy Nomination for Song of the Year:  We Didn't Start the Fire
.1989 Grammy Nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
.1990 Grammy Nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance 
.1990 Grammy Nomination for Producer of the Year
.1990 Grammy Legend Award
.1992 Inducted into Songwriters' Hall of Fame
.1992 Country Music Association Awards Nomination for Songwriter of
..the Year:  Shameless
.1994 Grammy Nomination for Album of the Year: River of Dreams
.1994 Grammy Nomination for Record of the Year: River of Dreams
.1994 Grammy Nomination for Song of the Year: River of Dreams
.1994 Grammy Nomination for Best Male Pop Vocalist
.1994 Billboard Century Music Award


II. DISCOGRAPHY
============================

1. The Hassles
----------------------
[Thanks to Phil Hetherington (ee92pmh@brunel.ac.uk) and Paul Maclauchlan
(paul@moore.com) for this info]

The Hassles (1967, re-release 1981).Hour of the Wolf (1968, re-release 1981)
-----------....----------------
Warming Up....Country Boy
Just Holding On....Night After Day
A Taste Of Honey...Hour of the Wolf
Every Step I Take (Every Move..4 O'Clock in the Morning
     I Make)....Cat
Coloured Rain....Hotel St. George
I Hear Voices....Land of Despair
I Can Tell....Further Than Heaven
Giving Up (Version #2)
Fever.....(_Hour of the Wolf_ was released in
You've Got Me Hummin'...Austria under the title _Night After
.....Day_ in 1992)

The Hassles (re-release 1992)
-----------
[All of the above tracks plus:]
I'm Thinkin'
I'll Be Around
When I Get Home
It's Not Enough
Love Luck
Look And You Will Find
Blow My Mind
Giving Up (Version #1)


2. Attila
----------------------
[Thanks to Paul Maclauchlan (paul@moore.com) for this info]

Attila (1970)....Rollin' Home (BJ w/Atilla/Hassles)
------.....------------
(This album was released in..California Flash
 Italy as a Billy Joel album..Wonder Woman
 entitled "California Flash" on..Revenge is Sweet
 Lotus Records.)...Amplifier Fire:
Wonder Woman.....Part I-Godzilla
California Flash....Part II-March of the Huns
Revenge is Sweet...Rollin' Home
Amplifier Fire....Tear This Castle Down
     Part I-Godzilla...Holy Moses
     Part II-March of the Huns..Brain Invasion
Rollin' Home....E.A.R.
Tear This Castle Down...Rabbitt
Holy Moses *....The Tough Boy
Brain Invasion....Enough is Enough
.....Extra Extra
* (Holy Moses did not appear on..Crossing the Door
the "California Flash" Release)


3. Billy's Solo Career
----------------------
[Thanks to Kevin Harter (HARTERK5863@cobra.uni.edu) for this info]

Cold Spring Harbor (1971)..Piano Man (1973)
------------------...---------
She's Got a Way....Travelin' Prayer
You can Make me Free...Piano Man
Everybody Loves You Now...Ain't No Crime
Why Judy Why....You're My Home
Falling of the Rain...The Ballad of Billy the Kid
Turn Around....Worse Comes to Worst
You Look so Good to Me...Stop In Nevada
Tomorrow is Today...If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)
Nocturne....Somewhere Along the Line
Got to Begin Again...Captain Jack

Streetlife Serenade (1974)..Turnstiles (1976)
-------------------...----------
Streetlife Serenade...Say Goodbye to Hollywood
Los Angelenos....Summer, Highland Falls
The Great Suburban Showdown..All You Wanna Do is Dance
Root Beer Rag....New York State of Mind
Roberta.....James
The Entertainer....Prelude/Angry Young Man
Last of the Big Time Spenders..I've Loved These Days
Weekend Song....Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights
Souvenir.....go out on Broadway)
The Mexican Connection

The Stranger (1977)...52nd Street (1978)
------------....-----------
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)..Big Shot
The Stranger....Honesty
Just the Way You Are...My Life
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.Zanzibar
Vienna.....Stiletto
Only the Good Die Young...Rosalinda's Eyes
She's Always A Woman...Half a Mile Away
Get it Right the First Time..Until the Night
Everybody Has a Dream...52nd Street

Glass Houses (1980)...Songs In The Attic (1981)
------------....------------------
You May be Right...Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights
Sometimes A Fantasy....go out on Broadway)
Don't Ask Me Why...Summer, Highland Falls
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me..Streetlife Serenader
All for Leyna....Los Angelenos
I Don't Want to be Alone..She's Got A Way
Sleeping with the Television On..Everybody Loves You Now
C'Etait Toi (You Were the One)..Say Goodbye to Hollywood
Close to the Borderline...Captain Jack
Through the Long Night...You're my Home
.....The Ballad of Billy the Kid
.....I've Loved These Days

