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Saturday (August 28th) marks the 28th anniversary of Billy Joel's last studio album River Of Dreams topping the Billboard 200 album charts. River Of Dreams, the "Piano Man's" 12th album, was released on August 10th, 1993 and spent three weeks at Number One between August 28th and September 17th when it was knocked out of the top spot by Garth Brooks' In Pieces. River Of Dreams' cover was painted by Billy's then wife, Christie Brinkley and snagged Rolling Stone's "Top Picks" award for "Best Album Cover Of The Year." To date, the album has sold over five million copies in the U.S. alone. For River Of Dreams despite the success of his teamup with Foreigner's Mick Jones, who was behind the boards for 1989's Storm Front Billy tapped veteran guitarist/producer Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar, best known for his guitar work for the likes of James Taylor, Carole King, Crosby & Nash, Jackson Browne, and