Billy Joel is a popular Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and pianist from New York City. While Billy Joel had some earlier success, it wasn't until the 1973 album Piano Man and the hit song of the same name that he began to garner the attention of music critics and fans.http://www.billyjoel.com/biography
By 1994, after recording twelve platinum and multi-platinum albums and earning six Grammy awards, Joel had turned from recording to concentrating on tours and massive concerts. The Millennium Concert in Madison Square Garden on December 31, 1999,http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1088280/a/2000+Years:+The+Millennium+Concert.htm and the Last Play at the Shea are the most well known. The Last Play at the Shea turned into the last two nights at the Shea, July 17- 18, 2008, with guest stars including Don Henley, Paul McCartney and Tony Bennett were invited to perform.http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/07/billy_joels_epic_shea_concert.html Among the most popular tours have been the Face 2 Face joint ventures with Elton John. The most recent of these concluded in March of 2010. The two have toured together off and on since 1994.http://www.musicnewsnet.com/2010/02/billy-joel-ends-joelelton-john-face2face-tour.htmlhttp://www.livedaily.com/news/15691.html
On June 17, 2010, Billy Joel presented producer Phil Ramone with the Hitmaker Award at the annual Songwriter's Hall of Fame awards. The two have been acquainted since 1977 when Ramone worked on Joel's album, "The Stranger".http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jad-hSYLHXaWDNIRWKOUxi1PX5TA
It's Always A Hit Song To Me
This is the John Lewis life-cycle advertisement that catapulted "She's Always a Woman to Me" back to the top of the charts in Great Britain, thirty three years after Billy Joel landed it there for the first time. As of June 14th, it sits at the 29th spot, and Joel's original version is at 95. Youtube popularity inspired the release of a single, and the subsequent rush to availability on itunes (as well as ring-tones) led to a nearly instantaneous hit single from an advertisement (from a thirty three year old hit). The singer is Fyfe Dangerfield, singer for the British band named Guillemots.
Billy Joel Studio Albums
- 1971: Cold Spring Harbor
- 1973: Piano Man
- 1974: Streetlife Serenade
- 1976: Turnstiles
- 1977: The Stranger
- 1978: 52nd Street
- 1980: Glass Houses
- 1982: The Nylon Curtain
- 1983: An Innocent Man
- 1986: The Bridge
- 1989: Storm Front
- 1993: River of Dreams
- 2001: Fantasies & Delusions (classical piano compositions performed by Richard Joos)http://www.billyjoel.com/biography
Billy Joel Top Songs
- 1989: We Didn't Start the Fire
- 1983: Uptown Girl
- 1983: Tell Her About It
- 1980: It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- 1979: Honesty
- 1978: Just the Way You Are
- 1976: New York State of Mind
- 1973: Piano Manhttp://www.billyjoel.com/biography<ref>http://www.billyjoel.com/biography
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Fast Facts
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Name
William Martin Joel
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Born
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Hometown
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Grammy Awards
6
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Label
Columbia Records
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Rleationships
Married and Divorced three times, currently single
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Daughter
Alexa Ray Joel
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Fact:
Member of the "Songwriter's Hall of Fame"
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Member of the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"
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Performed the last concert in Shea Stadium
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Fantasies and Delusions, Joel's classical piano compositions played by Richard Joo was number one on Billboard in 2001