The Nylon Curtain (1982)..An Innocent Man (1983)
-----------------...---------------
Allentown....Easy Money
Laura.....An Innocent Man
Pressure....Uptown Girl
Goodnight Siagon...This Night
She's Right on Time...Tell Her About It
A Room of Our Own...The Longest Time
Surprises....Careless Talk
Scandinavian Skies...Christie Lee
Where's the Orchestra?...Leave a Tender Moment Alone
.....Keeping the Faith

Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Double CD Set - 1985)
----------------------------------
Greatest Hits Volume I 1973-1977.Greatest Hits Volume II 1978-1985
--------------------------------.---------------------------------
Piano Man....My Life
Captain Jack *....Big Shot
The Entertainer.*...You May be Right
Say Goodbye to Hollywood..It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
New York State of Mind...Don't Ask Me Why +
The Stranger....She's Got A Way *
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant *.Pressure
Just the Way You Are...Allentown
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)..Goodnight Saigon
Only the Good Die Young...Tell Her About It
She's Always a Woman...Uptown Girl
.....The Longest Time
(* Songs which only appear on CD.You're Only Human (Second Wind)
version, not LP or Cassette)..The Night is Still Young
(+ Song which did not appear on
the Australian release)...Honesty appeared on the Australian
                                        release of Gr. Hits Vol. II

The Bridge (1986)...KOHUEPT (1987)
----------....-------
Running On Ice....Odoya
This is the Time...Angry Young Man
A Matter of Trust...Honesty
Modern Woman....Goodnight Saigon
Baby Grand....Stiletto
Big Man on Mulberry Street..Big Man on Mulberry Street
Temptation....Baby Grand
Code of Silence....An Innocent Man
Getting Closer....Allentown
.....A Matter of Trust
.....Only the Good Die Young
.....Sometimes a Fantasy
.....Uptown Girl
.....Big Shot
.....Back in the U.S.S.R.
.....The Times They Are a Changin'

Storm Front (1989)...River of Dreams (1993)
-----------....---------------
That's Not Her Style...No Man's Land
We Didn't Start the Fire..The Great Wall of China
The Downeaster "Alexa"...Blonde Over Blue
I Go to Extremes...A Minor Variation
Shameless....Shades of Grey
Storm Front....All About Soul
Leningrad....Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
State of Grace....The River of Dreams
When in Rome....Two Thousand Years
And So it Goes....Famous Last Words

4. Singles
----------
Everybody Loves You Now / She's Got A Way (1973)
Tomorrow is Today / Everybody Loves You Now (1973)
Piano Man / You're My Home (1973)
Worse Comes to Worst / Somewhere Along the Line (1974)
Travelin' Prayer / Worse Comes to Worst (1974)
The Entertainer / The Mexican Connection (1974)
Summer, Highland Falls / James (1976)
Say Goodbye to Hollywood / I've Loved These Days (1976)
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) / Everybody Has a Dream (1977 & 1978)
Just the Way You Are / Get It Right the First Time (1977)
Only the Good Die Young / Get It Right the First Time (1978)
She's Always a Woman / Vienna (1978)
My Life / 52nd Street (1978)
Big Shot / Root Beer Rag (1979)
Honesty / The Mexican Connection (1979)
Souvenir / All For Leyna (1980)
You May Be Right / Close To the Borderline (1980)
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me / Through the Long Night (1980)
Don't Ask Me Why / C'etait toi (record, 1980)
Sometimes a Fantasy / All For Leyna (1980)
Say Goodbye to Hollywood / Summer Highland Falls (1981)
She's Got A Way / Ballad of Billy the Kid (1981)
Pressure / Laura (1982)
Allentown (one sided budget release, 1982)
Allentown / Elvis Presley Blvd. (record, 1982)
An Innocent Man / I'll Cry Instead (live; cover of the Beatles) (record, 1983)
Goodnight Saigon / A Room of Our Own (1983)
Tell Her About It / Easy Money (1983)
Tell Her About It / Easy Money / You Got Me Hummin' (live; The Hassles) 
.(12-inch record, 1983)
Uptown Girl / Careless Talk (1983)
Leave a Tender Moment Alone / This Night (1984)
The Longest Time / Christy Lee (1984)
Keeping The Faith / She's Right On Time (1985)
Suprises / You're Only Human (second wind) (1985)
A Matter of Trust / Getting Closer (1986)
Modern Woman / Sleeping With the Television On (1986)
This is the Time / Code of Silence (1986)
Baby Grand / Big Man on Mulberry St. (1987)
Back in the USSR / Big Shot (1987)
The Times They Are A Changin' / Back in the USSR (1987)
We Didn't Start the Fire / House of Blue Light (cassette, 1989)
I Go to Extremes / When In Rome (1989)
The Downeaster Alexa / And So It Goes (1989)
That's Not Her Style / And So It Goes (1989)
And So It Goes / ???? (1989)
Shameless / Storm Front (live) (1991)
All Shook Up / Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (by Ricky Van Shelton)
        (cassette, 1992)
River of Dreams / No Man's Land (CD, 1993)
No Man's Land / No Man's Land, Shades of Grey (live--London, May, 1993)
.(CD, import from England)
No Man's Land / We Didn't Start the Fire, Allentown, Matter of Trust (CD,
.import from England)
All About Soul / You Picked A Real Bad Time (1993)
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) / Two Thousand Years (1994)
A Hard Day's Night / Piano Man (live--import from Australia)


