Baby Grand

"Baby Grand" is the fourth and final single released off Billy Joel's album The Bridge. A duet with Joel and Ray Charles, the song is a ballad dedicated to the baby grand piano, and the relationship it can share with its players. The two originally got together when Charles contacted Joel about the naming of his daughter, Alexa Ray, after Charles. Charles then suggested they create a song together.

Joel originally sang the song in his thick New York accent, but decided to do a Charles impression instead when he noticed Charles was trying to imitate his style. The song was positively received by critics. The single peaked at #75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at #3 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The music video features Joel and Charles playing the piano right next to each other.

Production of the song began in early 1986. Joel considered Ray Charles one of his idols. "Ray Charles was my hero when I was growing up," Joel recalled. "As big of a pianist or as big of a star I could ever become, I could never be Ray Charles." According to Joel, when Charles heard that Joel named his daughter, Alexa Ray, after him, Charles contacted him saying that he'd love to do a song with Joel, as long as he had the "right song" in mind. When writing the song, Joel tried to compose it in the style of Charles' hit, "Georgia on My Mind", while also giving it a blues sound. Joel wrote the song over a single night. "It was one of those rare songs, like "New York State of Mind", that seem to come all at once - it seemed almost as though I had heard it before."

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Edit IFL Science 04 Jun 2016

All the planets in our solar system orbit close to the sun’s equatorial plane. Of the eight confirmed planets, the Earth’s orbit is the most tilted, but even that tilt is still small, at just seven degrees. It was natural, then, for astronomers to expect that planets orbiting other stars would behave the same way – forming and evolving on orbits aligned with their host star’s equators ... An Explosion Of Exoplanets ... NASA, ESA, M ... ....

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Pope Francis uses sign language to salute a group of deaf pilgrims as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

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Edit The Guardian 04 Jun 2016

Move to remove Catholic bishops from office if they fail to sack known child abusers is response to demand by victims. @cajuk. Catholic bishops who fail to sack paedophile priests can be removed from office under new church laws announced by Pope Francis. The move, announced by the pope on Saturday, answers a long-running demand by victims of abuse to make bishops responsible if they fail to stop clergy sexually abusing parishioners ... ....

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Boxing Legend Muhammad Ali Has Died

Edit WPTV 04 Jun 2016

Arguably the greatest boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74. Ali was reportedly taken to a Phoenix-area hospital with a respiratory issue in early June. At the time, a spokesperson for the former boxer said the hospital stay was expected to be brief. But Ali's condition apparently deteriorated ... Inside and outside of the ring, Ali was larger than life ... ....

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Puerto Rican workers participate in a protest rally, days before the local government has announced it may be forced to temporarily shutdown public schools and other departments due to a more than US$700 million shortfall in public funds, in front of the Capitolio building, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, April 27, 2006.

Great Oppressor Tells Puerto Rico “Pull Yourself Up by Your Bootstraps”

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File - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif share a laugh on May 17, 2016, as they enter the Blue Salon at the Palais Coburg Hotel in Vienna, Austria, the same room where they negotiated the Iranian nuclear deal, to have further conversations about the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Kerry Deplores Doctoring Of Official Video On Iran Nuclear Talks

Edit Radio Free Europe 04 Jun 2016

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said it was "clumsy and stupid and inappropriate" that someone in the department's press office edited out embarrassing footage in a press briefing on the Iran nuclear talks ... A key quote by Psaki, who is now director of communications at the White House, was edited out. "There are times where diplomacy needs privacy. This is a good example of that." ...  . ....

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Edit Upstart 03 Jun 2016

BOSTON—When hip hop artist Ryan Leslie could finally afford it, he bought himself a regal, cherry-colored Steinway for his Manhattan apartment. The piano gave Leslie inspiration for songs that eventually landed on his Grammy-nominated albums. If you've got $65,000 and a passion for music and collecting beautiful objects that were once immeasurably influential to artists, Leslie's beloved baby grand piano could be yours ... ....

Dangerous Golf review

Edit Eurogamer 03 Jun 2016

ascended on impact, shifting from the status of car to the status of holy wreckage - wreckage you could steer through wonderfully thick, staticky air, and then barrel into your oncoming enemies as the sparks slowed to become individual twills of golden confetti ... In toilets. In kitchens ... In France there are halls of mirrors and baby grands ... Always ... ....

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Edit The Columbus Dispatch 02 Jun 2016

Inside Helen’s Asian Kitchen, I wasn’t welcomed by a host — I was greeted by an old sofa for sale ... Finally, a server materialized ... Here’s what else you can expect ... Once seated in the expansive main room with souvenir-shop-quality Chinese lanterns, an elaborate wooden skylight structure and a baby grand piano extemporaneously played sometimes while an aria is sung — you read that correctly — you’ll be given two menus ... Bottom line ... What ... no....

