Billy Joel (3,844 views)

[Smitzes]

William Martin Joel (9 May 1949)
Also Known As: The Piano Man
Years Active: 1965 - present
Associated Acts: The Hassles, Attila
Vocal Range: C2 - B♭5

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{Album Ranges}Smitzes
The Hassles:
Hour Of The Wolf (1969): B2 - A4 - A5

Attila:
Attila (1970): A2 - C3 - F5 - G5

Billy Joel:
Cold Spring Harbor (1971): D3 - B4 - C5
Streetlife Serenade (1974): C3 - A4
52nd Street (1978): B♭2 - C5 - G5
Glass Houses (1980): A2 - C3 - C♯5 - E♭5
The Bridge (1986): C3 - C♯5 - G5
Storm Front (1989): B♭2 - B♭4 - C5

Baronessa
Piano Man (1973): A2 - B♭4 - C5
Turnstiles (1976): C3 - A4 - B4 - D5
The Stranger (1977): A2 - A4 - F♯5
The Nylon Curtain (1982): G2 - B2 - E5
An Innocent Man (1983): G2 - G5
River of Dreams (1993): D2 - G5

Significant High Notes:

B♭5 ("Big Man on Mulberry Street" Live Moscow 1987 + Madison Square Garden 1999)
A5 ("Country Boy", "Jumpin' Jack Flash" Live Mar Y Sol 1972, "The River Of Dreams" Live Frankfurt 1994 + Madison Square Garden 1999, "Storm Front" Live Montauk 1991, "Tomorrow is Today" Live Mar Y Sol 1972)
G♯5 ("Stiletto" Live Moscow 1987, "Weekend Song" Live Coral Gables 1977)
G5 ("52nd Street", "Baby Grand" Live Moscow 1987, "Bennie and the Jets" live Philadelphia 1994, "Big Man on Mulberry Street" Studio/Live Madison Square Garden 1999, "Christie Lee", "Easy Money", "I Go to Extremes" Live Yankee Stadium 1990, "My Life" Various Live Performances, "New York State of Mind" Live Madison Square Garden 1999, "The Night Is Still Young", "No Man's Land" Studio/Live Boston Garden 1993, "Only the Good Die Young" Various Live Performances, "The River of Dreams" Live Tokyo 1998, "Rollin' Home", "Shout" Various Live Performances, "Sometimes a Fantasy" Live Moscow 1987, "Storm Front" Various Live Performances in 1991, "Tell Her About It")
F♯5 ("Everybody Has a Dream")
F5 ("All About Soul" Live North Carolina 1993, "Country Boy", "Dazed and Confused" Live Hartford 1990, "Modern Woman", "My Life" Various Live Performances, "Pressure" live Madison Square Garden 1999, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" live Madison Square Garden 1999, "Shout" Various Live Performances, "Stiletto" live Moscow 1987, "Storm Front" Various Live Performances in 1991, "Tell Her About It", "Weekend Song" Various Live Performances 1976 - 1977, "Wonder Woman", "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" Studio/Live Providence 1986)
E5 ("52nd Street", "Back in the USSR" Live Moscow 1987, "Big Shot" Live Storm Arena 1991, "Christie Lee", "Elvis Presley Boulevard", "I Go to Extremes" Various Live Peformances, "The Great Wall of China", "Keeping the Faith" live Philadelphia 1998, "Let It Be" live Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1999, "A Matter of Trust" Live Philadelphia 1986, "A Minor Variation" Studio/Shelter Island Demo, "The Night Is Still Young", "A Room of Our Own", "I Saw Her Standing There" live Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1988, "This Night" Live Madison Square Garden 1999)
E♭5 ("Close to the Borderline", "Half A Mile Away", "An Innocent Man" Live Madison Square Garden 2006)
D5 ("All About Soul", "Allentown" live Madison Square Garden 1999, "Don't Worry Baby" live Radio City Music Hall 2001, "Everybody Has a Dream", "Get It Right the First Time", "The Great Wall of China", "Leave a Tender Moment Alone", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" live Tokyo 1984, "The Longest Time", "Los Angelenos" live Huntington 1981, "Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)", "A Minor Variation", "Only the Good Die Young", "The River of Dreams", "Uptown Girl", "Your Only Human (Second Wind)")