5. Videotapes
-------------
A Matter of Trust (1991)
Billy Joel From the River of Dreams (Frankfurt, Germany, 6/18/94)
Billy Joel Tonight (Univ. of Connecticut, 12/5/76)
Eye of the Storm
Live at London (6/8/94)
Live from Long Island (Nassau Coliseum, 12/29/82)
Live from Lenningrad, USSR
Live from Tokyo, Japan (1/3/91)
Live from Yankee Stadium (6/20-21/90)
The Russia Collection
Shades of Grey (1993)
The Video Album (two volumes, 1986)

6. Other Stuff & Rare Stuff
---------------------------
"All Shook Up", "Heartbreak Hotel" -- Soundtrack from "Honeymoon in Vegas".
.(1992)
Australian Souvenir CD Set -- Includes Greatest Hits Vol 1 & 2, Storm
        Front, an Interview CD, and a live CD from a concert at Yankee
        Stadium
"Be Crool To Your Scuel" -- Billy Joel played piano on this Twisted 
.Sister song from the album _Come Out And Play_
"Big Shot" -- Soundtrack from "Star 80" ("Stiletto" is also in the movie,
.but not listed in the credits)
"Billy Joel Interview Album" -- Interview with Billy Joel by Denis McNamara
.featuring 6 songs from _Songs in the Attic_.  CBS Records (1981)
"Easy Money" -- Soundtrack from "Easy Money"
"I Get No Sleep" -- Billy Joel played piano on this Richard Marx song from
.the album _Rush Street_
"In a Sentimental Mood" -- Soundtrack from "A League of Their Own". (1992)
Journey to the River of Dreams -- 1995 Australian 2 CD set with one CD of
.live music and one interview CD (same as "River of Dreams" 3 CD set
.below, only without _River of Dreams_)
"Just The Way You Are" -- Soundtrack from "FM" (this is a different version
.from any other release of the song)
"Light as the Breeze" -- _Tower of Song_ (Leonard Cohen tribute album) (1995)
"Maybe He'll Know" -- Billy sang backup on this Cyndi Lauper song from the
.album "True Colors"
"Modern Woman" -- Soundtrack from "Ruthless People"
"My Life" -- Theme Song from _Bosom Buddies_, an early 80's American
.sitcom starring Tom Hanks
"Nobody Knows But Me" -- Sesame Street's _In Harmony 2_ album (1981)
Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen & Friends Homeless Children's Medical
.Benefit Concert -- 2 CD set of benefit concert.  Includes 
.Billy Joel singing on several songs.
"River of Dreams" 3 CD set -- Triple CD set released in Germany including
."River of Dreams", a CD with live recordings from the River of
.Dreams tour (6 songs, including "Hard Day's Night" and "Goodbye
.Yellow Brick Road"), and "An Evening of Questions and Answers
.With Billy Joel at Princeton in Spring Semester & Perhaps a Few Songs"
Souvenir -- Promotional album released by Columbia in 1977.  (see section
.5.10 for more info)
"We Are the World" -- Billy sang one line for this song.
"We Didn't Start The Fire" -- _Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume II_ (1994)
.Live recording from the 1990 Grammy Awards show
"When You Wish Upon A Star" -- Disney's _Simply Mad About the Mouse... A
.Musical Celebration of Imagination_ (1991) (he also did a video 
.for this song)
"Why Should I Worry" -- Soundtrack from Disney's "Oliver & Company".  Billy
        also did the voice of the dog (Dodger) in the movie

Additionally, a digitally remastered version of "52nd Street" was released.



III. HISTORY OF THE BAND
============================
.[Thanks to Claire Caterer (caterer@panix.com) for this info]

.The Hassles:
.------------
.Billy Joel (vocals, Hammond organ)
.John Dizek (vocals, percussion)
.Howie Blauvelt (bass guitar)
.Richie McKenner (lead guitar)
.Jon Small (drums)

.Attila:
.-------
.Billy Joel (vocals, keyboards)
.Jon Small (drums)

