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The album emerged from legal difficulties with joel s former label family productions, and ultimately became his first breakthrough album. In our catalog, you can find billy joel sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. All of the characters mentioned in the song are based on real people. Since releasing his first hit song, piano man, in 1973, joel has become a multimillionselling recording artist. Billy joel sheet music free download in pdf or midi on.
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