50 Years of the Piano Man

Tracklist

• 1
  Piano Man
  5:39
  4.4 ★
• 2
  Uptown Girl
  3:17
  4.1 ★
• 3
  We Didn’t Start the Fire
  4:50
  4.3 ★
• 4
  Vienna
  3:34
  4.2 ★
• 5
  My Life
  4:44
  4.2 ★
• 6
  Just the Way You Are
  4:51
  4.2 ★
• 7
  It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me
  2:58
  4.3 ★
• 8
  Only the Good Die Young
  3:55
  4.2 ★
• 9
  New York State of Mind
  6:02
  4.0 ★
• 10
  The Longest Time
  3:39
  3.6 ★
• 11
  Zanzibar
  5:12
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Everybody Loves You Now
  2:51
  3.7 ★
• 13
  She’s Always a Woman
  3:20
  4.0 ★
• 14
  A Matter of Trust
  4:10
  4.4 ★
• 15
  Miami 2017 (I’ve Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
  5:15
  4.0 ★
• 16
  The Downeaster ‘Alexa’
  3:45
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Don’t Ask Me Why
  3:00
  3.8 ★
• 18
  The Entertainer
  3:42
  4.1 ★
• 19
  Pressure
  4:41
  3.9 ★
• 20
  Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
  7:34
  4.4 ★
• 21
  Keeping the Faith
  4:40
  3.8 ★
• 22
  Big Shot
  4:03
  3.9 ★
• 23
  Say Goodbye to Hollywood
  4:39
  4.1 ★
• 24
  The Ballad of Billy the Kid
  5:42
  4.1 ★
• 25
  Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
  3:30
  4.4 ★
• 26
  The River of Dreams
  4:06
  4.0 ★
• 27
  Allentown
  3:52
  3.7 ★
• 28
  Tell Her About It
  3:51
  3.8 ★
• 29
  This Is the Time
  4:59
  3.0 ★
• 30
  Sometimes a Fantasy (single version)
  4:22
• 31
  Prelude/Angry Young Man
  5:16
  4.0 ★
• 32
  You May Be Right
  4:13
  4.5 ★
• 33
  Captain Jack
  7:19
  4.3 ★
• 34
  She’s Got a Way
  2:54
  3.8 ★
• 35
  Baby Grand
  4:05
  2.8 ★
• 36
  An Innocent Man
  5:20
  3.7 ★
• 37
  I Go to Extremes
  4:24
  3.4 ★
• 38
  All About Soul (live at the Boston Garden, MA 1994)
  6:23
• 39
  Goodnight Saigon
  7:02
  3.9 ★
• 40
  Honesty
  3:51
  3.6 ★
• 41
  Leave a Tender Moment Alone
  3:53
  3.3 ★
• 42
  Streetlife Serenader
  5:20
• 43
  All for Leyna
  4:12
  3.9 ★
• 44
  Where’s the Orchestra
  3:18
  3.7 ★
• 45
  Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
  3:35
  4.2 ★
• 46
  And So It Goes
  3:38
  2.9 ★
• 47
  The Ballad of Billy the Kid (live at Palmer Auditorium, New London, CT 1976)
  5:04
• 48
  Summer, Highland Falls (live at Palmer Auditorium, New London, CT 1976)
  3:06
• 49
  New York State of Mind (live at Palmer Auditorium, New London, CT 1976)
  10:14
• 50
  Souvenir (live at Palmer Auditorium, New London, CT 1976)
  1:53