.Billy Joel's Band Through His Solo Career:
.------------------------------------------
.[Abbreviations: CSH = Cold Spring Harbor; PM = Piano Man; 
..SS = Streetlife Serenade; TS = Turnstiles; S = Stranger;
..52 = 52nd Street; GH = Glass Houses; SITA = Songs in the Attic;
..NC = Nylon Curtain; IM = Innocent Man; GHITS = Greatest
..Hits Vol. I & II (original songs); B = The Bridge;
..K = KOHUEPT; SF = Storm Front; RD = River of Dreams]
...
.The Mainstays:
.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.David Brown (guitar on GH, SITA, NC, IM, GHITS, B, S, SF)
.Richard Cannata (tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute, organ
..on TS, S, 52, GH, SITA, RD)
.Liberty DeVitto (drums on TS, S, 52, GH, SITA, IM, GHITS, B, K, SF, RD)
.Russell Javors (guitar, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar on TS, GH, SITA,
..NC, IM, B, K)
.Billy Joel (vocals, keyboards, moogs, organ, piano, harmonica, 
..synthesizers, hammond organ, hammond B-3, melodica, 
..acoustic guitar, clavinet, harpsicord)
.Mark Rivera (alto sax, tenor sax, percussion, background vocals,
..syntharmonica on IM, GHITS, B, K)
.Doug Stegmeyer (bass, background vocals on TS, S, 52, GH, SITA, NC,
..IM, GHITS, B, K)

.The Famous Folks:
.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.Peter Cetera (background vocals on B: "My Life")
.Ray Charles (piano, vocals on B: "Baby Grand")
.Color Me Badd (background vocals on RD: "All About Soul")
.Cyndi Lauper (background vocals on B: "Code of Silence")
.Richard Marx (background vocals on SF: "That's Not Her Style",
.."Storm Front")
.Itzhak Perlman (fiddle on SF: "Downeaster Alexa")
.David Sanborn (alto sax on IM)
.Steve Winwood (hammond B-3 on B: "Getting Closer")

.The Rest (by instrument):
.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.Piano/Keyboards/Synthesizers:
.-----------------------------
.Jeff Bova (B), Al Campbell (CSH), L.D. Dixon (CSH), Jeff Jacobs
.(SF, RD), Dave Lebolt (GHITS, K), John Mahonet (SF), Rob Mounsey
.(B), Leon Pendarvis (NC), Richard Tee (S, IM)

.Drums/Percussion:
.-----------------
.Zachary Alford (RD), Jimmy Bralower (GHITS, B), Vinnie Calaiuta (B),
.Rhys Clark (CSH, PM), David Friedman (52), Steve Jordan (RD), Andy
."Funky Drummer" Kravitz (RD), Mingo Lewis (TS), Ralph MacDonald
.(S, 52, IM), Mike McGee (CSH), Sammy Merendino (SF), Jim Saporito
.(RD), Danny Siewell (CSH), Crystal Taliefero (SF), Ron Tutt (PM, SS)

.Guitar/Acoustic Guitar:
.-----------------------
.Richard Bennett (PM, SS), Hiram Bullock (S), Tommy Byrnes (RD),
.Larry Carlton (CSH), Gary Dalton (SS), Mike Deasy (SS), Kevin
.Dukes (K), Howie Emerson (TS), Don Evans (CSH, SS), Eric Gale
.(52, IM), Al Hertzberg (SS), Joey Hunting (SF), Mick Jones (SF),
.Steve Kahn (S, 52), "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow (CSH), Dan Kortchmar
.(RD), John McCurry (GHITS, B), Ary Munson (SS), Dean Parks (PM, B),
.Roj Rathor (SS), Michael Stewart (SS), Sal De Troia (CSH), Mike
.Tyler (RD), Leslie West (RD)

.Acoustic Guitar:
.----------------
.Steve Burgh (S), Howie Emerson (TS), Steve Kahn (S, 52), Hugh
.McCracken (S, 52), James Smith (TS), David Spinozza (52)

.Bass:
.-----
.Ron Carter (B), Schuyler Deale (SF, RD), Wilton Felder (PM, SS),
.Emory Gordy (PM, SS), Lonnie Hillyer (RD), Jeff Lee Johnson (RD),
.Larry Knechtel (CSH, SS), Joe Osborn (CSH), T.M. Stevens (RD),
.Neil Stubenhaus (B), Chuck Treece (RD)

.Accordion:
.----------
.Dominic Cortese (S, NC, SF), Michael Omartian (PM)

.Banjo:
.------
.Fred Heilbrun (PM), Eric Weissberg (PM), Tom Whitehorse (SS)

.Horns:
.------
.Dave Bargeron (trombone on B), Michael Brecker (horns, tenor sax
.on 52, IM, B), Randy Brecker (horns on 52), Ronnie Cuber (baritone
.sax on IM, GHITS, B), Eddie Daniels (sax, clarinet on NC, B),
.Laurence Etkin (trumpet on RD), Jon Faddis (trumpet on IM, 52),
.John Gatchell (trumpet on IM), Arno Hecht (baritone saxophone on
.RD), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet on 52), Osvaldo Melindez (trombone on
.RD), "The Memphis Horns" (Andrew Love, Wayne Jackson) (horns on SF),
.Lenny Pickett (saxophone on SF), Alan Rubin (trumpet on B), Joe
.Shepley (trumpet on IM), Marvin Stamm (trumpet on B), Phil Woods
.(alto sax on S)

