| This site requires the latest version of Flash player, get it here.You must have javascript enabled to view this site.Billy Joel live on November 7, 2006.He released his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973.Joel retired from recording pop music in 1993 but continued to tour (sometimes with Elton John).Early years
2 Musical career
2.An Innocent Man (1983)
2.River of Dreams (1993)
2.Songwriting and musical styling
4 Influences
5 Band
6 Awards and achievements
7 Personal life
7.Early years
Born in the Bronx, New York, Joel was raised in Hicksville, New York.Alexander Joel, who is an acclaimed classical pianist and conductor in Europe, now living in New York.His father was an accomplished classical pianist.He has said in interviews that his piano instructor also taught ballet.This led neighborhood bullies to mistakenly think he was learning to dance.As a teenager, Joel took up boxing so that he would be able to defend himself.He left high school without a diploma to begin a career in music.In 1992, the English credit requirement was waived by the Hicksville School Board and he received his diploma at Hicksville High's graduation ceremony 25 years after he left the school.Long Island band to join.The Echoes became a popular New York attraction, convincing him to quit high school to become a professional musician.Joel began playing recording sessions with the Echoes in 1965, when he was 16 years old.For two years, he played sessions and performed with the Lost Souls.Over the next year and a half, they released The Hassles in 1967 and Hour of the Wolf in 1968, and four singles, all of which failed commercially.Most records have the recording company as the named owner of the recording.Cold Spring Harbor (a reference to the Long Island town of the same name), was released in 1971.The onerous terms of the Family Productions contract also guaranteed him very little money from the sales of his albums.Hits such as "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now" were originally released on this album, though they did not gain much attention until released as live performances in 1981 on Songs in the Attic.Since then they have become big concert numbers.It became an underground hit on the East Coast.Joel signed a recording contract with Columbia in 1972 and moved to Los Angeles.He lived there for three years (and has since stated those three years were a big mistake), returning to New York City in 1975.Piano Man (1973)
His experiences in Los Angeles connected him with record company executives, who bought out his contract with Ripp with the condition that the "Family Productions" logo be displayed alongside the Columbia logo for the next five albums.The album Piano Man was released in late 1973 and was certified Gold."Piano Man" single, which would later be covered by Helen Reddy, who would release it as the flipside of her single "Keep On Singing"), all of which would become staples of Joel's live shows.He has been criticized of copying Bob Dylan's Mr.This refers to the album version of this song which is 5:37, and the edited single which is 3:05.Turnstiles (1976)
Disenchanted with the L.Joel returned to New York in 1975.Other songs on the album include "Summer, Highland Falls," and "Miami 2017 (I've Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)."Angry Young Man" would become a mainstay of his concerts for years.The Stranger (1977)
For his album The Stranger, Columbia Records united Joel with producer Phil Ramone.Phil Ramone eventually produced every Billy Joel studio release until 1989's Storm Front.The Stranger netted Joel Grammy nominations, for Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year, for "Just the Way You Are," which was written as a gift to his wife Elizabeth.He won for the latter two.Street was conceived as a day in Manhattan, and was named after the famous street of same name which hosted many of the world's premier jazz venues and performers throughout the 1930s, 40s, and 50s."My Life" eventually became the theme song for a new US television sitcom, Bosom Buddies, which featured actor Tom Hanks in one of his earliest roles.Street was the first album to be released on Compact Disc in Japan (1982).April 15, 1982, Cornelia Bynum made a right turn at the intersection of New York Avenue and West 9th Street in Huntington.She then ran a red light and collided with Joel, who was going straight through a green light, on his 1977 XLCR Sportster.After the crash, he flew right over her car and landed on his back.Joel, lucky to be alive, managed to get up and take inventory of his helmet, leather, and boots, until a police officer arrived.Joel was airlifted by helicopter to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan.Because of the ensuing surgery, which included the temporary insertion of five pins into his wrist, hand, and a month in the hospital, production of the album was shut down temporarily while Joel recovered.Once The Nylon Curtain was finished, Joel embarked on a brief tour in support of the album, during which his first video special, Live from Long Island, was recorded at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on December 30, 1982."Allentown," "Goodnight Saigon," and "Pressure."They eventually became a couple, and married on March 23, 1985.This is supposedly what prompted the line "He was always Joe to me" in the song "Christie Lee" which appeared on the album "An Innocent Man" which is purportedly about their first meeting.An Innocent Man (1983)
The song "Uptown Girl" was one of the first songs written when Joel returned from vacation.FM began playing "The Longest Time" both in regular rotation and on the "Doo Wop Shop."Hot 100 and be a number one Adult Contemporary hit.Following the success of An Innocent Man, Joel had been approached to release an album of his most successful singles.This was not the first time this topic had come up, but Joel had initially considered "Greatest Hits" albums as marking the end of one's career.This time, he agreed, and Greatest Hits Vol.CD set, with the songs in sequence of when they were released.The Wall by Pink Floyd).Along with videos for the new singles off the Greatest Hits album, Joel also recorded a video for his first hit, "Piano Man," for this project.Enhanced CD version in 1998.While both are the same basic album in general, there are a number of subtle differences between the two:
