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52nd Street is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on October 11, 1978, by Columbia Records. Presenting itself as the follow-up to his breakthrough studio album, The Stranger , Joel tried to give the new album a fresh sound, hiring various jazz musicians to differentiate it from his previous ...
He is credited as one of the background vocalists on Billy Joel's single "My Life", released in 1978, from the album 52nd Street. The following year he collaborated with Karen Carpenter on her self-titled solo album, providing backing vocals for a song that he had written, "Making Love in the Afternoon".
In the 1930s, 52nd Street--particularly the block between 6th and 5th avenues--was known as Swing Street, whose clubs made it the jazz capital of the world. The novel The Thin Man opens in "a speakeasy on 52nd Street," which presumably means this block; there were 30 such establishments here in 1930.
23 de sept. de 2019 · “There are eight million stories in the Naked City,” the film noir declares, and the story of 52nd Street is an epic one. Two miles long and bookended by the East and the Hudson Rivers, 52nd Street was once a study in stratification.
"My Life" is a song by Billy Joel that first appeared on his 1978 album 52nd Street. A single version was released in the fall of 1978 and reached No. 2 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. Early the next year, it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
21 de mar. de 2023 · While Joel has never needed backing vocalists, Chicago’s Peter Cetera and Donnie Dacus are valued additions to My Life as their backing harmonies are exquisite. Zanzibar is one of the more obscure tracks on 52nd Street for its somewhat off-beat nature and stylistic shifts throughout shouldn’t work, yet they do.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "52nd Street" on Discogs.