.Harmonica/Syntharmonica:
.------------------------
.Don Brooks (B, SF), Ronnie Cuber (IM, GHITS, B), Jon Faddis (GHITS),
."Toots" Thielemans (IM)
.
.Other:
.------
.Billy Armstrong (fiddle on PM), Joe Clayton (conga on SS),
.David Friedman (orchestral chimes on 52), The Georgian Singers
."Zhournalist" (vocals on K), George Marge (sopranino recorder on
.52), Mike Mainieri (vibes, marimba on 52), Charles McCraken
.(cello on NC), William Smith (organ on SS)

.Background Vocals: 
.------------------
.Mike Alexander (IM), Chuck Arnold (SF), Pattie Austin (S), Tom
.Bahler (IM), Phillip Ballou (RD), Katreese Barnes (RD), Dennis
.Collins (RD), The Creamers/Susan Steward & Co. (PM), Donnie
.Dacus (52), Patti Darcy (SF), Rory Dodd (IM), Will Downing (RD),
.Frank Floyd (52, IM, SF, RD), Babi Floyd (52), Wrecia Ford (RD),
.Diane Garisto (RD), Milt Grayson (52), Lani Groves (S, IM),
.Gwen Guthrie (S), Peter Hewlett (GHITS, B, K), Hicksville High
.School Chorus (SF), Jeff Jacobs (SF, RD), Stephanie James (RD),
.Devora Johnson (RD), Mick Jones (SF), Curtis King (SF), Ian
.Lloyd (SF), Ullanda McCullough (IM), Brian Ruggles (SF), Zack
.Sanders (52), Marlon Saunders (RD), Frank Simms (GHITS, RD),
.George Simms (K, RD), Ray Simpson (52), Phoebe Snow (S),
.Corliss Stafford (RD), Crystal Taliefero (SF, RD), Ron Taylor (IM),
.Terry Textor (IM), Eric Troyer (IM), Joe Lynn Turner (SF), Brenda
.White-King (SF, RD), B. David Whitworth (RD)


.
IV. BILLY JOEL RESOURCES
============================

1. Books
----------------------
.[Thanks to Claire Caterer (caterer@panix.com) for this info]

.BILLY JOEL by Peter Gambaccini; Jove Publications: 1979
.BILLY JOEL by Michael McKenzie; Ballantine: 1984
.BILLY JOEL by Debbie Geller & Tom Hibbert; McGraw-Hill: 1985
.BILLY JOEL by Jeff Tamarkin; Cherry Lane BOoks: 1984
.ROCK STARS by Timothy White; Stewart, Tabori, & Chiang: 1984

2. Magazine Articles
----------------------
.[Thanks to Michael Kidd (mkidd@julian.uwo.ca) for the
.majority of this info]

."Billy Joel Tricks the Phillies."  Rolling Stone.  Jun. 20, 1974
."Billy Joel:  The Miracle of 52nd Street."  Rolling Stone.  
..Dec. 14, 1978, pp. 70ff.
."Rock Punk."  Penthouse.  May 1979
."Hailed in Hicksville - How Billy Joel Became a Rock Troubador."
..Hit Parader.  May 1979, pp. 29.
."Billy Joel is Angry."  Rolling Stone.  Sep. 4, 1980, pp. 37ff.
."Billy Joel."  Playboy.  May, 1982
."Billy Joel:  Not as Bad as You Think."  Rolling Stone.  Oct. 28, 1982
."He Sang of Their Troubles, but Grateful Citizens Say Thank You
..Anyway To Billy Joel."  People.  Jan. 10, 1983
."Billy Joel."  Penthouse.  Dec. 1985
."New Billy Joel LP A Star-Studded Affair."  Rolling Stone. 
..Jun. 9, 1986
."Billy Joel."  Rolling Stone.  Nov. 6, 1986, pp. 46ff.
."Billy Joel."  Life.  Sep. 1987
."Billy Joel's Russian Roadshow."  Rolling Stone.  Sep. 24, 1987
."Billy Joel:  Doing the Kremlin Rag."  Life.  Oct. 1987
."A Matter of Trust:  Billy Joel in the USSR."  Variety.  Jun. 29, 1988
."Billy Joel Rides the Tide of Success into his 40's."  Billboard.  
..Nov. 4, 1989
."Billy Joel Starts a Fire..."  Rolling Stone.  Nov. 16, 1989
."Billy Joel."  Keyboard.  Jan., 1990, pp. 50
."Talent in Action:  Billy Joel."  Billboard.  Jan. 6, 1990
."The Rolling Stone Interview:  Billy Joel."  Rolling Stone. 
..Jan. 25, 1990, pp. 34ff.
."The Lessons of Rock and Roll:  Billy Joel Presents History, the
..Album (We Didn't Start the Fire)."  Newsweek.  Jan. 29, 1990
."Hometown Hero:  Billy Joel."  Rolling Stone.  Aug. 9, 1990
."Classic Songs:  Billy Joel's Top Ten Beatles Songs."  Rolling Stone.
..Aug. 23, 1990
."A Matter of Trust:  Billy Joel Suing Former Lawyers."  Billboard.
..Oct. 3, 1992
."Billy Joel."  Rolling Stone.  Oct. 15, 1992
."Billy Joel: Of time and the 'River'."  Billboard.  Jun. 5, 1993
."The Last Songwriter--River of Dreams by Billy Joel."  Time. 
..Aug. 30, 1993
."Little Billy (Kinda) Happy At Last."  Entertainment Weekly.  Sep.
..10, 1993, pp. 38.
."Picks & Pans--River of Dreams by Billy Joel."  People.  Sep. 20, 1993
."Billy Joel's New Legal Firestorm."  Rolling Stone.  Sep. 30, 1993
."Just the Way He Is."  People.  Oct. 25, 1993
."Billy Joel Agrees to Drop Suit against Grubman."  Billboard. 
..Nov. 6, 1993
."Backstage with ... Billy Joel."  People Weekly.  Dec. 13, 1993, 
..pp.132
."Billy Joel."  Rolling Stone.  Dec. 23, 1993
."The Year in Recordings."  Rolling Stone.  Dec. 23, 1993
."Keeping the Faith."  Goldmine.  Jan. 7, 1994
."Split Decisions."  People.  Apr. 25, 1994, pp. 53.