More by Billy Joel

The Stranger

The Stranger 1977

An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man 1983

Glass Houses

Glass Houses 1980

Turnstiles

Turnstiles 1976

Piano Man

Piano Man 1973

The Nylon Curtain

The Nylon Curtain 1982

Release credits

• Andy Kravitz
  additional [26], percussion [26]
• Artie Ripp
  arranger [12, 34], editor [12, 34], engineer [12, 34], mix [12, 34], producer [12, 34], recording [12]
• B. David Whitworth
  background vocals [26]
• Bill Zampino
  snare drum [39]
• Billy Joel
  Hammond organ [26, 37], Moog [18], Rhodes piano [21], accordion [16], arranger [9, 15, 18, 23, 31], background vocals [10, 37], clavinet [3, 16], electric guitar [14], electric piano [5], harmonica [1, 24], keyboard [6, 9, 18, 23, 31], lead vocals [1-10, 13-14, 16-29, 31-33, 35-37, 39, 41, 45-46], melodica [19], organ [33], percussion [3], performer [24], piano [1-2, 4-5, 8-9, 13-14, 17, 19-20, 22-26, 26-27, 29, 32-37, 39, 41, 45-46], producer [3, 9, 15-16, 23, 31, 37, 46], synthesizer [19, 26, 29, 46], vocal [26, 34]
• Bob Hughes
  recording [12, 34]
• Bobbye Hall
  percussion [1]
• Bradshaw Leigh
  additional [21, 36], assistant [7, 17, 32, 43], associate [14, 19, 27, 39, 44]
• Bruce Botnick
  mix [9, 23, 31]
• Charles McCracken
  cello [44]
• Chuck Treece
  additional [26], bass [26]
• Crystal Taliefero
  background vocals [3, 26], percussion [3]
• Dana Becker
  assistant [3, 16, 37, 46]
• Danny Kortchmar
  guitar [26], producer [26, 45]
• Dave Martone
  assistant [5, 11, 22, 40]
• David Brown
  acoustic guitar [32], electric guitar [2, 21, 27, 29, 32, 39], guitar [3, 7, 16-17, 32, 36-37, 43]
• David Dickson
  associate [14]
• David Dorn
  assistant [3, 16, 37, 46]
• David Nadien
  concertmaster [19, 27, 39, 44]
• David Spinozza
  acoustic guitar [40]
• Dean Parks
  guitar [1, 35]
• Dominic Cortese
  accordion [4, 16, 20, 44]
• Don Evans
  guitar [18]
• Don Puluse
  engineer [9, 15, 23, 31]
• Donnie Dacus
  background vocals [5], guest [5]
• Doug Kleeger
  arranger [3], other instruments [3]
• Doug Stegmeyer
  arranger [9, 15, 23, 31], bass [32], bass guitar [9, 23, 31], electric bass guitar [2, 4-10, 13-14, 17, 19-23, 25, 27-29, 32, 36, 39, 41, 43]
• Eddie Daniels
  clarinet [44], saxophone [44]
• Emory Gordy
  bass [18]
• Frank Simms
  background vocals [26]
• Fred Tenny
  associate [14]
• Freddie Hubbard
  guest [11], trumpet [11]
• Gary Solomon
  assistant [3, 16, 37, 46]
• George Simms
  background vocals [26]
• Gordon Watanabe
  assistant [12, 34]
• Howard Emerson
  acoustic guitar [9, 23, 31], electric guitar [9, 23, 31]
• Hugh McCracken
  acoustic guitar [6, 13, 20]
• Ian Lloyd
  background vocals [37]
• Ira Newborn
  orchestrator [26, 45]
• Itzhak Perlman
  fiddle [16]
• James Mingo Lewis
  percussion [9, 23, 31]
• James Smith
  acoustic guitar [9, 23, 31]
• Jay Healy
  engineer [3, 16, 37, 46], mix [37, 46]
• Jef Lee Johnson
  additional [26], bass [26]
• Jeff Jacobs
  additional [26], synthesizer [3, 16, 37]
• Jim Boyer
  engineer [2, 4-8, 10-11, 13-14, 17, 19-22, 25, 27-29, 32, 35-36, 39-41, 43-44], mix [2, 5, 10-11, 19, 21-22, 27-28, 36, 39-41, 44]
• Jimmie Haskell
  arranger [12, 24, 34]
• Joe Lynn Turner
  background vocals [37]
• Joe Pirerra
  assistant [3, 16, 37, 46]
