“I drank furniture polish. It looked tastier than bleach.”
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Billy Joel
William Martin Joel is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the Piano Man, after his 1973 signature song of the same name, he has had a successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s. From 1971 to 1993, Joel released 12 entirely self-written studio albums spanning the genres of pop and rock, and in 2001 released a one-off studio album of classical compositions. With over 160…
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entertainment · American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1949) · singer-songwriter · pianist · composer · singer · musician · also Billy Joel, William Martin "Billy" Joel, BJ, William M. Joel, The Piano Man, Joel
Born 9 May 1949 · Q194333
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2026· 39 entries
“It took working on writing a book to make me realize that I”
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“People who pay for your tickets, I don”
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“I was not brought up Jewish in any religious way.”
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“the most inspiring presence in my life”
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Times Union: River of Dreams: A Tribute to Billy Joel: Piano Man Meets Rocket Man
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Ad-hoc-news.de: Billy Joel - tribute tours bring his songs to German stages in 2026 - Ad-hoc-news.de
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El Diario de Coahuila: BILLY JOELNO APRUEBA DOCUMENTALHECHO CON IA
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Netflix Junkie: Billy Joel’s Lost 1971 Interview Is Finally Recreated With AI After More Than 50 Years
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Yahoo: Billy Joel's 1971 Interview Resurfaces in AI Documentary, Fans Share Mixed Reactions
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BroadwayWorld: New Billy Joel Documentary Uses AI to Recreate Him From Lost 1971 Interview
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thecoast.net.nz: New documentary to feature AI version of a younger Billy Joel
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Stereo Cien: Billy Joel: Nuevo documental con IA no cuenta con su permiso
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Ad-hoc-news.de: Billy Joel, Vienna hits 1 billion on Spotify - Ad-hoc-news.de
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iHeart: Watch: New Billy Joel Doc Uses AI To Recreate Singer From 1971 Interview
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North Myrtle Beach Times: Tribute to Billy Joel set for Friday at sports complex
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American Songwriter: Billy Joel’s Lost 1971 Interview Is Coming to Life 55 Years Later—With the Help of AI
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BroadwayWorld: Michael Cavanaugh to Present MUSIC OF BILLY JOEL & ELTON JOHN at Moss Center
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The Boca Raton Tribune: "Music of Billy Joel & Elton John" Starring Michael Cavanaugh at the Moss Center
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Yahoo: Billy Joel’s Young Self Comes Back to Life in New AI-Powered Documentary
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TODAY.com: New Billy Joel Doc Uses AI Recreation From 1971 Interview
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Yahoo News UK: New documentary will feature AI-generated version of a younger Billy Joel
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People.com: New Billy Joel Documentary Features AI Recreation of Singer Alongside 1971 Interview Audio
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BroadwayWorld: PIANO MEN Tribute to Elton John and Billy Joel to Play Marietta
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Ad-hoc-news.de: Billy Joel - Madison Square Garden residency to end in September 2026 - Ad-hoc-news.de
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Published video “Billy Joel - Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) (Live at Yankee Stadium - June, 1990)”.
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Far Out Magazine: The one person Billy Joel needed to stop working with: “Didn’t have anything to say”
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RTE.ie: Video | San Fran Rose changes lyrics to Billy Joel’s Piano Man on Rose of Tralee stage | RTÉ
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Ad-hoc-news.de: Billy Joel – Vienna joins Spotify’s Billions Club - Ad-hoc-news.de
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Blue Line Station: Billy Joel is part of the story that makes Madison Square Garden more than a sports arena
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Published video “Big Man On Mulberry Street (With Sting - The 100th: Live At Madison Square Garden - The Co...”.
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Published video “Billy Joel - A Matter of Trust (Live at Yankee Stadium - June, 1990)”.
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Published video “They're sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone 🥃”.
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Published video “You think you know her, but you'll never see through her...🖤🎶”.
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Published video “Some love is just a lie of the mind... But this is a matter of trust 🖤”.
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Published video “All your tomorrows have turned into yesterday...⏳”.
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Published video “Billy Joel - This Is The Time (With David Brown - Live at MSG, New York, NY Oct 9, 2022)”.
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Published video “Blame it all on yourself 'cause she's always a woman to me 🎶”.
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Published video “Billy Joel - Baby Grand (with Ray Charles / Studio Session Rehearsal, March 21, 1986)”.
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2025· 3 entries
Released album “And So It Goes”.
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Snopes rated the claim “In May 2025, singer Billy Joel cancelled upcoming concerts with Bruce Springsteen after the latter publicly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump.” Labeled Satire.
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Joel described playing at the arena as being a "dream come true"
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2024· 1 entry
Released album “Philadelphia '72”.
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2023· 1 entry
Released album “Live at The Great American Music Hall, 1975”.
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2022· 8 entries
Released ep “Live at Yankee Stadium”.
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Released ep “Rebels”.
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Released ep “Moods”.
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Released ep “Memories”.
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Released ep “Narratives”.