3. Sheet Music
----------------------
.Sheet music for all of Billy Joel's songs is available.  You
.should be able to find it at your favorite local music store.

.Billy Joel Complete Volume 1  (ISBN:0-7935-2070-3)  [contains
..first 6 albums:  Cold Spring Harbor, Piano Man,
..Streetlife Serenade, Turnstiles, The Stranger, and
..52nd Street]  304 pages.  US$27.95
..Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
..7777 West Bluemound Road
..PO Box 13819
..Milwaukee, WI  53213

.Billy Joel Complete Volume 1 (ISBN:0-88188-775-7) [same as
..above, but does not include Cold Spring Harbor] 256 pages.  
..Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
..960 East Mark Street
..Winona, MN  55987
..
.Billy Joel Complete Volume 2  (ISBN:0-88188-776-5) [contains
..Glass Houses, Songs in the Attic, The Nylon Curtain,
..An Innocent Man, and The Bridge]  
..Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
..960 East Mark Street
..Winona, MN  55987

.Billy Joel Complete Volume 2 (ISBN:0-79351-524-6) [same as the
..book above, but also contains Storm Front]

.The Billy Joel Keyboard Book (ISBN:0-7935-1442-8)  
.        [ Contains: Allentown, And So It Goes, Captain Jack, Honesty,
.        Just The Way You Are, Movin' Out, My Life, New York State
..Of Mind, Piano Man, Pressure, Scenes From An Italian
..Restaurant, She's Always A Woman, She's Got A Way, The
..Stranger, Streetlife Serenade.] 150 pages. US$17.95
..Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
..7777 West Bluemound Road
..PO Box 13819 Milwaukee, WI  53213

.Glass Houses (ISBN: ????)
..April-Blackwood Publications
..Distributed by Bradley Publications
..43 West 61st Street
..New York, NY  10023

.Greatest Hits (ISBN: ????)
..SBK Entertainment World
..Distributed by Hal Leonard Publishing Company (see above
..for address)

.The Bridge (ISBN: 0-89898-485-8)
..Columbia Pictures Publications
..15800 N.W. 48th Avenue
..Miami, FL  33014

.River of Dreams (ISBN: 0-7935-2733-3)
..Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (see above for address)


4. Streetlife Serenade Newsletter
---------------------------------
.Streetlife Serenade is a new newsletter put out independently
.from Billy's record company.  To obtain a free sample issue 
.(this is subject to change) and specifics on subscribing
.(including current subscription cost), write to:

..Suzan Wells
..c/o Wells Ink
..P.O. Box 2075
..Garden City, NY  11531

.
5. Net Resources
----------------------
   FTP SITES:  
   ----------
.ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/music/artists/j/joel.billy  (good place to start)
..    /pub/music/lyrics/j/joel.billy   (lyrics to almost all
...songs)
..    /pub/music/guitar/j/Billy.Joel   (guitar music for
...a few songs)
..    /pub/music/pictures/j/joel.billy (one jpeg file of
...poor quality--picture from back of "The Bridge")
.ftp.eng.auburn.edu:/pub/billy-joel/fan-email-archive.z
...(archives of Billy Joel mailing list)
..    /pub/billy-joel/README  (description of mail folder file)

   WWW SITES:
   ----------
.For those of you who like to cruise the World Wide Web, check
.out the following Billy Joel WWW Site:
..http://www.music.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/BillyJoel.html
..http://www.ssi.sony.com/SSI/Music/BJ/ticket/BJticket.html
...(has MOV, MPEG, and AVI format animations)
..http://yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU/~s9407312/billy.html
..http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/shio/BJ/bj.html
..http://www.lehigh.edu/~dat3/bj.html
..http://www.netaxs.com/~impala/Billy.html
..http://www.mindspring.com/~jdorough/pian/pian.html
..http://www.wizvax.net/prism/billy-joel/billjoel.html
.A site on the Billy Joel/Elton John tour:
..http://www.nauticom.net/www/jjo/bj_ej.html
.And a WWW Site devoted to Atilla:
..http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/al49/attila.html


   MAILING LISTS:
   --------------

.The Billy Joel Mailing List
.---------------------------
   .[Thanks to Chael Hall (nowhere@chaos.taylored.com), Mailing List
.Administrator, and Reid Fishler (redhead@chaos.taylored.com),
.Mailing List Moderator for this info]

.Purpose:
.This mailing list is for fans of Billy Joel and his music.  Its
.intention is to provide a forum for intelligent discussion of Billy
.Joel, his music, concert dates, tour information, trivia, and other
.related topics.

