Just The Way You Are (DUET) by lorrdarlin

lorrdarlin - Just The Way You Are (DUET)

lorrdarlin

Jun 08, 2024 01:34am

Thank you Dallas40 for this great duet!! A pleasure singing with you............... William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Commonly nicknamed the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Piano Man</a>" after his signature 1973 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Man_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">song of the same name</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel#cite_note-RSDec2022-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel#cite_note-NBCBostonDec2022-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a> Joel has had a successful music career as a solo artist since the 1970s. From 1971 to 1993, he released twelve studio albums that spanned the genres of pop and rock music, and in 2001 released a one-off studio album of classical music compositions. Joel is one of the world's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">best-selling music artists</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[6]</a> and the fourth-best-selling solo artist in the United States,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel#cite_note-RIAA-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[7]</a> with over 160 million records sold worldwide. His 1985 compilation album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_%E2%80%93_Volume_I_%26_Volume_II" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II</a>, is one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">best-selling albums in the United States</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel#cite_note-RIAA-2-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[8]</a>Joel was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Bronx</a> in New York City and grew up on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Long Island</a>, where he began taking piano lessons at his mother's insistence. After dropping out of high school to pursue a music career, Joel took part in two short-lived bands, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hassles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Hassles</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_(rock_band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Attila</a>, before signing a record deal with Family Productions and starting off a solo career in 1971 with his first release <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Spring_Harbor_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cold Spring Harbor</a>. In 1972, Joel caught the attention of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbia Records</a> after a live radio performance of the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Jack_(Billy_Joel_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Captain Jack</a>" became popular in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Philadelphia</a>, prompting him to sign a new record deal with the company and release his second album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Man_(Billy_Joel_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Piano Man</a>, in 1973. After <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlife_Serenade" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Streetlife Serenade</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnstiles_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Turnstiles</a> in 1974 and 1976, respectively, Joel released his critical and commercial breakthrough album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Stranger</a>, in 1977, which became Columbia's best-selling release, selling over 10 million copies and spawning the hit singles, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_the_Way_You_Are_(Billy_Joel_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Just the Way You Are</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movin%27_Out_(Anthony%27s_Song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_the_Good_Die_Young" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Only the Good Die Young</a>", and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_Always_a_Woman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">She's Always a Woman</a>"; the album also includes the popular album track "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scenes_from_an_Italian_Restaurant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scenes from an Italian Restaurant</a>", one of Joel's favorite of his own songs, which has become a firm staple of his live shows,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[9]</a> and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_(Billy_Joel_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vienna</a>", also one of Joel's personal favorites<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[10]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[11]</a> and as of 2022 one of his most streamed songs on the internet.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel#cite_note-Grierson-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a>Joel's next album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_Street_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">52nd Street</a>, was released in 1978 and it soon became his first album to peak at No. 1 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard 200</a> chart. Joel released his seventh studio album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_Houses_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glass Houses</a>, in 1980 in an attempt to further establish himself as a rock artist; this release featured "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Still_Rock_and_Roll_to_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">It's Still Rock and Roll to Me</a>" (Joel's first single to top the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard Hot 100</a> chart), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_May_Be_Right" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You May Be Right</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Ask_Me_Why_(Billy_Joel_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Don't Ask Me Why</a>", and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sometimes_a_Fantasy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sometimes a Fantasy</a>". His next album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nylon_Curtain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Nylon Curtain</a>, was released in 1982, and stemmed from a desire to create more lyrically and melodically ambitious music. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Innocent_Man" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">An Innocent Man</a>, released in 1983, served as an homage to genres of music that Joel had grown up with in the 1950s, such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rhythm and blues</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-wop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">doo-wop</a>; this release featured "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Her_About_It" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tell Her About It</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptown_Girl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Uptown Girl</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longest_Time" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Longest Time</a>", three of his best-known songs. After his 12th album, 1993's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_of_Dreams" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">River of Dreams</a>, he largely retired from producing studio material, although he went on to release <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasies_and_Delusions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fantasies and Delusions</a>, a 2001 album featuring classical compositions composed by him and performed by British-Korean pianist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hyung-ki_Joo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richard Hyung-ki Joo</a>. Joel provided voiceover work in 1988 for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Feature_Animation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Disney</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">animated film</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_%26_Company" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oliver & Company</a>, in which he played the character Dodger with his song, "Why Should I Worry?", and contributed to the soundtracks to several different films, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Money_(1983_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Easy Money</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthless_People" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ruthless People</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeymoon_in_Vegas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Honeymoon in Vegas</a>. Joel returned to composing new music with the 2024 single “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_the_Lights_Back_On" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Turn the Lights Back On</a>”.Across the years of his solo career, Joel produced 33 self-written Top 40 hits in the U.S.,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel#cite_note-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[13]</a> three of which ("<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Still_Rock_and_Roll_to_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">It's Still Rock and Roll to Me</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Her_About_It" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tell Her About It</a>", and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Didn%27t_Start_the_Fire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We Didn't Start the Fire</a>") topped the Billboard Hot 100. Joel has been nominated for 23 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Awards</a>, winning 6 of them, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Album of the Year</a> for 52nd Street. <img src="https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/770x0/e2a2cab18b90591edf60e1d965c9ac85.jpg#e2a2cab18b90591edf60e1d965c9ac85" alt="Billy Joel">