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Album
Turnstiles is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on May 19, 1976. Joel recorded Turnstiles in part as a celebration of his return to his native New York City. Three of the album's tracks reference New York: "Summer, Highland Falls", "New York State of Mind" and "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)". It begins with "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (inspired by The Ronettes song "Be My Baby") and also includes "I've Loved These Days", a tongue-in-cheek expression of regret at leaving behind Hollywood decadence. In an interview, Joel stated that the lyrics to the song "James" referred to various different people he knew in real life, with the title character being a "composite" of those people. In the song "Prelude/Angry Young Man", Joel opens and closes the song rapidly hammering the piano, which was meant to simulate the drum part in the song "Wipe Out" by The Surfaris. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Say Goodbye to Hollywood
Billy Joel
Summer, Highland Falls
Billy Joel
All You Wanna Do Is Dance
Billy Joel
New York State Of Mind
Billy Joel
James
Billy Joel
Prelude/Angry Young Man
Billy Joel
I've Loved These Days
Billy Joel
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
Billy Joel