.Membership:
.Open Invitation.

.Subscription:
.To join the instant version (You get all the mail as it is sent):
..mail to: joel-request@chaos.taylored.com
..subject: subscribe

.To join the Digest version (One to two letters a day, containing
.all the mail for the day):
..mail to: joel-digest-request@chaos.taylored.com
..subject: subscribe

.Questions:
.Send mail to the list request address, joel-request@chaos.taylored.com
.with the subject line "MANUAL", and it will be forwarded to the
.moderator (redhead@chaos.taylored.com) and the mailing list
.administrator (nowhere@chaos.taylored.com.)


   FAN CLUBS:
   ----------
.Prodigy Billy Joel Fan Club:  For users of the Prodigy On-Line
.----------------------------  service.  How to get there:
."Jump" "Music BB".  Select "Music 1 BB" from the menu.  Select
."Rock Music A-K" from the next menu.  Type "Billy" in the 
."to go to" space and press return.  In order to join the fan
.club, send inquiries to Beverly Baridon (NGNH06A@prodigy.com).
.You will be asked to fill out a questionnaire.  The club's
.newsletter, "All About Joel", is published bi-monthly.



V. Origins/Meanings of Songs, plus Other Misc. Questions
========================================================
Bear in mind that many of these songs can have other meanings.  These
are just Billy's intended meanings.  Feel free to interpret any of these
songs any way you like.

1.  Who/What is Captain Jack?
-----------------------------
.According to Billy Joel, Captain Jack was the neighborhood 
.drug dealer in his neighborhood when he was growing up.

2.  Who is Rosalinda in "Rosalinda's Eyes"?
-------------------------------------------
.Billy's Mom.

3.  Who is the "Famous Violinist Incognito" who plays on "Downeaster Alexa"?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
.Itzhak Perlman.  They couldn't use his real name due to legal 
.complications about Perlman appearing on a different record label.

4.  What is the significance of the record title "The Bridge"?
--------------------------------------------------------------
.[From an interview in the back of the piano sheet music book for
.The Bridge]

."I came up with the title THE BRIDGE about two-thirds of the way
.through the album ... I I didn't really know why when I first said
.it. Then when I thought about it, I realized there's been a lot of
.connections made on this record. There's a duet with Ray Charles,
.and Ray Charles is somebody I admired for years and years. That was
.a connection made, so there's a bridge. There's a song that was done
.with Steve Winwood playing the Hammond organ, and I've always
.admired Steve--for years and years. So there's another bridge. The
.album is probably more like an older Billy Joel album, harkening
.back to 52ND STREET and THE STRANGER, in that it's not a concept
.album. The songs are not necessarily related to one another, but
.they were written in the same [time] period. And for that reason,
.because there's a connection to the older stuff, there's another
.bridge. I also see it as a direction into a future type of writing."

5.  What's the significance behind "Vienna"?
--------------------------------------------
.Billy's Dad lives in Vienna.  He wrote the song after going there
.to visit him once.

6.  What (or who) was the inspiration for "Big Shot"?
-----------------------------------------------------
.A very bad date with Bianca Jagger.  Billy has also said that he
.wanted to write a hangover song to convey how it feels to look
.in the mirror the next day and mutter to yourself.

7.  What ever happened to the "Root Beer Rag" newsletter?
---------------------------------------------------------
.This newsletter was produced by Billy's former management
.agency.  When Billy broke up with his former manager, Frank
.Weber, the newsletter ceased to be published.
.
8.  Which of Billy's songs have other artists covered?
------------------------------------------------------
."Just the Way You Are" -- Richard Clayderman
."Just the Way You Are" -- Rosemary Clooney (_With Love_)
."Just the Way You Are" -- Jose Jose (in Spanish)
."Just the Way You Are" -- Johnny Mathis (_Greatist Hits_)
."Just the Way You Are" -- Kenny Rogers with Dottie West (_Love
..Songs_, 1990)
."Just the Way You Are" -- Frank Sinatra (_Trilogy: Past, Present,
..and Future_)
."Just the Way You Are" -- Barry White
."Miami 2017" -- Richard Marx (B Side for the single of "The Way She 
..Loves Me")
."New York State of Mind" -- Shirley Bassey (_Superstar_)
."New York State of Mind" -- Susannah McCorkle
."New York State of Mind" -- Oleta Adams (_Evolution_)
."New York State of Mind" -- Rolf from the Muppets (_Old Brown Ears
..is Back_)
."New York State of Mind" -- Diane Schuur (_Deedles_)
."New York State of Mind" -- Barbra Streisand (_Streisand Superman_)
."New York State of Mind" -- Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
..(_The Muppet Show_)
."New York State of Mind" -- Mel Torme (_Mel Torme and Friends at
..Marty's_)
."Say Goodbye to Hollywood" -- Nigel Olson
."Shameless" -- Garth Brooks (_Ropin' the Wind_)
."Summer, Highland Falls" -- Peter, Paul, and Mary (_Reunion_)
."You May Be Right" -- Southside Johnny (Theme Music for CBS's
.."Dave's World")