C♯5 ("Big Man On Mulberry Street", "Getting Closer", "Say Goodbye to Hollywood")
C5 ("Ain't No Crime", "Blonde Over Blue", "I Don't Wanna Be Alone Anymore", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Live Madison Square Garden 2018, "Half A Mile Away", "An Innocent Man", "It's Still Rock N Roll To Me", "Leave a Tender Moment Alone", "Let It Be" Live Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 1999, "The Longest Time", "Modern Woman", "Only the Good Die Young", "Pressure" live Moscow 1987, "Running On Ice", "Rollin' Home", "Shades of Grey", "This Night", "Wonder Woman", "You Look So Good To Me", "You Picked A Real Bad Time")
B4 ("Bennie and the Jets" live Philadelphia 1994, "Big Shot" live Moscow 1987, "Close to the Borderline", "California Flash", "Dazed and Confused" Live Hartford 1990, "Easy Money", "Got To Begin Again, "Getting Closer", "Holy Moses", "Keeping the Faith", "A Minor Variation", "The Night Is Still Young", "No Man's Land", "Prelude/Angry Young Man", "The River of Dreams", "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", "Shades of Grey" live Frankfurt 1994, "Sleeping With The Television On" Studio/Live Osaka 1981, "The Stranger", "Surprises", "State Of Grace", "Uptown Girl", "We Didn't Start The Fire")
B♭4 ("Captain Jack", "Cat", "The Downeaster Alexa", "Goodnight Saigon", "The Great Wall of China", "Half A Mile Away", "Heartbreak Hotel", "New York State of Mind" Various Live Performances, "Rollin' Home", "It's Still Rock N Roll To Me", "Somewhere Along the Line", "Tell Her About It", "This Night", "Wonder Woman", "When In Rome", "You Can Make Me Free")
A4 ("Ain't No Crime", "All About Soul", "All For Leyna", "All Shook Up", "Back in the USSR" Live Moscow 1987, "Blonde Over Blue", "Big Man On Mulberry Street", "C'etat toi (You Were The One)", "Careless Talk", "Christie Lee", "Close to the Borderline", "The Downeaster Alexa", "Everybody Has a Dream", "Famous Last Words", "I Go To Extremes", “Got To Begin Again”, "Getting Closer", "The Great Suburban Showdown", "Honesty", "Hey Girl", "An Innocent Man", "James", "Jumpin' Jack Flash" live Mar Y Sol 1972, "Keeping the Faith" live Philadelphia 1998, "Laura", "Los Angelenos", "Light As The Breeze", "A Matter of Trust" Various Live Performances, "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "Modern Woman", "New York State of Mind", "Only the Good Die Young", "Pressure", "A Room of Our Own", "Revenge Is Sweet", "Say Goodbye to Hollywood", "Scandinavian Skies", "Shades of Grey", "She's Right on Time", "The Siegfried Line", "Sometimes a Fantasy" live Moscow 1987, "Streetlife Serenader", "Storm Front", "State Of Grace", "The Stranger", "Tomorrow Is Today", "Through The Long Night", "Two Thousand Years", "That's Not Her Style", "To Make You Feel My Love", "Until The Night", "Uptown Girl", "Weekend Song", "You May Be Right", "You Picked A Real Bad Time", "Zanzibar")
G♯4 ("Baby Grand" live Moscow 1987, "Get It Right the First Time", "Good Times Bad Times" Various Live Performances, "Holy Moses", "The Longest Time", "A Minor Variation", "She's Always a Woman", "She's Right on Time", "Shout" Live Yankee Stadium 1990, "You Can Make Me Free")