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Edit Detroit news 23 May 2016

Romulus— It’s a place where one can buy $10,000 watches, eat gourmet pizza from a $40,000 oven imported from Italy or sip on wine stored in state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled cases. All while enjoying the stylings of musicians on two baby grand pianos ... It’s very swanky.” ... Chang’s ... And on many days, one can find Ferguson playing piano tunes on a white baby grand next to the water fountain in the middle of the McNamara Terminal ... ....

June Programs, Events at West Florida Public Libraries (Escambia County, FL)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016

(Source. Escambia County, FL). Below is a list of events occurring in the month of June at West Florida Public Libraries in Escambia County ... West Florida Public Library Locations Pensacola Library ... Mr ... Please join us around the baby grand piano each Tuesday evening as we listen to live music played by local and visiting artists courtesy of the Jazz Society of Pensacola ... Mommy & Me is a lapsit program for babies and their special someone....

Duke Ellington's white baby grand piano for sale in memorabilia auction

Edit Reuters 18 May 2016

NEW YORK - Nearly 300 personal items belonging to jazz great Duke Ellington, including the white baby grand piano on which he composed some of his most famous songs, will be sold at auction on May 18... ....

Grand items from Duke Ellington up for auction

Edit Reuters 17 May 2016

Duke Ellington's baby grand piano and other personal items to sell at auction. Angela Moore reports. ....

Piano Sale at Eastern University May 19-21, 2016 (Eastern University)

Edit Public Technologies 17 May 2016

(Source. Eastern University) ... Davids, PA 19087. A selection of grands, baby grands, digital player grands, vertical (upright) pianos and digital pianos, will be available from such famous makers as Pramberger, Baldwin, Seiler, Knabe, Yamaha, Roland, with a discrete selection of used Steinway & Sons Pianos, and many others. Most instruments are less than one year old, include a new factory warranty, are tuned, and ready to go ... Dr ... (noodl....

Tom Cruise Thinks Daughter Suri Is 'Possessed'

Edit Opposing Views 16 May 2016

Actor Tom Cruise has reportedly been brainwashed by the Church of Scientology to believe his daughter, Suri Cruise, 10, is possessed by an evil spirit. Ever since Suri’s mother, Katie Holmes, divorced Tom in 2012, he has reportedly spent little time with his daughter ... “Suri was miserable. She got everything -- from designer outfits, a new computer and even a baby grand piano -- but none of it was enough,” said an insider....

Tom Cruise Thinks Suri Is Possessed? Scientology Brainwashed The Actor

Edit Inquisitr 16 May 2016

Ever since Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes got divorced in 2012, the 53-year-old actor has been rarely seen with his daughter Suri Cruise. With all the money in the world, the Hollywood superstar can easily jump in a private plane to his little girl and back to work if he really wanted to see her ... She got everything — from designer outfits, a new computer and even a baby grand piano — but none of it was enough,” an insider revealed....

Brian Wilson Entrances Bristol on Eve of 'Pet Sounds' 50th Anniversary

Edit Rollingstone 16 May 2016

The Beach Boys album Pet Sounds has been a milestone twice over. When it was released, 50 years ago today, it was rock & roll's coming of age. a sui generis album of healing songs about painful emotions, informed by jazz, hymns, Spectorian pop, classical music and exotica ... Sitting at a black baby grand, he never smiles and introduces songs like he's barking safety instructions through a P.A. system ... The contrast is striking ... ....

Renovated Olsen House A Gem for Campus (Hardin-Simmons University)

Edit Public Technologies 14 May 2016

(Source. Hardin-Simmons University). (Abilene, Texas) It's a grand two-story home perched on the edge of campus ready to return to the spotlight ... Julius Olsen and his family ... Mrs ... The spacious parlor has a baby grand piano donated by Deanna Thomas, HSU Round Table member, and her sister Peggy, in memory of their mother ... Dr ... A Sandefer great grand-daughter heard about the Olsen House project and donated a family tapestry to use in the space....

Interview: Pat Nevin on his tour of Morrissey’s mansion

Edit Scotsman 14 May 2016

Pat Nevin sips his latte and looks puzzled. "This is the first interview I’ve done for many years. I don’t get asked and, to be honest, feel uncomfortable doing them ... I haven’t got anything to sell.” ... ‘Gie's a tour.' We saw the room with all his Oscar Wilde first editions, the room with the baby grand which he'd bought specially for Vini to play, but there was another one which he said was off-limits ... ....

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