9.  What was the "Souvenir" album?
----------------------------------
.[Thanks to Carl Woodin (cjw4@psuvm.psu.edu) for this info.]

.Souvenir was released by Columbia in 1977.  It was released as
.a half live, half greatest hits album.  It was distributed mainly
.to DJs, clubs, and fan clubs.  A VERY limited picture disc version
.was also released. 

.Side 1 (live) - Ballad of Billy the Kid
...Summer, Highland Falls
...New York State of Mind
...Souvenir
.(This live side was recorded on 12/5-6/1976 at the Palmer
.Auditorium, Connecticut College, New London.  It was recorded
.during the taping of the Billy Joel tonight video.)

.Side 2 - .Entertainer
...I've Loved these Days
...Captain Jack
...Los Angelenos
...Say Goodbye to Hollywood


10.  What songs has Billy written that were never released?
-----------------------------------------------------------
.[Songs with years in parentheses are listed in the Library of
. Congress's List of Copyrights under Billy Joel's Name.  Thanks
. to Knut Meyer (kmeyer@spunk.bbn.hp.com) for this info.]

."Alexa's Theme" (1988)
."Attitude Road" (1992)
."Bye Bye" (Cold Spring Harbor/Piano Man days)
."December Song" (Cold Spring Harbor/Piano Man days)
."Every Time (Falling In Love)" (1982)
."Great Ships, Great Oceans" (Cold Spring Harbor/Piano Man days)
."Handball" (1979)
."Indian Love Ball" (1981)
."It's All Right" (1982)
."It's Not Easy" (written for Cold Spring Harbor)
."Josephine" (written between Cold Spring Harbor and Piano Man)
."Long, Long Time" (written between Cold Spring Harbor and Piano Man)
."Money or Love" (1989)
."My Journey's End" (1964)
."New Thing in C" (1989)
."Numbers" (1982)
."Only a Man" (Cold Spring Harbor/Piano Man days)
."Oyster Bay" (Cold Spring Harbor/Piano Man days)
."Prime of Your Life" (1981)
."Rosalinda" (written between Cold Spring Harbor and Piano Man)
."Song for Alexa" (1989 -- possibly became "Lullabye"?)
."Tell Them You're In Love" (1985)
."The Moment at Hand" (1988)
."The Purple Heart" (1982 -- possibly became "Goodnight Saigon"?)
."Until You Come to Me" (written for Cold Spring Harbor)
."We All Have Our Cross to Bear" (written for Piano Man)
."Wide Awake" (1982)
."Where is My Lady" (written for Cold Spring Harbor)
."Where's the Revolution" (written for Piano Man)
."You Got Your Reasons" (1989)


11.  How do you pronounce "KOHUEPT"?
------------------------------------
."KOHUEPT" is the Russian word for "Concert," and it is
.pronounced roughly like the English version of the word
.(approximately "kon-syairt").  "KOHUEPT" is about the best
.approximation of the cryllic letters that I can do.


12.  Do I have a rare, misprinted "An Innocent Man" CD cover?
-------------------------------------------------------------
.When they printed the CD version of the "An Innocent Man" album,
.they switched the order of those two tracks from their original
.order on the LP release.  However, they merely copied the 
.old album cover over without correcting the swapped tracks.
.The listing on the disc itself and the order of the lyrics
.in the liner notes should be correct.  In short, no, you don't
.have a rare misprinted item.

.People have also reported seeing copies of the Streetlife 
.Serenade cassette and Turnstiles CD with incorrect listings
.on the CD cover.


13.  What is being said at the beginning of "Scandinavian Skies"?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
.[Thanks to ajvt@knoware.nl for this info.]

.It is an announcement in Dutch at Schiphol (Amsterdam) Airport:

.Attentie, Attentie, Passagiers voor vlucht 33 met bestemming Oslo, 
.Stockholm en Kopenhagen kunnen zich naar Gate A12 begeven.

.Translated:

.Attention, Attention, Passengers for flight 33 with destinations
.Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen can go to Gate A12


14.  What about... ?
--------------------
.If you know of something else that should be included here, let me
.know.


A big Thank You to all the contributors to this Frequently Asked Questions
List!  God knows I wouldn't have wanted to write all this myself...

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