G4 ("Ain't No Crime", "All For Leyna", "All You Wanna Do Is Dance", "Allentown", "The Ballad of Billy the Kid", "Big Shot", "Blonde Over Blue", "Baby Grand", "Big Man On Mulberry Street", I'll Cry Instead" live Washington, D.C. 1980, "Careless Talk", "Christie Lee", "Code Of Silence", "California Flash", "Cat", "The Downeaster Alexa", "I Don't Wanna Be Alone Anymore", "Don't Ask Me Why", "Don't Worry Baby" live Radio City Music Hall 2001, "Everybody Loves You Now", "Elvis Presley Boulevard", "Famous Last Words", "Four O'Clock in the Morning", "Hey Girl", "I Go To Extremes", "Get It Right the First Time", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" live Madison Square Garden 2020, "Goodnight Saigon", "The Great Suburban Showdown", "The Great Wall of China", "Getting Closer", "Honesty", "Half A Mile Away", "Hour Of The Wolf", "I've Loved These Days", "If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)", "In A Sentimental Mood", "James", "Keeping the Faith", "The Lady is a Tramp" live Pioneer Casino 1993, "Last of the Big Time Spenders", "Leave a Tender Moment Alone", "Light As The Breeze", "Los Angelenos", "A Matter of Trust", "Modern Woman", "The Night Is Still Young", "Nobody Knows But Me", "Only the Good Die Young", "Piano Man", "Prelude/Angry Young Man", "Purple Haze" Various Live Performances, "The River of Dreams", "Roberta", "Revenge Is Sweet", "A Room of Our Own", "Rosalinda's Eyes", "Running On Ice", I Saw Her Standing There" live Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1988, "Say Goodbye to Hollywood", "Scandinavian Skies", "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" Studio/Live Madison Square Garden 1984, "Shades of Grey", "Shameless", "She's Right on Time", "Sometimes A Fantasy", "Somewhere Along the Line", "Storm Front", "Summer, Highland Falls", "Surprises", "Suspicious Minds" Various Live Performances, "Tell Her About It", "This Night", "Turn Around", "Tomorrow Is Today", "This Is The Time", "Temptation", "Tear This Castle Down", "Until The Night", "Vienna", "Weekend Song", "Worse Comes to Worst", "When in Rome", "When You Wished Upon A Star", "Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)", "You Look So Good To Me", "You May Be Right", "Your Only Human (Second Wind)", "Zanzibar")
F♯4 ("All My Life", "Close To The Borderline", "Easy Money", "Everybody Has a Dream", "Further Than Heaven", "Got To Begin Again", "A Hard Day's Night" live Frankfurt 1994, Just the Way You Are", "A Matter Of Trust", "Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)", "New York State of Mind", "No Man's Land", "State Of Grace", "Travelin' Prayer", "That's Not Her Style", "Why Judy Why", "You Can Make Me Free")
F4 ("All About Soul", "Baby Grand", "Big Shot", "I'll Cry Instead" live Washington, D.C. 1980, "C'etat toi (You Were The One)", "Code Of Silence", "Don't Worry Baby" live Radio City Music Hall 2001, "Don't Ask Me Why", "I Don't Wanna Be Alone Anymore", "Elvis Presley Boulevard", "Hey Girl", "I've Loved These Days", "An Innocent Man", "James", "Laura", "Leave a Tender Moment Alone", "Let It Be" live Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1999, "Land Of Despair", "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "Pressure", "Rosalinda's Eyes", "Running On Ice", "Revenge Is Sweet", "She's Always a Woman", "She's Got Away", "Stiletto", "Summer, Highland Falls", "Storm Front", "Tomorrow Is Today", "Through The Long Night", "Two Thousand Years", "This Is The Time", "Temptation", "Tear This Castle Down", "Weekend Song", "Worse Comes to Worst", "When In Rome", "Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)", "You're Only Human (Second Wind)", "Zanzibar")

