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Piano Man (song) " Piano Man " is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel. First released as a single in the US on November 2, 1973, it was included on Joel's 1973 album Piano Man. The song is sung from the point of view of a piano player at a bar, describing the patrons. "Piano Man" is based on Joel's real-life ...
Ebenezer (hymn tune) Ebenezer also known as Ton-y-Botel (Tune in a Bottle) is a famous Welsh hymn tune composed by Thomas John Williams A.T.S.C. (1869–1944) and extracted from the second movement of his anthem "Goleu Yn Y Glyn" (Light in the Valley).
Harry Nilsson performed "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" as the closing track on his 1980 album, Flash Harry. In 1997, the song was recorded by Art Garfunkel and included in the soundtrack of James L. Brooks ' film As Good as It Gets. [18] In the film itself, Jack Nicholson sings the song fleetingly with the minor addition of "your" in ...
"All by Myself" is a song by American singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, released by Arista in December 1975 as the first single from Carmen's debut album, Eric Carmen (1975). The verse is based on the second movement ( Adagio sostenuto ) of Sergei Rachmaninoff 's 1900–1901 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor , Opus 18.
By 1976, Stevie Wonder had become one of the most popular figures in R&B and pop music, not only in the U.S., but worldwide. Within a short space of time, the albums Talking Book, Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale were all back-to-back-to-back top five successes, with the latter two winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1974 and 1975, respectively.
J'attendrai. " J'attendrai " (French for "I will wait" [1]) is a popular French song first recorded by Rina Ketty in 1938. It became the big French song during World War II; a counterpart to Lale Andersen 's "Lili Marleen" in Germany and Vera Lynn 's "We'll Meet Again" in Britain. "J'attendrai" is a French version of the Italian song " Tornerai ...
Bon Ton Roula. " Bon Ton Roula " (alternatively " Bon Ton Roulet ") is a zydeco -influenced blues song first recorded by Clarence Garlow in 1949. The following year, it became a hit, reaching number seven in Billboard magazine's Rhythm & Blues chart [1] and introduced the style to a national audience. [2]
Sixteen Tons. " Sixteen Tons " is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. [2] Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California, on August 8, 1946. Cliffie Stone played bass on the recording.