Piano Man
~ Recording by Billy Joel
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | KC 32544 |
| 1.3 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Out of Sight (Canadian Release) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (multinational budget record label, do not use for copyrights, distribution, etc. label-release relationships) | TC220 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | PC 32544 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | WPC 32544 |
| 1.1 | ピアノ・マン Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | ビリー・ザ・ベスト | ビリー・ジョエル | Album + Compilation |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 50DP 241/2 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 40‐88666 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2T 40121, C2T40121 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2 40121 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 88666 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (Longer edit of Captain Jack) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CD 88666 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (club edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 541672T, CG2K 40121, G2K 40121 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | ?:?? | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Family Productions | C2T-40121 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (disc made in Japan) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G2K 40121 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Family Productions | G2K 40121 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (BMG club edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Family Productions | D205443, G2K 40121 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDCBS 88666 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 01-088666-10, CDCBS 88666 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G2K-40121 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CD 88666 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Family Productions | CK 40122, CK 40123, G2K-40121 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 88666 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 80719, CK 32544 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | VCK-32544 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 32DP 651 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Rock Classics of the ’70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:40 | Billy Joel | Rock Classics of the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CVCK 45048 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:40 | Billy Joel | Rock Classics of the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 45048 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man (reissue) | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | CSCS 6061 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music Entertainment Venezuela, C.A. | 2.11.0064 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 32002 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDCOL 5475 S |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (3 x CD, Limited Edition, Reissue) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CD 88666 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CD 88666 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CD 88666 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CXK 68007 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 (Club Edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | CXK 85666, D242138 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Complete Hits Box: 1973–1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records (Japanese imprint) | SRCS 8571~4 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (enhanced with bonus CD-Extra video clips) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 69391 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 02-491181-10, 491181 2, COL 491181 2 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 491191 2 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (BMG club edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | C2K 69391, D 226820 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 491181 2 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88843076942, CK 69381 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 69381 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 492721 2 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 69381 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | CK 69381, D 126821 |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Every Song Tells a Story | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Shock (Australian independent) | SMECD0061, SMECD0062 |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”) | SRCS-2400, SRCS-2401 |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | SONYTV98CD |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 497908.2 |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 4979082 |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 86005 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C2K 86005 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 504502 2 |
| 1.10 | Piano Man | 5:35 | Billy Joel | Love Flashback 8 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| MNF Brazil, Cutting Records (Brazilian bootleg label) | 199BM5154, BM5154 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel (BMG Club Edition) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | C2K 86005, D241888 |
| 1.8 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | Pure Genius: 40 of the World’s Greatest Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | 0927450012 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.15 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | Simply the Best Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | 0927457502 |
| 1.15 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | Songs 2: The Best of the Singer/Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing Benelux | 0927 46672-2 |
| 1.15 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | Songs: The Best of the Singer Songwriters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Germany | |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | Songwriter | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | MOODCD74 |
| 1.4 | Piano Man | 5:40 | Billy Joel | The Piano and the Song | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 9800254 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Late Night Piano Bar | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 90944 2 7 |
| 1.4 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Best of Soft Rock, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BCI Eclipse Music | 40477-2 |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 513976 |
| 2.3 | Piano Man | 5:41 | Billy Joel | The Piano Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | UICZ-1107/8 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | MHCP 460 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Essential Pop Sampler | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CSK 58428 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 5097462000 |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | De Beste Pop Klassiekers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal TV (Netherlands & Belgium) | 982 930-3 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Classic Soft Rock: Into the Night | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL RSC/03 |
| 1.3 | Piano Man | 5:40 | Billy Joel | Classic Soft Rock: More Than a Feeling | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2004–2008), Time–Life Music | 21228-2, A 687680 |
| 4.7 | Piano Man | 5:40 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 21868-1 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:40 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel (limited edition 3.0) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 8697 29114 |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Hits | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 80811 2 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man (MFSL Remaster) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2062 |
| 2.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man (MFSL Remaster) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2062 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man (legacy edition) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man (Legacy Edition) | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 61901 2 |
| 2.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Complete Albums Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.5 | Piano Man | 5:40 | Billy Joel | The Golden Essentials | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds Gold (24 carat gold CDs) | |
| 4.7 | Piano Man | 5:40 | Billy Joel | The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Time–Life Music | ||
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP 30103 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Billy Joel | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.2 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | The Complete Albums Collection (Mastered for itunes) | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.47 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | 50 Classic Rock Favorites | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.9 | Piano Man | 5:39 | Billy Joel | RTL Presenteert Wereldsterren | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V. (Sony Music Entertainment’s NL subsidiary since 2009) | 88883780372 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:36 | Billy Joel | Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 40AP 3060~61 |
| 1.1 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Souvenir, The Ultimate Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 001013 2, 001013 3, 001013 8, 465658 2, CDCBS 88666 |
| 1.16 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | That’s Not Her Style (The Storm Front Tour CD) | Billy Joel | Album + Live |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CSK 2127 |
| 1.2 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | Remastered | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CSK 41485 |
| 55.12 | Piano Man | 5:35 | Billy Joel | The Radio Essential Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| 1.12 | Piano Man | 5:37 | Billy Joel | Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Daily Mail, Sony Music Special Markets, Sunday Independent (Irish newspaper) | 29-7-03/01 |
| 1.3 | Piano Man | 5:38 | Billy Joel | Opus Collection | Billy Joel | Album + Compilation |
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| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 4.27 | Piano Man | 5:35 | Billy Joel | Bacobens Rock Top 500 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | Ron Malo |
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| producer: | Michael Stewart (US producer/guitarist from California, 1945–2002) |
| accordion and keyboard [keyboards]: | Michael Omartian (in 1973) |
| drums (drum set): | Ron Tutt (drummer) (in 1973) |
| electric bass guitar: | Wilton Felder (in 1973) |
| guitar: | Larry Carlton (in 1973) Dean Parks (American session guitarist) (in 1973) |
| guitar [guitar overdubs]: | William Bennett (guitarist) (in 1973) |
| harmonica and piano and lead vocals: | Billy Joel (American singer‐songwriter and pianist) (in 1973) |
| percussion: | Bobbi Hall (in 1973) |
| arranger: | Michael Omartian |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973, in 1975) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2004–2008) (in 1973) Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since 2009; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1973) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1973) |
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| recorded at: | Devonshire Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1973) |
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| music videos: | Piano Man |
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| part of: | Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 421) (order: 424) |
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| recording of: | Piano Man (in 1973) |
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Related works
Piano Man
| lyricist and composer: | Billy Joel (American singer‐songwriter and pianist) |
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| publisher: | April Music Ltd. Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30) EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd. Home Grown Music, Inc. (work publisher) Impulsive Music Tinker Street Tunes ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) CBS Songs Ltd. (in 1973) Joelsongs (in 1973) |
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| later parody versions: | [John Barrowman] Ode to a Superhero Piano Colt Piano Dick Synthesizer Man |
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| later translated versions: | Barpianisten El hombre del piano |
| is the basis for: | Drummer Boy |
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