Significant Low Notes:

E3 ("All My Life", "Cross To Bear", "Easy Money", "Everybody Loves You Now", “Falling Of The Rain”, "Further Than Heaven", "Four O'Clock in the Morning", “Got To Begin Again”, "Heartbreak Hotel", "It's Still Rock N Roll To Me", "Last of The Big Time Spenders", "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)", "Leningrad", "My Life", "Rosalind's Eyes", "Shades of Grey", "She's Right on Time", "Sometimes A Fantasy", "Shameless", "The Siegfried Line", "State Of Grace", "This Night", "Turn Around", "Tomorrow Is Today", "Through The Long Night", "Temptation", "Uptown Girl", "We Didn't Start The Fire", "You Can Make Me Free", "You May Be Right", "You're Only Human (Second Wind)")
E♭3 ("Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" live Madison Square Garden 2020, "I Don't Wanna Be Alone", "Laura", "The Longest Time", "Modern Woman", "This Is The Time", "She's Always a Woman", "Souvenir", "Summer, Highland Falls" Various Live Performances From 2006 Onward, "Vienna", "Why Judy Why")
D3 ("All You Wanna Do Is Dance", "Allentown", "And So It Goes", "Back in the USSR" Live Moscow 1987, "The Ballad of Billy the Kid", "Big Shot", "Captain Jack", "Close to the Borderline", "Don't Ask Me Why", "The Entertainer", "Everybody Has a Dream", "Elvis Presley Boulevard", "Famous Last Words", "Honesty", "If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)", "An Innocent Man", "Just the Way You Are", "Keeping the Faith", "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)", "Leningrad", "Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)", "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "My Life", "No Man's Land", "Night After Day", "The River of Dreams", "Rosalind's Eyes", "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", "Shades of Grey", "She's Always a Woman", "Sleeping With The Television On", "Somewhere Along the Line", "Stop in Nevada", "The Stranger", "Surprises", "Shameless", "Travelin' Prayer", "Turn Around", "Temptation", "Tear This Castle Down", "Where's the Orchestra?", "Worse Comes to Worst", "We Didn't Start The Fire", "You're Only Human (Second Wind)", "You Picked A Real Bad Time")
C♯3 ("The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)", "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" Live Shea Stadium 2008,, "No Man's Land")
C3 ("Ain't No Crime", "All About Soul", "Amplifier Fire (Part I: Godzilla/Part II: March of the Huns)", "And So It Goes", "All My Life", "Baby Grand", "Cat", "Close to the Borderline", "Cross To Bear", "Famous Last Words", "Honesty", "I've Loved These Days", "It's Still Rock N Roll To Me", "The Lady is a Tramp" live Pioneer Casino 1993, "Piano Man", "A Room of Our Own", "Scandinavian Skies", "Souvenir" live Bremen 1978, "Surprises", "This Night", "Through The Long Night", "Temptation", "Until The Night", "We Didn't Start the Fire", "Weekend Song", "Where's the Orchestra?", "When You Wish Upon A Star", "You're My Home")
B2 ("Everybody Has a Dream", "Four O Clock In The Morning", "Goodnight Saigon", "A Minor Variation", "The River of Dreams", "Souvenir" live Madison Square Garden 1999, "The Stranger", "Until The Night")
B♭2 ("Baby Grand" live Moscow 1987, "Big Man on Mulberry Street" Live Moscow 1987 + Madison Square Garden 1999, "Don't Ask Me Why", "Honesty", "I've Loved These Days" Various Live Performances, "My Life" Live Nassau Coliseum 1982, "No Man's Land" Live Late Show with David Letterman 1993, "The Star Spangled Banner" live Shea Stadium 2008, "When In Rome")
A2 ("Amplifier Fire (Part I: Godzilla/Part II: March of the Huns)", "In A Sentimental Mood", "Just the Way You Are", "Piano Man", "This Night" Live Madison Square Garden 2019, "Through The Long Night", "You Picked A Real Bad Time")
G♯2 ("The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)", "A Minor Variation" Live Madison Square Garden 2018, "The Longest Time")
G2 ("All About Soul" Live SNL Soundcheck 1993, "All My Life", "Cowboy Song" Live Hard Rock Cafe 2009, "Goodnight Saigon", "An Innocent Man", "In A Sentimental Mood", "Light As The Breeze", "The Longest Time", "Storm Front" Various Live Performances in 1991, "When You Wish Upon A Star")
F♯2 ("Under The Boardwalk" Live Coming Together 2012)
F2 ("An Innocent Man" Live Madison Square Garden 2006, "New York State Of Mind" Various Live Performances, "Piano Man" Live Shea Stadium 2008)
E♭2 ("New York State Of Mind" Live Madison Square Garden 2021, "Storm Front" Live Storm Arena 1991)
D2 ("The Great Wall of China", "A Minor Variation", "The Night Is Still Young")
C♯2 ("The River of Dreams" Live San Jose 2010)
C2 ("And So It Goes" Live Madison Square Garden 1999, "The Night Is Still Young", "New York State Of Mind" Live Madison Square Garden 1999 & 2009)
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Blue denotes falsetto passages.
Boldface denotes noteworthy passages for the singer.
Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
Underlines denote obscured and background passages.

