In the last fifty years, some of the most popular songs have seen, sung and performed on the piano. There is always something special that a singer who tickled the ivories, and there are great piano hits in many genres.
Ray Charles, whose life in the Oscar-winning film Ray, documented with Jamie Foxx, his first album back in 1947, but it was in 1954 with a song called I Got A Woman, when he made his first solo success. In 1960 his version of Hoagy Carmichael’s Georgia On My Mind is perhaps his biggest hit and is also the official song of the State of Georgia to buy.
It was in 1950, was born as a rock ‘n roll, that artists like Jerry Lee Lewis in the foreground. His wild antics on the piano a song made on how to beat Great Balls Of Fire, and of course, influenced so much music today.
Stevie Wonder released his first hit album, when he was just twelve years old, and has so many hits since. Although blind, he was able to learn many instruments during his childhood, but it is his piano and harmonica, hits, most people think when they hear his name. called For Once In My Life, My Cherie Amour, Higher Ground, Part Time Lover and I must say I love you, these are just some of the songs from the last five decades, the hits were for him.
Elton John is a household name in the world today are incredibly written songs. As is well known for his extravagant spectacle, and of course to perform his hit “Candle in the Wind at the funeral of Princess Diana, he met for more than four decades, including Crocodile Rock, Do not Go Breaking My Heart, and Rocket Man
Then he wrote his famous song, The Piano Man Billy Joel his mark on the music industry and gave him his first Top 40 hit by many. The next ten years, he has a few hits like The Entertainer were writing, it’s still Rock And Roll To Me Uptown Girl and Yahoo.
Today artists such as Alicia Keys in the United States, and Jamie Cullum in the UK, continuing the development of the singing pianist, piano churning hits all over the world. Alicia Keys’ Falling was one of the biggest hits of 2001 and won five Grammy Awards the following year.