This is the first song I can remember hearing from Mr. After “Big Shot” failed to go top ten in early 1979, this also missed, though it became a moderate radio record despite its weaker sales.Ġ2. This tender ballad is a lovely one and receives some attention today on Classic Hits stations. His ode to the Motown era featured a memorable video in which Joel appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, which got a lot of airtime on MTV. Here’s another classic song with a classic sound as well. Joel’s followup to “We Didn’t Start A Fire” was another hit from his 1989 effort and was received well by the critics during the album’s initial release. Saying sorry for his crazy lifestyle never sounded so good. It was one of his first big songs to reach the top ten following “Just The Way You Are” in 1978 and solidified his place on the charts for years to come.Ġ5. Produced by the late Phil Ramone, “Life” is Joel’s anthem about independence. Sometimes songs with a heavy message like this just “don’t stay on the charts.”
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One of the more biting songs about the woes of the music industry, this somehow made it as a single, although it cracked the top 40 for just a few weeks. The ballad written about the Vietnam War touched a lot of veterans and climbed to #1 in several European countries.Ġ7. This was the only single from Joel’s 1982 album to not go top 40, but it’s certainly the most poignant of them. It’s still one of his most played hits to date.Ġ8. hit in 2010.įrom his 1983 concept album, probably my favorite from him, this song is an ode to the Four Seasons and written about his then-girlfriend and now ex-wife, model Christie Brinkley. I also liked a cover by Fyfe Dangerfield, a top ten U.K. It was the last release from his Diamond-certified album, and though its run was abbreviated due to the release of “My Life”, it’s still a very pretty ballad. Here they are, my ten favorites, all ranked in order:ġ0. It didn’t help as much as I wanted it to, but, the list got done. So, I limited it to singles, specifically those that charted on the Hot 100. This was the hardest Top Ten list to compile so far there’s way too many songs to enjoy from his decades of recorded music. From Piano Man to River Of Dreams, the classics are all there, and even in his earlier and lesser known works still find a big audience even today.
With that and he being the subject of a tribute episode of Glee airing tonight, we still can’t get enough of the legendary Billy Joel. He’s playing the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on New Year’s Eve and he already has three dates planned at Madison Square Garden early in 2014. Have a favorite song from the tracks listed above? Let me know! Comment below or click on the “Get Social!” tab above to find PGTC on Facebook and Twitter. The two were no more by the following year. It was one and done for this rap duo from New York, and though Pop radio didn’t touch it, huge airplay on both Rhythm and Urban radio propelled it up the survey and to a Platinum certification. “Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)”, Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz (#9, 1998) The classic track is still heard often on Classic Hits outlets. “Uptown” was one of six top 40 releases from the album, the most successful in terms of the quantity of hits in his catalog. One of my favorite Joel albums is 1983’s An Innocent Man. Nevertheless, it put the group’s name on the R&B and Hot 100 charts. Though its best known lineup included Howard Hewett, Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley, the album on which this song is included was recorded by several session singers. “Uptown Festival – Part 1”, Shalamar (#25, 1977) One of the many Phil Spector produced acts to hit the charts, the girl group drew national attention a year prior with the song “There’s No Other (Like My Baby)”. They managed a string of big singles (with a few lineup changes) through 1963. It’s a mighty big goal, but a hot single is a hot single. In that spirit, it’s time to go further uptown, because should this “Uptown” make its debut in the top 40 on the Hot 100, it will be the fifth such title to feature the term. It is the latest collaboration for the two musicians, last working together for Mars’s Unorthodox Jukebox album. Currently up in the top 30 on iTunes, it should go even higher thanks to radio’s quick reaction (which includes a one day iHeartMedia hourly deal for the CHR format.) Today marked the debut of “Uptown Funk”, a snazzy and sensational number from producer Mark Ronson and singer Bruno Mars.
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