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Billy at his Los Angeles home in 1984.  Apparently he didn't say goodbye to Hollywood completely.

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Please leave a Comment in any of the Comments boxes, particularly on the homepage. Or if you need to contact me, please use the Form above. Do not send any solicitations. I am not going to hire someone to re-design or search optimize this website, a website that makes no revenues.

DISCLAIMER:   In case you haven't noticed, this is an unofficial fan site that is not affiliated, endorsed, or sponsored by Billy Joel, Sony Music, Columbia Records, Maritime Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, or any similar entity. 

The Official Billy Joel site is at BillyJoel.com.   Except as otherwise noted, all music and lyrics by Billy Joel are © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Joel Songs, Sony Music, and/or affiliated organizations, and are provided here for research and references purposes, for commentary, and not for commercial use.  See Contact Us page for DMCA notices or any other questions.

Otherwise, other text and layout are copyright this site, One Final Serenade.  Background collage photo from Facebook Group Billy Joel-Fans with permission from Admin.  The collage may have been posted by a fan on BillyJoel.com.  Some photos in collage substituted by One Final Serenade.  This site is not optimized for mobile devices.  

BACKGROUND:  The name of this site "One Final Serenade" is a phrase taken from a line in Billy's song "Famous Last Words" on River of Dreams.  I wanted to use "Famous Last Words" as the site name, but the corresponding domain name  www.famouslastwords.com was already taken.  I created this site (on and off for several years) so that my kids could learn about and appreciate Billy Joel's music.  I remember as a kid spending hours at the turntable, listening to this music, holding the album sleeve and reading every little detail of each song, and all of the  liner notes.  But kids today tend not to do that.   They don't buy albums, but only download individual MP3 files or stream music.  They go on the Internet to learn about songs, if they do that at all.  So this site was intended as a way for my kids (and others) to learn about the music of Billy Joel, hopefully love it like I do, and then pass it on to their kids one day too.  

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Someday we'll all be gone
But lullabyes go on and on
They never die
That's how you and I will be.

--  From Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)

Thanks to Mike S. of the Facebook Group Billy Joel Completely Retold for posting so many great videos on YouTube, and the many others who have done the same (Rob P., Reggie I., 333 Shouichi, etc.) and to those fellow fans who have provided me information, articles, or shout-outs (Mark N., Jessica N., Georgia H.) including Keenan Crotty.

OTHER NOTES:  Apologies if some (many) of the external links do not work.  I am working on it whenever I have free time, which is not often.   In the future I hope to add  more Comments sections so that people can comment about particular albums or songs.

DMCA Notices:  For DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) claims, please use the form above.  Please provide the URL website page address and other identifying information as required by the DMCA.  The still photos posted on this site are either from Getty Images (www.gettyimages.com/embed) which is a great service for amateur bloggers/webbies like me, are publicity photos associated with particular albums, or are photos for which I have received permission from the photographer or his/her agent to use, even though the fair use doctrine may apply.  In a few cases, I could not find or contact the source or owner of the photo, and have either noted that or given the most accurate photo credit that I could.  I have tried to give proper attribution where information was available, but please contact me by using the form above if you have any issue with the photos or other content posted on this site.   
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