• Joe Shepley
  guest [21, 28], trumpet [21, 28]
• Joe “The Butcher” Nicolo
  co [26], mix [26]
• Joey Hunting
  guitar [3]
• John Bradley
  assistant [9, 23], engineer [9, 15, 23, 31]
• John Gatchell
  guest [21, 28], trumpet [21, 28]
• John Mahoney
  keyboard [3]
• Kenny Ascher
  orchestrator [9, 23, 31]
• Kevin Jones
  keyboard [3]
• Larry Carlton
  guitar [1]
• Larry Elliott
  editor [12, 34], engineer [12, 34], mix [12, 34], recording [12]
• Laura Loncteaux
  assistant [19, 27, 39, 44]
• Liberty DeVitto
  arranger [9, 15, 23, 31], drums (drum set) [2-9, 14, 16-17, 19-23, 25, 27-29, 31-32, 36-37, 39, 43], percussion [3]
• Lonnie D. Hillyer
  bass [26]
• Lou Waxman
  engineer [9, 15, 23, 31]
• Mark Rivera
  alto saxophone [21], solo [21]
• Marlon Saunders
  background vocals [26]
• Michael Brecker
  guest [21, 28], tenor saxophone [21, 28]
• Michael Omartian
  accordion [1], arranger [1, 33], keyboard [1]
• Michael Stewart
  arranger [18], producer [1, 18, 24, 33]
• Michele Slagter
  assistant [7, 17, 32, 43]
• Mick Jones
  background vocals [37], producer [3, 16, 37, 46]
• Mike D. Stone
  engineer [12, 34]
• Mike Mainieri
  guest [11], marimba [11], vibraphone [11]
• Mike Mairé
  assistant [2, 10, 21, 28, 36, 41]
• Mike McGee
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Mike Tyler
  additional [26], bass [26]
• Mike Tyler
  guitar [26]
• Neil Jason
  percussion [9]
• Neil Stubenhaus
  electric bass guitar [35]
• Niko Bolas
  mix [45]
• Patrick Williams
  arranger [35]
• Peter Cetera
  background vocals [5], guest [5]
• Phil Nicolo
  mix [26]
• Phil Ramone
  engineer [4, 6, 8, 13, 20, 25], mix [5, 11, 22, 40], producer [2, 4-8, 10-11, 13-14, 17, 19-22, 25, 27-29, 32, 35-36, 39-41, 43-44]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [6]
• Ralph MacDonald
  guest [41], percussion [6, 41]
• Ray Charles
  lead vocals [35], piano [35]
• Rhys Clark
  drums (drum set) [33]
• Richard Tee
  guest [28], piano [28]
• Richie Cannata
  clarinet [20], flute [7, 13, 17, 32, 43], organ [7-8, 17, 32, 43], saxophone [7-9, 17, 20, 22-23, 25, 31-32, 32, 43]
• Rob Mounsey
  orchestrator [29]
• Robert Freedman
  brass [40], strings [40]
• Ron Malo
  engineer [1, 24, 33], sound [18]
• Ron Tutt
  drums (drum set) [1, 18, 24]
• Ronnie Cuber
  baritone saxophone [21, 28], guest [21, 28]
• Russell Javors
  acoustic guitar [9, 23, 31-32], electric guitar [9, 23, 28, 31-32], guitar [7, 17, 27, 29, 32, 36, 39, 43]
• Sammy Merendino
  percussion [3]
• Schuyler Deale
  electric bass guitar [3, 16, 37]
• Scott James
  assistant [2, 10, 21, 28, 36, 41]
• Steve Boyer
  associate [14]
• Steve Burgh
  acoustic guitar [6, 13], electric guitar [20]
• Steven Abdul Kahn
  acoustic guitar [5], electric guitar [22]
• Suzanne Hollander
  assistant [3, 16, 37, 46]
• Tim Crish
  assistant [3, 16, 37, 46]
• Tom Lord‐Alge
  mix [3, 16]
• Tom Whitehorse
  banjo [18], pedal steel guitar [18]
• Toots Thielemans
  guest [41], harmonica [41], solo [41]
• Vinnie Colaiuta
  drums (drum set) [35]
• William Bennett
  guitar [1]
• Wilton Felder
  electric bass guitar [1]
• Wrecia Ford
  background vocals [26]
• Zachary Alford
  drums (drum set) [26]
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  50 Years of the Piano Man

  Digital Media
  8 April 2022