Vidology » billy joel http://vidology.com Totally Awesome 80's Videos Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:26:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Billy Joel: Tell Her About It http://vidology.com/billy-joel-tell-her-about-it/ http://vidology.com/billy-joel-tell-her-about-it/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:41:01 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=921 Billy Joel goes Motown with 1983′s Tell Her About It. From Joel’s An Innocent Man album, the song topped the charts for one week in September of ’83.

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]]> http://vidology.com/billy-joel-uptown-girl/feed/ 0 USA for Africa: We Are the World http://vidology.com/usa-for-africa-we-are-the-world/ http://vidology.com/usa-for-africa-we-are-the-world/#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:49:49 +0000 Lovin' the 80's http://vidology.com/?p=692 A huge amount of the biggest stars in music came together in 1985 to record the Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson written We Are the World to support famine relief in Ethiopia. Quincy Jones conducted and produced the song. Here’s the full list of the stars who sang: Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Sheila E., Bob Geldof, Hall and Oates, James Ingram, Jackie Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Al Jarreau, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Huey Lewis, Kenny Loggins, Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, Jeffrey Osborne, Steve Perry, Pointer Sisters, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder.

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