Personnel
- Billy Joel – acoustic piano, vocals, electronic keyboards, synthesizers
- Doug Stegmeyer – bass guitar
- Liberty DeVitto – drums
- Richie Cannata – tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute, organ, tuba
- Steve Khan – six and twelve string electric guitars, acoustic rhythm guitar, high string guitar
- Hiram Bullock – electric guitar
- Patrick Williams – orchestration
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion on "The Stranger", "Just the Way You Are", "Get It Right The First Time" and "Everybody Has A Dream"
- Hugh McCracken – acoustic guitar on "Just the Way You Are", "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", "She's Always A Woman", "Get It Right The First Time" and "Everybody Has A Dream"
- Steve Burgh – acoustic guitar on "Just the Way You Are" and "She's Always A Woman"; electric guitar on "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
- Phil Woods – alto saxophone on "Just the Way You Are"
- Dominic Cortese – accordion on "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" and "Vienna"
- Richard Tee – organ on "Everybody Has A Dream"(credited) and Fender Rhodes on "Just The Way You Are (uncredited)
- Phoebe Snow – background vocals on "Everybody Has A Dream"
- Lani Groves – background vocals on "Everybody Has A Dream"
- Gwen Guthrie – background vocals on "Everybody Has A Dream"
- Patti Austin – background vocals on "Everybody Has A Dream"
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