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Goodnight Saigon

Index Goodnight Saigon

"Goodnight Saigon" is a song written by Billy Joel, originally appearing on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, about the Vietnam War. [1]

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Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming, (born 27 January 1965), is a Scottish-American actor, singer, writer, producer, director, and activist who has appeared in numerous films, television shows, and plays.

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Allentown (song)

"Allentown" is a song by American singer Billy Joel, which was the lead track on Joel's The Nylon Curtain (1982) album, accompanied by a conceptual music video.

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AllMusic

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

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Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler (born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, voice artist, comedian, director, producer, and writer.

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Anne Hathaway

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress and singer.

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Artie Lange

Arthur Steven "Artie" Lange Jr. (born October 11, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, author, and radio and podcast host, best known for his tenures on The Howard Stern Show and the sketch comedy series Mad TV.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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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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Bob Hope

Sir Leslie Townes Hope, KBE, KC*SG, KSS (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) known professionally as Bob Hope, was an English-American stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author.

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Bridge (music)

In music, especially western popular music, a bridge is a contrasting section that prepares for the return of the original material section.

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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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Compact disc

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, either previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers.

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Cricket (insect)

Crickets (also known as "true crickets"), of the family Gryllidae, are insects related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers.

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Dave Marsh

Dave Marsh (born March 1, 1950) is an American music critic, author, editor and radio talk show host.

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Figure (music)

A musical figure or figuration is the shortest idea in music; a short succession of notes, often recurring.

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Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter.

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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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Green Day

Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt.

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Hashish

Hashish, or hash, is a drug made from cannabis.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors.

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Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart (Irish: Cairt Singil na hÉireann) is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by The Official Charts Company.

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Jesus

Jesus, also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Joan Baez

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist whose contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice.

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Kontsert

Kontsert (Концерт, commonly changed to Kohuept, Concert) is the second live album by Billy Joel, released in 1987.

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List of anti-war songs

Some anti-war songs lament some aspects of war, while others satirize war.

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Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert

Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert is a CD and DVD music compilation of songs performed by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel during two concerts at Shea Stadium in New York City on July 16 and 18 of 2008.

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Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island (often abbreviated as MCRD PI) is an military installation located within Port Royal, South Carolina, approximately south of Beaufort, the community that is typically associated with the installation.

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Marines

Marines, also known as a marine corps or naval infantry, are typically an infantry force that specializes in the support of naval and army operations at sea and on land, as well as the execution of their own operations.

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Maya Rudolph

Maya Khabira Rudolph Gale Biography In Context.

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Movin' Out (musical)

Movin' Out is a 2002 jukebox musical featuring the songs of Billy Joel.

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My Lives

My Lives is a box set compilation of demos, outtakes, B-sides, soundtrack cuts, live recordings and album cuts by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel.

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Norm Macdonald

Norman Gene Macdonald (born October 17, 1959) Additionally, per photo caption: "Norm Macdonald's first day of school in Valcartier, Que., circa 1964.

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Paul Rudd

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.

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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 Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel

Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel is a greatest hits album, by Billy Joel, originally released on 15 November 2004 on its own, but the album was re-released on 10 July 2006, with a DVD also in the package.

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Playboy

Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Refrain

A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rolling Stone

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

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol.

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Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection

Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection is a Billy Joel album box-set, released in January 1990 in Australia only.

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine (born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and senior editor for AllMusic.

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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 Daytona Beach News-Journal

The Daytona Beach News-Journal is a Florida daily newspaper serving Volusia and Flagler counties.

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The Doors

The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and John Densmore on drums.

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The Essential Billy Joel

The Essential Billy Joel is a Sony music compilation of songs by American singer/songwriter 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 Ultimate Collection (Billy Joel album)

The Ultimate Collection is a double-disc compilation album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel.

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Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Will Ferrell

John William Ferrell (born July 16, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer.

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12 Gardens Live

12 Gardens Live is a Sony music compilation of songs performed by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel during a former record run of twelve sold-out concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City in early 2006.

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References

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

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