Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Columbia Records mere ka Joel mata Phil Ramone, onye ga-emepụta album niile nke Joel site na The Stranger (1977) ruo The Bridge (1986). The Stranger bụ nnukwu ihe ịga nke ọma n'ahịa, na-enye anọ Top-25 hits na chaatị Billboard: "Just the Way You Are" (#3), "Movin' Out" (#17), "Only the Good Die Young" (#24), na "She's Always a Woman" (#17). Joel mbụ Top Iri album, The Stranger e gbaara multi-platinum na ruru nọmba abụọ na chaatị dị iche iche, outselling Simon & Garfunkel si Bridge n'elu Nsogbu Water, Columbia si gara aga kasị mma-ere album. The Stranger gosipụtara "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", nke bụ egwu egwu rock, nke abụrụla otu n'ime abụ ya kacha mara amara.  Ajụjụ: Olee abụ nke nọ n'ọkwá nke iri na asaa?
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