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An Innocent Man

Index An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on August 8, 1983. [1]

102 relations: A & R Recording, A cappella, A-side and B-side, Album, AllMusic, American Music Awards of 1983, An Innocent Man (song), Baldwin Piano Company, Ben E. King, Billboard (magazine), Billboard 200, Billy Joel, Blue-eyed soul, Bradshaw Leigh, British Invasion, Christie Brinkley, Columbia Records, Concept album, David Sanborn, Doo-wop, Doug Stegmeyer, Elle Macpherson, Eric Gale, Eric Troyer, Frankie Valli, GfK Entertainment Charts, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Greatest Hits (Billy Joel albums), Hammond organ, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jon Faddis, Keeping the Faith (song), Kent Music Report, Leave a Tender Moment Alone, Leon Pendarvis, Liberty DeVitto, List of Top 25 albums for 1983 in Australia, List of Top 25 albums for 1984 in Australia, List of Top 40 albums for 1980–89 in Australia, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Little Richard, Ludwig van Beethoven, Mark Rivera, MegaCharts, Michael Brecker, Michael Jackson, Motown, ..., Music of Iceland, New York City, Official Charts Company, Official New Zealand Music Chart, Oricon, Pantheon Books, Phil Ramone, Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven), Pop rock, Ralph MacDonald, Recorded Music NZ, Rhodes piano, Rhythm and blues, Richard Tee, Robert Christgau, Rolling Stone, Ronnie Cuber, Roppongi, Rory Dodd, RPM (magazine), RPM Year-End, Russell Javors, Sam Cooke, Simon & Schuster, Singer-songwriter, Smokey Robinson, Soft rock, SoHo, Manhattan, Soul music, St Ives, New South Wales, Sverigetopplistan, Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, Ted Jensen, Tell Her About It, The Drifters, The Four Seasons (band), The Longest Time, The Nylon Curtain, The Rolling Stone Album Guide, The Supremes, The Temptations, The Tymes, This Night (Billy Joel song), Thriller (Michael Jackson album), Tokyo, Toots Thielemans, UK Albums Chart, United States, Uptown Girl, VG-lista, Wilson Pickett, 26th Annual Grammy Awards. Expand index (52 more) »

A & R Recording

A & R Recording Inc. was an American major independent studio recording company founded in 1958 by Jack Arnold and Phil Ramone.

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A cappella

A cappella (Italian for "in the manner of the chapel") music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way.

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A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, or cassettes, whether singles, extended plays (EPs), or long-playing (LP) records.

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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American Music Awards of 1983

The tenth Annual American Music Awards were held on January 17, 1983.

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An Innocent Man (song)

"An Innocent Man" is a 1983 song performed by Billy Joel and the third single from his album An Innocent Man.

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Baldwin Piano Company

The Baldwin Piano Company is an American piano brand.

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Ben E. King

Benjamin Earl King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson, September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015), known as Ben E. King, was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Billy Joel

William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.

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Blue-eyed soul

Blue-eyed soul (also known as white soul) is rhythm and blues and soul music performed by white artists.

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Bradshaw Leigh

Brad Leigh (born October 16, 1957 in New York, NY), is an American Audio Engineer, known for having recorded and mixed many recordings including Billy Joel's River of Dreams, Tracy Chapman's Matters of the Heart as well as Julian Lennon's Valotte and Secret Value of Daydreaming.

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British Invasion

The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture, became popular in the United States and significant to rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Christie Brinkley

Christie Brinkley (born Christine Lee Hudson, February 2, 1954) is an American model, actress and businesswoman.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Concept album

A concept album is an album in which its tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually.

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David Sanborn

David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist.

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Doo-wop

Doo-wop is a genre of rhythm and blues music that was developed in African-American communities in the East Coast of the United States in the 1940s, achieving mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Doug Stegmeyer

Douglas Alan Stegmeyer (December 23, 1951 — August 25, 1995) was an American musician who was best known as the bassist and back-up vocalist for Billy Joel.

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Elle Macpherson

Elle Macpherson (born Eleanor Nancy Gow; 29 March 1964) is an Australian model, businesswoman, television host and actress.

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Eric Gale

Eric J. Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was a leading American jazz and session guitarist.

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Eric Troyer

Eric Lee Troyer (born 10 April 1949) is an American keyboardist, singer, songwriter, and occasional guitarist, best known as a member of ELO Part II and its successor, popular live band, The Orchestra.

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Frankie Valli

Frankie Valli (born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, May 3, 1934) is an American singer and actor, known as the frontman of The Four Seasons beginning in 1960.

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GfK Entertainment Charts

The GfK Entertainment Charts are the official music charts in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment GmbH (formerly Media Control GmbH and Media Control GfK International GmbH) on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie (Federal Association of Phonographic Industry).

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception." Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys having been presented since 1959.

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Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award recognizing superior vocal performance by a male in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959.

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Greatest Hits (Billy Joel albums)

Billy Joel's Greatest Hits is a collection released in two sets, 12 years apart.

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Hammond organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader.

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Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist, often known by his nickname, The Killer.

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Jon Faddis

Jon Faddis (born July 24, 1953) is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education.

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Keeping the Faith (song)

"Keeping the Faith" is a song by rock singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released from his 1983 album An Innocent Man.

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Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1988.

