Big Man on Mulberry Street
"Big Man on Mulberry Street" | |
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Song by Billy Joel | |
from the album The Bridge | |
Released | July 1986 |
Recorded | The Power Station |
Genre | Jazz[1] |
Length | 5:26 |
Label | Columbia |
Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel |
Producer(s) | Phil Ramone |
"Big Man on Mulberry Street" is a song by Billy Joel from the 1986 album The Bridge.[2] The jazz-influenced song's title refers to Mulberry Street in the Little Italy section of New York City.[3]
Other versions
An extended version of the song, with an added horn solo, was used in the November 18, 1986, episode of the ABC series Moonlighting that was also titled "Big Man on Mulberry Street." In a dream sequence choreographed by Stanley Donen that doubles as a dialogue-free dance number, Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd) envisions the romantic history of her business partner, David Addison (Bruce Willis), and his ex-wife (Sandahl Bergman).[3]
An extended version is also played during Joel's 1987 concert in Leningrad, and during the outro, Joel introduces the band; this can be heard on the live album KOHUEPT. Another live version was included on the album 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert.
Personnel
- Billy Joel – lead vocals, acoustic piano
- David Brown – guitar
- Russell Javors – guitar
- Liberty DeVitto – drums
- Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar
Additional personnel
- Ron Carter – acoustic bass
- Eddie Daniels – alto saxophone
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
- Marvin Stamm – trumpets
- Alan Rubin – trumpets
- Dave Bargeron – trombone
References
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- Cold Spring Harbor
- Piano Man
- Streetlife Serenade
- Turnstiles
- The Stranger
- 52nd Street
- Glass Houses
- The Nylon Curtain
- An Innocent Man
- The Bridge
- Storm Front
- River of Dreams
- Fantasies & Delusions
- Songs in the Attic
- Kontsert
- 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
- 12 Gardens Live
- Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert
- Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II
- Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection
- Greatest Hits Volume III
- The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997
- The Ultimate Collection
- The Essential Billy Joel
- Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel
- My Lives
- The Hits
- "She's Got a Way" / "Everybody Loves You Now"
- "Piano Man" / "You're My Home"
- "Worse Comes to Worst"
- "Travelin' Prayer"
- "The Ballad of Billy the Kid"
- "The Entertainer"
- "I've Loved These Days" / "Say Goodbye to Hollywood"
- "Just the Way You Are" / "Vienna"
- "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
- "Only the Good Die Young"
- "She's Always a Woman"
- "The Stranger"
- "My Life"
- "Big Shot"
- "Honesty"
- "Until the Night"
- "All for Leyna"
- "You May Be Right"
- "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
- "Don't Ask Me Why"
- "Sometimes a Fantasy"
- "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (Live)
- "She's Got a Way" (Live)
- "Pressure"
- "Allentown"
- "Goodnight Saigon"
- "Tell Her About It"
- "Uptown Girl"
- "An Innocent Man"
- "The Longest Time"
- "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"
- "This Night"
- "Keeping the Faith"
- "You're Only Human (Second Wind)"
- "The Night Is Still Young"
- "Modern Woman"
- "A Matter of Trust"
- "This Is the Time"
- "Baby Grand"
- "Back in the U.S.S.R." (Live)
- "We Didn't Start the Fire"
- "Leningrad"
- "I Go to Extremes"
- "The Downeaster 'Alexa'"
- "That's Not Her Style"
- "And So It Goes"
- "Shameless"
- "All Shook Up"
- "The River of Dreams"
- "No Man's Land"
- "All About Soul"
- "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"
- "To Make You Feel My Love"
- "All My Life"
- "Christmas in Fallujah"
- "Turn the Lights Back On"
- "Captain Jack"
- "Los Angelenos"
- "Root Beer Rag"
- "New York State of Mind"
- "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
- "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"
- "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
- "Zanzibar"
- "Laura"
- "Scandinavian Skies"
- "Big Man on Mulberry Street"
- Discography
- Movin' Out
- Billy Joel Band
- The Hassles
- Attila
- Alexa Ray Joel
- Christie Brinkley
- Katie Lee
- "Movin' Out" (Glee episode)
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