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Guillemots’ Fyfe Dangerfield Sparks Billy Joel’s First Ever TV Commercial License

Guillemots's Fyfe Dangerfield Sparks Billy Joel's First Ever TV Commercial License

Guillemots’s Fyfe Dangerfield Sparks Billy Joel’s First Ever TV Commercial License

|Guillemots's Fyfe Dangerfield Sparks Billy Joel's First Ever TV Commercial License

It's not that the Long Island troubadour/Hamptons mascot hasn't licensed his songs before -- Bossom Buddies, Freaks & Geeks, and Dave's World are a few on the list of Billy's beneficiaries -- but the piano man has never given over his song to an advert until now, and the results are impressive. Upscale UK retailer John Lewis secured a cover of the sincere wedding-staple "She's Always A Woman" from the sincerely voiced Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield; within six days YouTube viewers logged 130,000 plays (nearly 300,000 now). And for good reason: It's a touching little spot. Here's to life/Fyfe:


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Now Fyfe's cover is available on iTunes ... if you live in the UK. If you're a patron of the U.S. store, you'll just have to get to know The Stranger.

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