billy joel wrote she's got a way in 1971.
when did billy joel wrote she's got a way?
1971
joel wrote "captain jack" in late 1971, while sitting in his apartment in oyster bay, long island, looking out the window, trying to find inspiration for a song. across the street was a housing project, and he observed suburban teenagers going into the project and obtaining heroin from a dealer known as "captain jack". "it's about coming out of the new york suburbs," joel told john kalodner in 1974. "but in my travels i have seen a lot of the same suburb all over the country. the song is sort of brutal, but sometimes it is good to be brutal and offend people—it keeps them on their toes."
captain jack (billy joel song)
1997's "to make you feel my love" and "hey girl" both charted from joel's "greatest hits volume iii" album. joel wrote and recorded the song "shameless" that was later covered by garth brooks and reached no. 1 on "billboard"'s country charts. joel performed with brooks during his central park concert in 1997. to add onto his achievements joel was inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame in 1999. ray charles made the induction speech and mentioned the duet joel wrote for the two of them, "baby grand" (a track on joel's album "the bridge" released in 1986).
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