Russell Javors, ameriški kitarist in vokalist, * 13. junij 1952, Brooklyn, New York, ZDA.
Russell Javors je ameriški rock kitarist. Najbolj je znan kot nekdanji ritem kitarist spremljevalne skupine Billyja Joela, kjer je sodeloval od leta 1976 do 1989.
V starosti 15 let je Javors igral skladbe skupaj s svojim prijateljem, bobnarjem Libertyjem DeVittom. V srednji šoli je spoznal Douga Stegmeyjerja in Howarda Emersona, s katerima je ustanovil skupino Topper.[2]
Skupina je izvajala skladbe, ki jih je napisal Javors. Kmalu je skupino opazil Billy Joel. Joel je iskal basista za svojo promocijsko turnejo Streetlife Serenade in je zato povabil Stegmeyerja v svojo spremljevalno zasedbo. Stegmeyerju sta kmalu sledila še DeVitto in Javors. S prihodom multiinstrumentalista Richieja Cannate je skupina Topper postala "Billy Joel Band". Javors je pri Joelu igral ritem kitaro od leta 1976 do 1989. 23. oktobra 2014 so bili Javors, Cannata, DeVitto in Stegmeyer (posmrtno), za svoje delo z Joelom, sprejeti v Dvorano slavnih Long Islanda.[3]
Javors je sodeloval tudi pri snemanju albuma Karen Carpenter, Karen Carpenter, ki je izšel leta 1996.[4]
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Singli |
- "She's Got a Way"
- "Piano Man"
- "You're My Home"
- "Worse Comes to Worst"
- "Travelin' Prayer"
- "The Ballad of Billy the Kid"
- "The Entertainer"
- "Just the Way You Are"
- "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
- "Only the Good Die Young"
- "She's Always a Woman"
- "Vienna"
- "The Stranger"
- "My Life"
- "Big Shot"
- "Honesty"
- "Until the Night"
- "All for Leyna"
- "You May Be Right"
- "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
- "Don't Ask Me Why"
- "Sometimes a Fantasy"
- "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (v živo)
- "She's Got a Way" (v živo)
- "Pressure"
- "Allentown"
- "Goodnight Saigon"
- "Tell Her About It"
- "Uptown Girl"
- "An Innocent Man"
- "The Longest Time"
- "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"
- "This Night"
- "Keeping the Faith"
- "You're Only Human (Second Wind)"
- "The Night Is Still Young"
- "Modern Woman"
- "A Matter of Trust"
- "This Is the Time"
- "Baby Grand"
- "Back in the U.S.S.R." (v živo)
- "We Didn't Start the Fire"
- "Leningrad"
- "I Go to Extremes"
- "The Downeaster Alexa"
- "That's Not Her Style"
- "And So It Goes"
- "Shameless"
- "All Shook Up"
- "The River of Dreams"
- "All About Soul"
- "No Man's Land"
- "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"
- "To Make You Feel My Love"
- "Hey Girl"
- "All My Life"
- "Christmas in Fallujah"
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Druge skladbe |
- "Everybody Loves You Now"
- "Captain Jack"
- "Root Beer Rag"
- "New York State of Mind"
- "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
- "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"
- "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
- "Zanzibar"
- "Scandinavian Skies"
- "Big Man on Mulberry Street"
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Turneje |
- An Innocent Man Tour
- Face to Face 1994
- Face to Face 1995
- Face to Face 1998
- Face to Face 2001
- Face to Face 2003
- Face to Face 2009
- Face to Face 2010
- Billy Joel in Concert
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