A verse in the Billy Joel song "The Entertainer" references the shortening of another Joel song that was released in what year?
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The Entertainer (song) "The Entertainer" is a single by singer Billy Joel released as the only single from his 1974 album "Streetlife Serenade". The song peaked at #34 on the US charts, a Top 40 hit for Joel that year. The song is a cynical and somewhat satirical look at the fleeting fame of a musician and fickle public tastes ("Today I am your champion / I may have won your hearts / But I know the game / You'll forget my name / And I won't be here / in another year / if I don't stay on the charts"); this theme would be examined in the later song "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me". Another verse in the song references the shortening of Joel's song, "Piano Man", from 5 minutes and 38 seconds to 3 minutes and 5 seconds to fit a radio slot, referenced by the lyrics "It was a beautiful song, / but it ran too long / If you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit / So they cut it down to 3:05." Additionally, the timing printed on the label of the 7" release of "The Entertainer" was 3:05, although the actual 45 length was 3:11 (while the album length was 3:41). In the single version, Verse 3 (which starts at 1:02 in the album version) is edited out, and Verse 2 (which starts at 0:40) contains a steel guitar in its second half, which is actually featured in the second half of the "third" verse in the album version; indeed, on the single mix, the instrumental crescendo of the album version is anticipated by bringing the fuller instrumentation of Verse 3 under the vocals of Verse 2. As a result of this, the slightly emptier original instrumentation of Verse 2 (which includes a downward slide on the synth) and the vocals of Verse 3 are completely omitted, while the instrumentation of Verse 3 (featuring the steel guitar) does appear, but earlier.
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Piano Man (song) "Piano Man" is the first single released by Billy Joel. It was released on November 2, 1973, and has been included on several subsequent albums. Joel's first major hit and his signature song, the song peaked at #25 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in April 1974. In 2016, the Library of Congress selected "Piano Man" for preservation in the National Recording Registry for its "cultural, historic, or artistic significance."
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Taxi (song) "Taxi" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin from his 1972 album "Heads & Tales". Chapin debuted the song on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in 1972, which was followed by many calls and telegrams sent from viewers to NBC demanding that Chapin return to the show. It was the first time in the show's history that host Johnny Carson brought a performer back the very next night for an encore performance. "Taxi" thus front-lined his defining work. The single helped establish Chapin's musical style and fame, and as a result, many Chapin items featured taxi-related imagery. WMEX DJ Jim Connors is credited with discovering Chapin and pushing "Taxi" to #24 on the "Billboard" charts, where it would last 16 weeks on the Hot 100, in the United States. "Billboard" ranked it as the #85 song for 1972. In Canada, the song reached #3.
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My Lives My Lives is a box set compilation of demos, outtakes, B-sides, soundtrack cuts, live recordings and album cuts by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel. It was released on November 22, 2005. The album name is derivative of the Billy Joel song "My Life". The liner notes were written by longtime "Rolling Stone" magazine contributor Anthony DeCurtis.
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Dolly (album) Dolly is the 16th solo studio album by American entertainer Dolly Parton, released on September 19, 1975. It is sometimes referred to as "Dolly: The Seeker • We Used To" to differentiate it from Parton's 2009 4-disc, career-spanning box set "Dolly." The first single, "The Seeker," peaked at #2, and was later covered by Merle Haggard; the follow-up single, "We Used To", with its "Stairway to Heaven"-inspired guitar intro, reached #9. The album reached # 14 on the country album charts.
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Sweet Little Sixteen "Sweet Little Sixteen" is a rock and roll song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958. His performance of it at that year's Newport Jazz Festival was included in the documentary film "Jazz on a Summer's Day". It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, Berry's second-highest position ever on that chart (surpassed only by his suggestive hit "My Ding-A-Ling", which reached number one in 1972). "Sweet Little Sixteen" also reached number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart. "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked the song number 272 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004.
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New York State of Mind "New York State of Mind" is a song written by Billy Joel which initially appeared on the album "Turnstiles" in 1976. Although it was never a hit song and was never released as a single, it has become a fan favorite and a song that Joel plays regularly in concert. Joel famously played the song at The Concert for New York City, the October 2001 benefit concert for the New York City Fire and Police Departments and the loved ones of families of first responders lost during the terrorist attack on New York City on 9/11. He reprised that theme, playing it during his set at at Madison Square Garden in New York City on December 12, 2012, where he changed lyrics to include the likes of "Breezy Point."
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Stole (song) "Stole" is a song by American recording artist Kelly Rowland. It was written and co-produced by Dane Deviller, Sean Hosein and Steve Kipner and recorded for Rowland's solo album "Simply Deep" (2002). Generally well received by music critics, the lyrics of the track chronicle three different scenarios with young people, whose lives are drastically changed by the aftermaths of a suicide and a school shooting.
