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Root Beer Rag (ver. 2) by Billy Joel - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
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"Root Beer Rag" is a song from Billy Joel's 1974 album Streetlife Serenade. An instrumental track in a very fast ragtime style, it was later released as the B-side of the "Honesty" single, and a live version was included with the DVD that was part of the 30th anniversary re-release of The Stranger. Numerous cover versions of the song exist, notably by Ten Grands VIII and by Wise Guys. The original Billy Joel version was also used as the theme music to a 1980s sports program in New Zealand broadcast by TV ONE. The song is in C major and makes up one of three studio instrumentals that he has released. On the title, Joel notes simply "I love root beer". William Joseph Martin -Billy- Joel (born May 9; 1949) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. He released his first hit song; -Piano Man-; in 1973. According to the RIAA; he is the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United.    Download this sheet!
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William Joseph Martin -Billy- Joel (born May 9; 1949) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. He released his first hit song; -Piano Man-; in 1973. According to the RIAA; he is the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States.Joel had Top 10 hits in the -70s; -80s; and -90s; is a six-time Grammy Award winner; and has sold in excess of 150 million albums worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriter-s Hall of Fame (Class of 1992); the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Class of 1999); and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (Class of 2006). Joel -retired- from recording pop music in 1993 but continued to tour. "Root Beer Rag" is a song from Billy Joel's 1974 album Streetlife Serenade. An instrumental track in a very fast ragtime style, it was later released as the B-side of the "Honesty" single, and a live version was included with the DVD that was part of the 30th anniversary re-release of The Stranger. Numerous cover versions of the song exist, notably by Ten Grands VIII and by Wise Guys. The original Billy Joel version was also used as the theme music to a 1980s sports program in New Zealand broadcast by TV ONE. The song is in C major.
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