"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger.
The back cover of The Stranger LP depicting the band members seated at the former Guido's Restaurant in Manhattan. However, this restaurant was not the inspiration for the song (See: Joel's comments).
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The Stranger is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on September 29, 1977, by Columbia Records. It was the first of Joel's albums to be produced by Phil Ramone, w
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
…Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger. It has been described as "a characteristic Joel observation on New York life". In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the 324th greatest song of…
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Joel in a promotional photo for The Stranger
Joel and his backing band in 1978. From left: DeVitto, Stegmeyer, Joel and Cannata