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Hittin' Switches "Hittin' Switches" is a song by American hip hop artist Erick Sermon. The song was released as the first single for Sermon's debut album "No Pressure" (1993), as well as the second promotional single for the soundtrack to the 1993 film "Who's the Man?".
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Whoa, Nelly! Whoa, Nelly! is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was released in North America on October 24, 2000 by DreamWorks Records. It peaked at number twenty-four on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, and opened to critical acclaim. It produced three international singles: "I'm Like a Bird", "Turn Off the Light" and "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)". "Party's Just Begun (Again)" was a club-only single released exclusively in the US before the album's availability in stores, and it was included on the soundtrack of the 1999 film "Brokedown Palace". When "Party's Just Begun (Again)" was released, Furtado's label was unsure about the genre in which to market her. They eventually remixed "Party's Just Begun (Again)" and included it on this album as "Party". The DreamWorks label released "Trynna Finda Way" as the fourth single in Mexico and South America, and "Hey, Man!" as the fourth single in the UK and Germany. The album spent seventy-eight weeks on the "Billboard" 200. It hit double-platinum status in the US in January 2002.
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Little Man (Alan Jackson song) "Little Man" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in May 1999 as the fourth and final single from his album "High Mileage". The song topped at number three on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles charts, and four on the Canadian "RPM" Country Tracks chart. It was also Jackson's first single to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #39.
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Honesty (Billy Joel song) "Honesty" is a song by American singer and songwriter Billy Joel. Columbia Records released the song as the third single from his sixth studio album "52nd Street" (1978) in 1979. "Honesty" was solely written by Joel, while production was handled by Phil Ramone. The song was not included on any of Joel's US-released compilation packages; however, it appears on the Dutch and Japanese editions of "Greatest Hits Volume 2", replacing "Don't Ask Me Why" (1980). "Honesty" is a piano ballad that talks about the inherent lack of shame.
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Glass Houses Glass Houses is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on March 10, 1980. It features Joel's first song to peak at #1 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me". The album itself topped the Pop Albums chart for six weeks and was ranked number 4 on "Billboard"'s 1980 year-end album chart. The album is the 41st best selling album of the 1980s, with sales of 7.1 million copies in the US alone. In 1981, Joel won a Grammy Award for "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" for his work on "Glass Houses". According to music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, the album featured "a harder-edged sound" compared to Joel's other work, in response to the punk and new wave movements.
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Shorty Wanna Ride "Shorty Wanna Ride" is the second single from Young Buck's first album, "Straight Outta Cashville".
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Back That Thang Up "Back That Azz Up" (or the censored version "Back That Thang Up") is a song recorded by American hip-hop artist Juvenile. It was released on February 24, 1999 as the second single from his 1998 album "400 Degreez". The song, an explicit exploration of the same themes as Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" was Juvenile's biggest hit single until the release of "Slow Motion" in 2004, peaking at number 19 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
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For a Little While "For A Little While" is a song written by Steve Mandile, Jerry Vandiver and Phil Vassar, and performed by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in November 1998 as the sixth and final single from his album "Everywhere". The song peaked at number 2 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart but reached number-one on the Canadian "RPM" Country Tracks chart.
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Longer "Longer" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg and released in 1979 by Full Moon Records and Epic Records. The song can be found on Fogelberg's 1979 album "Phoenix". It was also included on his 1982 greatest hits album as well as various other retrospective and compilation recordings.
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How I Got to Memphis "How I Got to Memphis" is the shortened title used by American country music singer Bobby Bare, of a song whose full title is: "That's How I Got to Memphis" written by Tom T. Hall and which appears on his 1969 album: 'Ballad Of Forty Dollars & His Other Great Songs'. Bobby Bare's album "This Is Bare Country" was released in August 1970 and this track was taken from it as a single. Other performers of this song use the full title: That's How I Got to Memphis.
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Long Haired Country Boy "Long Haired Country Boy", is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1974 album "Fire on the Mountain". It was first released as a single in April, 1975 and was re-released as a single in January, 1980.
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Curbside Prophet "Curbside Prophet" is a song by Jason Mraz. It was released as part of his first major studio album, "Waiting for My Rocket to Come", which is one of the lyrics of this song. The song was remixed with additional and modified lyrics for the 2004 film "New York Minute". The song's name was changed to "Curbside Prophet '04" on the "New York Minute" soundtrack.
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Deeper Than the Holler "Deeper Than The Holler" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis. It was released in November 1988 as the second single from the album, "Old 8x10". The song was his eighth Number One single, and his sixth consecutive.
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I Changed My Mind "I Changed My Mind" is a song by American R&B recording artist Keyshia Cole, recorded for her debut album, "The Way It Is" (2005). It was written by the singer along with John Legend and Kanye West, while production on the track was helmed by the latter, released on November 9, 2004 as the second single from the album, it was mildly successful commercially, peaking at number 71 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 23 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.