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Released album “50 Years of the Piano Man”.
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Released ep “Places”.
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Released album “1977‐05‐06: C. W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, USA”.
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2021· 2 entries
Released album “Japanese Singles Collection: Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “The Vinyl Collection Vol. 1”.
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2019· 3 entries
Released album “Live Through the Years”.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Billy Joel does not sell seats for the first few rows of his concerts, preferring instead to distribute them to "real fans" who have bought cheaper tickets.” Mostly True.
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Released album “Live at Carnegie Hall”.
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2018· 1 entry
Released album “And So It Goes: Songs of Folk & Lore”.
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2016· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Prince's music vault contains 37,000 hours of Bill Joel cover songs.” False.
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the State University of New York at Stony Brook (2015).
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2014· 4 entries
Awarded Gershwin Prize (2014).
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Released album “A Matter of Trust (The Bridge to Russia: The Music)”.
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Released album “Original Album Classics”.
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Released album “Collected Additional Masters”.
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “She’s Got a Way: Love Songs”.
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2012· 1 entry
Released album “Opus Collection”.
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2011· 4 entries
Released album “The Complete Albums Collection”.
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Released album “Further Than Heaven”.
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Released album “Live on Air”.
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Released album “Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert”.
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2010· 2 entries
Released album “The Hits”.
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Released album “She’s Always a Woman: Love Songs”.
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2008· 4 entries
Joel played a concert at the grand re-opening of Caesars Windsor (formerly Casino Windsor) in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, to an invite-only crowd for Casino VIPs
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Joel inducted his friend John Mellencamp into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Joel performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the city's Academy of Music 151st anniversary concert
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Released album “The Stranger 30th Anniversary Edition Radio Sampler”.
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2007· 2 entries
Joel premiered his new song "Christmas in Fallujah"
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Released album “An Innocent Man / River of Dreams”.
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2006· 5 entries
Joel performed a free concert in Rome, with the Colosseum as the backdrop
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Awarded honorary doctor of Syracuse University (2006).
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Columbia released 12 Gardens Live, a double album containing 32 live recordings from a collection of the 12 different shows at Madison Square Garden during Joel's 2006 tour
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Released album “12 Gardens Live”.
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Joel began a tour across the U
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2005· 3 entries
Released album “My Lives”.
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Awarded ASCAP Foundation Champion Award (2005).
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Columbia released a box set, My Lives, which is largely a compilation of demos, b-sides, live/alternative versions, and even a few Top 40 hits
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel”.
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Released album “Billy Joel Sings”.
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2003· 4 entries
Released album “Before the Fame”.
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Released album “The Harbor Sessions”.
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Released album “Face to Face Live in Columbia 2003”.
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Joel inducted the Righteous Brothers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, noting that his song "Until the Night" from the album 52nd Street was a tribute to the duo
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Movin’ Out (Original Broadway Cast)”.
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Awarded MusiCares Person of the Year (2002).
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2001· 7 entries
Released album “The Essential Billy Joel”.
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Released album “Fantasies & Delusions”.
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Awarded Johnny Mercer Award (2001).
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Joel released Fantasies & Delusions, a collection of classical piano pieces composed by Joel and performed by Hyung-ki Joo
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Released album “Face to Face Live in Vancouver 2001”.
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Released a one-off studio album of classical compositions
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Released album “The Ultimate Collection”.
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “2000 Years: The Millennium Concert”.
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Released album “Live at Yankee Stadium”.
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1999· 4 entries
Joel performed at New York's Madison Square Garden
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Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999).
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Joel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Ray Charles
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Released album “Early Years, Volume 2”.
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1998· 4 entries
Released album “Remastered”.
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Released album “Face to Face Live in Japan 1998”.
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Released album “1977‐10‐31: Thunder Road: Miami 1977: Miami, Florida, USA”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits Collection Volume I, II & III - 1998 Australian Tour Commemorative Edition”.
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1997· 5 entries
Two classical piano pieces composed by Joel, "The Soliloquy" and "Reverie", were first heard in public
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Released album “Greatest Hits, Volume III”.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Hofstra University (1997).
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Released album “The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997”.
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Joel performed with Garth Brooks, who had reached No
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “Sigma”.
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1995· 3 entries
Released album “Retold, Volume 1: The Bridge to 52nd Street”.
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Released album “Retold, Volume 3: Souvenir of a Stranger at the Turnstile”.
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Released album “Retold, Volume 2: The Piano Man From the Harbor”.
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1994· 7 entries
That they had separated, and their divorce was finalized in August 1994
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Released album “Live: "River of Dreams" Tour USA 1994”.
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Joel toured extensively with Elton John on a series of "Face to Face" tours, making them the longest running and most successful concert tandem in pop music history
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Released album “Live from the River of Dreams Tour ’93‐’94”.
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Released album “Live USA 1990/93”.
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Released album “River of Live”.
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Released album “An Evening of Questions & Answers... & Perhaps a Few Songs. Recorded at Princeton University - Spring 1994”.