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Leave a Tender Moment Alone

"Leave a Tender Moment Alone" is a song performed by Billy Joel and the fifth single from his album An Innocent Man.

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Leon Pendarvis

Leon Pendarvis (born 1945) is an American session musician.

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Liberty DeVitto

Liberatori "Liberty" DeVitto (born August 8, 1950) is an American rock drummer.

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List of Top 25 albums for 1983 in Australia

The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the year of 1983.

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List of Top 25 albums for 1984 in Australia

The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the year of 1984.

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List of Top 40 albums for 1980–89 in Australia

The following lists the top 40 (end of decade) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the 1980s.

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Little Anthony and the Imperials

Little Anthony and the Imperials is an American rhythm and blues/soul vocal group from New York City founded by Clarence Collins in the 1950s and named in part for its lead singer, Jerome Anthony "Little Anthony" Gourdine, who was noted for his high-pitched voice.

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Little Richard

Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known as Little Richard, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, and actor.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770Beethoven was baptised on 17 December. His date of birth was often given as 16 December and his family and associates celebrated his birthday on that date, and most scholars accept that he was born on 16 December; however there is no documentary record of his birth.26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Mark Rivera

Mark Rivera (born May 24, 1953) is an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, musician, musical director and corporate entertainment provider who is mostly known for his work with Billy Joel.

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MegaCharts

MegaCharts, since 2008 called GfK Dutch Charts, is a chart company responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Single Top 100 and the Album Top 100 are the most known ones.

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Michael Brecker

Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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Music of Iceland

The music of Iceland includes vibrant folk and pop traditions, as well as an active classical and contemporary music scene.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Official Charts Company

The Official Charts Company, also referred to as Official Charts (previously known as the Chart Information Network (CIN) and The Official UK Charts Company) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK Album Downloads Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video charts.

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Official New Zealand Music Chart

The Official New Zealand Music Chart is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand).

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Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan.

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Pantheon Books

Pantheon Books is an American book publishing imprint with editorial independence.

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Phil Ramone

Philip "Phil" Ramone (January 5, 1934March 30, 2013) was a South African-born American recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer, who in 1958 co-founded A & R Recording, Inc., a recording studio with business partner Jack Arnold at 112 West 48th Street, New York, upstairs from the famous musicians' watering hole, Jim & Andy's, and several doors east of Manny's Music.

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Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.

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Pop rock

Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is rock music with a greater emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude.

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Ralph MacDonald

Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, song-writer, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist.

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Recorded Music NZ

Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand.

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Rhodes piano

The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano or simply Fender Rhodes or Rhodes) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became particularly popular throughout the 1970s.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Richard Tee

Richard Tee (November 24, 1943 – July 21, 1993) was an American pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger who had several hundred studio credits and played on such notable hits as; In Your Eyes, Slip Slidin' Away, Just the Two of Us, Tell Her About It, and many others.

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Robert Christgau

Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American essayist and music journalist.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Ronnie Cuber

Ronald Edward Cuber (born December 25, 1941) is a jazz saxophonist.

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Roppongi

is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene.

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Rory Dodd

Rory Dodd (born Port Dover, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian rock vocalist who has performed many songs written by Jim Steinman.

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RPM (magazine)

RPM (and later) was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada.

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RPM Year-End

RPM Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in Canada, based upon the RPM magazine charts during any given chart year.

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Russell Javors

Russell Javors (born June 13, 1952) is an American rock guitarist.

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Sam Cooke

Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster, Inc., a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster.

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Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.

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Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.

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Soft rock

Soft rock (or lite rock) is a subgenre of pop rock that largely features acoustic guitars and slow-to-mid tempos.

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SoHo, Manhattan

SoHo, sometimes written Soho, is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, which in recent history came to the public's attention for being the location of many artists' lofts and art galleries, but is now better known for its variety of shops ranging from trendy upscale boutiques to national and international chain store outlets.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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St Ives, New South Wales

St Ives is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia 18 kilometres north of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council.

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Sverigetopplistan

Sverigetopplistan (lit. "Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, earlier known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening).

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Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique

The National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique; SNEP) is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry.

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Ted Jensen

Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings including the Eagles' Hotel California, Green Day’s American Idiot and Norah Jones' Come Away With Me.

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Tell Her About It

"Tell Her About It" is a 1983 hit song performed by Billy Joel, from the album An Innocent Man.

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The Drifters

The Drifters are a long-lasting American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal group.

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The Four Seasons (band)

The Four Seasons is an American rock and pop band that became internationally successful in the 1960s and 1970s.

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The Longest Time

"The Longest Time" is a doo-wop single by Billy Joel.

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The Nylon Curtain

The Nylon Curtain is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on June 23, 1982 and produced by Phil Ramone.

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine.

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The Supremes

The Supremes were an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.

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The Tymes

The Tymes are an American soul vocal group, who enjoyed equal success in the United Kingdom and in their homeland.

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This Night (Billy Joel song)

"This Night" is a song by Billy Joel and the fifth single from his album An Innocent Man.

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Thriller (Michael Jackson album)

Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982, in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Toots Thielemans

Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian-American jazz musician.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Uptown Girl

"Uptown Girl" is a song written and performed by American musician Billy Joel.

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VG-lista

VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart.

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Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter.

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26th Annual Grammy Awards

The 26th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1984, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, and were broadcast live on American television.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Innocent_Man

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