1977 Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are (US:#3 UK:#19)
“Just The Way You Are” is a song by Billy Joel from his fifth studio album The Stranger (1977). It was released in September 1977 as the album’s lead single. It became both Joel’s first US Top 10 and UK Top 20 single (reaching No. 3 and No. 19 respectively), as well as Joel’s first gold single in the US. The song also topped the Billboard Easy Listening Chart for the entire month of January 1978.
“Just The Way You Are” garnered two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1979.
Album
The Stranger is the fifth studio album by American singer Billy Joel, released in September 1977 by Columbia Records. It was the first of Joel’s albums to be produced by Phil Ramone, with whom he would work for five subsequent albums. Joel’s previous studio effort, Turnstiles, had sold modestly and peaked low on the US […]
Muscians
| Bass | Doug Stegmeyer |
| Drums | Liberty DeVitto |
| Acoustic Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
| Acoustic Guitar | Steve Burgh |
| Fender Rhodes | Billy Joel |
| Sax | Phil Woods |
| Percussion | Ralph MacDonald |
| Vocals | Billy Joel |
Produced By
Phil Ramone
Songwriters
Billy Joel
Charts
US:# 3
UK:#19