JUST THE WAY YOU ARE | Billy Joel | ABRSM Pop Performer! Piano Grade 5

PIANO PERFORMER: William Binden (Liverpool, England, 2023)
TITLE: Just the Way You Are
ALBUM: The Stranger
COMPOSER: Billy Joel
ORIGIN: New York, United States of America (USA)
YEAR: 1977
PIANO ARRANGEMENT: Nikki Iles
ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS: Billy Joel, Phil Ramone, Barry White, Harry Connick Jr., Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Hugh McCracken, Doug Stegmeyer, Liberty DeVitto, Ralph MacDonald, Phil Woods, Patrick Williams
BOOK: ABRSM Pop Performer! Piano Grades 4 - 5 (ABRSM)
KEY: D major
TEMPO: 96 BPM
GENRE: Pop, Soft Rock, MOR, Smooth Jazz
LEVEL: Grade 5
EXAM SYLLABUS: MTB (Music Teachers’ Board), Grade 5 Piano, free choice piece
WIKIPEDIA:
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_the_Way_You_Are_(Billy_Joel_song)
"Just the Way You Are" is a song by Billy Joel from his fifth studio album The Stranger (1977). It was released in September 1977 as the album's lead single. It became both Joel's first US Top 10 and UK Top 20 single (reaching No. 3 and No. 19 respectively), as well as Joel's first gold single in the US. The song also topped the Billboard Easy Listening Chart for the entire month of January 1978.
"Just the Way You Are" garnered two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1979.[3]
It has been covered by Barry White on The Man (1978) and Harry Connick Jr. on Your Songs (2009).