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{Questionable Notes}C6 ("Easy Money" ^[3])
G5 ("Shameless" ^[2])
F♯5 ("Sleeping With The Television On" ^[4])
E5 ("It's Still Rock N Roll To Me" ^[3])
D5 ("Storm Front" ^[3])
C♯5 ("State Of Grace" ^[2], "That's Not Her Style" ^[2])

A2 ("You May Be Right" ^[4])

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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

[mrrobot166]

He Already has a thread

[Baronessa]

Yeah, but this is the new one.

[mrrobot166]

Why

[TheRealRomanHeath]

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{There's a phat backing D5 here that lasts for 16 seconds. I'd personally bold it}

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{As well as this F4}

[TheRealRomanHeath]

A4 followed by a G5.

[ellie]

Bb5

edit: TheRealRomanHeath and I, mainly roman, found some more notes 

B1


Bb4

[TheRealRomanHeath]

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{I hope you like infodumping}G5:

E♭5:
Also F2 at 6:24.

Unexpected G2:
Also C5 4:02 and derpy G5 at 4:16.

G5:
There's also a sharp Bb2 and a hella inbetweeny note that's either G#4 or A4 earlier in the acapella bit.

Black F5, falsetto G♯5, and a more sustained F5 at the end:

B4:
Also feet at 4:04.

More G5:

Also the Back in the USSR cover in the same concert as the G5 above has D3s, A4, and a Black E5

[Tetra]

Very disappointed that 'I Go to Extremes' doesn't actually go to any extremes.

[Smitzes]

Apr 15, 2022 8:17:59 GMT TheRealRomanHeath said:

Unexpected G2: [iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eNu3dX3oQQU?wmode=transparent&start=168" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="1"][/iframe]
Also C5 4:02 and derpy G5 at 4:16.

wouldn't count the G2, the C5 sounds more like a B4 to me and the G5 sounds like a F5 to me and aint sure if i'd count that

[Smitzes]

man i feel like i need to clarify that while I'm ok with other staff members editing my threads im NOT ok with them editing completely subjective stuff like bolds (specfically TheRealRomanHeath/@karen'skickassarole ) so if you wanna talk to me about them please do that instead of doing it without permission ty

[Dark Star]

I'd bold the "River of Dreams" A5.

[Smitzes]

damn wonder who removed that

[ellie]

The G5 is worth bolding, though a better one is now anyways, but the actual A5 is such a mediocre note

[Brenda]

I do agree that the A5 in itself shouldn't be bolded, especially with the G5 (which is much better) already bolded, it'd just be redundant.