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1993· 7 entries
Released album “River of Dreams”.
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Released album “The Early Billy Joel Collection”.
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Released album “Unlicensed Live”.
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Released album “Live at The Bottom Line”.
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Released album “Live Syracuse / NY. 1990 Volume Two”.
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Released album “We Didn’t Start the Fire”.
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Released album “It’s Still Rock & Roll to Me, Vol. 2”.
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1992· 4 entries
Joel inducted the R&B duo Sam & Dave into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006
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Submitted essays to the school board in lieu of the missed exam
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Released album “Night After Day”.
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1991· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Legend Award (1991).
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Released album “New York City Serenade”.
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Released album “Live USA”.
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With a recording of the song "Shameless" from Joel's 1989 album
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1990· 4 entries
Released album “Souvenir, The Ultimate Collection”.
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Released album “1990‐06‐19: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, USA”.
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Released ep “That’s Not Her Style”.
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Released album “That’s Not Her Style (The Storm Front Tour CD)”.
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1989· 1 entry
Released album “Storm Front”.
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1988· 3 entries
Coincided with major changes in Joel's career and inaugurated a period of serious upheaval in his business affairs
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Released album “Streetlife Serenade / 52nd Street”.
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For the Disney animated film Oliver & Company, performing the song "Why Should I Worry
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1987· 3 entries
Released album “Концерт”.
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Became one of the first Western artists to hold a rock tour in the Soviet Union
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And "The Downeaster Alexa", written to underscore the plight of fishermen on Long Island who are barely able to make ends meet
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1986· 2 entries
An extended version of "Big Man on Mulberry Street" was used on a Season 3 episode of Moonlighting
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Released album “The Bridge”.
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1985· 2 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II”.
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Released album “Billy Joel”.
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1983· 3 entries
Released album “An Innocent Man”.
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With certain songs shortened or re-orchestrated
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Around the time Joel was writing songs for An Innocent Man; but "And So It Goes" did not fit that album's retro theme, so it was held back until Storm Front
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1982· 2 entries
Released album “The Nylon Curtain”.
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Released album “Nebraska / The Nylon Curtain”.
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1981· 2 entries
Released album “Songs in the Attic”.
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When his contract was renegotiated, the company agreed to cover these payments itself
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1980· 3 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Album of the Year for 52nd Street (1980).
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Released album “Glass Houses”.
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Earned him the venue's Gold Ticket Award for selling more than 100,000 tickets
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1979· 1 entry
Joel traveled to Havana, Cuba, to participate in the historic Havana Jam festival from March 2–4, alongside Rita Coolidge, Kris Kristofferson, Stephen Stills, the CBS Jazz All-Stars, the Trio of Doom, Fania All-Stars, Bi
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1978· 3 entries
Released album “52nd Street”.
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Naming it after Manhattan's 52nd Street, which, at the time of its release, served as the world headquarters of CBS/ Columbia
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Joel gave his first of what would go on to be at least 150 shows at New York City's Madison Square Garden
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1977· 3 entries
Released album “The Stranger”.
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(as did Don DeVito from Columbia Records, who brought with him a recording truck to tape the show)
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Released album “Souvenir”.
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1976· 2 entries
Released album “Turnstiles”.
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Was the first to feature his regular touring band
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1975· 1 entry
Seeking inspiration in the city's troubles
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1974· 3 entries
Released album “Streetlife Serenade”.
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Joel recorded his second Columbia album in Los Angeles, Streetlife Serenade
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Helen Reddy recorded the Piano Man track "You're My Home"
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1973· 2 entries
Released album “Piano Man”.
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Described the bar as being in the lobby of a large office building on the corner of Wilshire and Western, indicating that the bar likely had a secondary location during that period
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1972· 3 entries
WMMR-FM radio in Philadelphia featured a live broadcast of Joel performing 12 songs, and a recording of the set was played several times by station DJ Jonathan Takiff on his late-night weekend show
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Joel caught the attention of Columbia Records after a live radio performance of "Captain Jack" became popular in Philadelphia, prompting him to sign a new record deal with the company, through which he released his secon
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And moved to Los Angeles, where he lived for the next three years
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1971· 1 entry
Released album “Cold Spring Harbor”.
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1969· 1 entry
To form the duo Attila, releasing an eponymous debut album in July 1970
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1967· 1 entry
To join the Hassles, a Long Island group that had signed with United Artists Records
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1964· 1 entry
Became a major hit for the Shangri-Las, and has said that he was also on the demo or master recording of their song "Remember (Walking in the Sand)"
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1957· 1 entry
Howard returned to Europe, as he had never liked the United States: he considered the people uneducated and materialistic
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-05-09.
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1942· 1 entry
Whilst taking part in a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance at the City College of New York
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1938· 1 entry
Was forced to sell his company to Josef Neckermann for a fraction of its true value
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1928· 1 entry
Karl Joel set up a prosperous mail-order textile company, Joel Macht Fabrik, which within 10 years had become the second largest of its type in Germany
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