While all the longer hits ("Piano Man," "Captain Jack," "Goodnight Saigon") are fully intact, many other shorter songs ("Pressure," "Just the Way You Are," "My Life") were shortened significantly in the 1985 release.Oddly enough, the included booklet lists all of the lyrics, even the parts cut for time.CD technology over the previous 13 years.The Bridge (1986)
Joel scored a Top 10 hit with "Modern Woman" from the film "Ruthless People," a dark comedy from the directors of Airplane!The final song recorded for the album was "Code Of Silence."Joel's entire career for helping him with the lyrics to the song."Modern Woman" was also released as a single and was quite successful, but Joel has since said in interviews he doesn't care for the song, and subsequently it has been left off most of his compilation sets (the exception appears to be My Lives).It was also the last Billy Joel album to carry the "Family Productions" logo.Billy brought both his acting and musical talents to the film as Dodger.For the film, Billy recorded a song titled "Why Should I Worry?"Joel and his family (including young daughter Alexa) and his full touring band made the trip in June 1987.The entourage was filmed for television and video to eventually offset the cost of the trip, and the concerts were simulcast on radio around the world.The audience in at least the first Moscow shows was filled with members of the Communist Party, who received tickets from the government as a perk.Most of that audience took a long while to warm up to Joel's energetic show, something that never had happened in other countries he had performed in.As a result of that, a minor international incident occurred when he famously flipped over an electric keyboard during the second Moscow show as a show of frustration that the lighting engineers would not turn down the house lights.The lighting engineers were more concerned with the amount of light being adequate for filming, as a documentary film crew was filming the concert.According to Joel, each time the fans were hit with the bright lights, anybody who seemed to be enjoying themselves froze.In addition, people who were "overreacting" were removed by security.EPT, Russian for "Concert," was released in the fall of 1987.Singer Peter Hewlitt was brought in to hit the high notes on his most vocally challenging songs, like "An Innocent Man."Storm Front (1989)
The song "We Didn't Start the Fire," the first single from the album Storm Front, was released in September 1989.Storm Front was released in October, and it eventually became Joel's first Number 1 album since Glass Houses, 9 years earlier.Crystal Taliefero, who would go on to become Joel's musical director and architect of his live sound.River of Dreams (1993)
Joel started work on River of Dreams in early 1993.Its cover art was a colorful painting by Christie Brinkley that was a series of scenes from each of the songs on the album.Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart."All About Soul" can be found on "The Essential Billy Joel" (2001), and a demo version appears on "My Lives" (2005).On August 25, 1994, Joel and second wife Christie Brinkley divorced.Doug Stegmeyer committed suicide in his Long Island home.On December 31, 1999, Joel performed at New York's Madison Square Garden, which at the time was considered to be Joel's last solo concert.Delusions, a collection of classical piano pieces.All were written by Billy Joel and performed by Richard Joo.Joel often uses bits of these songs as interludes in live performances, and some of them are part of the score for the hit show "Movin' Out."That night, he also performed "Your Song" with Elton John.Joel has toured extensively with Elton John on a series of "Face to Face" tours.During these shows, the two have played each other's songs and performed duets.Also, a DVD of a show from the River of Dreams tour is included.On January 7, 2006, Joel began a tour across the United States.On June 13, 2006, 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.Billy Joel visit the United Kingdom and Ireland (as part of the European leg of his 2006 tour) for the first time in many years, playing to capacity crowds in Birmingham, Sheffield, Southampton, Manchester, Glasgow, London and Dublin.On July 31, 2006, Joel performed a free concert in Rome, Italy with the Colosseum as the backdrop, and performed classic hits for hundreds of thousands of fans.Joel performed favorites such as "New York State of Mind," "Honesty," and "Just the Way You Are."Organizers estimated 500,000 people turned out for the show.Billy Joel toured South Africa, Australia, Japan, and Hawaii in late 2006, and subsequently toured the Southeastern United States in February and March 2007 before hitting the Midwest in the spring of '07.The song, entitled "All My Life," was Joel's newest single (with second track "You're My Home" Live from Madison Square Garden 2006 tour) was released into stores on February 27, 2007.On February 4, 2007, Joel sang the national anthem for Super Bowl XLI, and was the first to sing the national anthem twice at a Super Bowl.On April 17, 2007, Joel was honored in Albany, NY, for his 9th concert at Times Union Center.He is now holding the highest box office attendance of any artist to play at the arena.This song is dedicated to the troops in Iraq."Christmas In Fallujah" became available to purchase on iTunes December 4, 2007 the proceeds will benefit the Homes For Our Troops foundation.This section needs additional citations for verification.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn alone as proof of craziness.In his 1973 song "The Ballad of Billy the Kid," he describes a certain "Billy" as being from the town of Oyster Bay, the municipality in which the hamlet of Hicksville is located.He has since stated, in the liner notes from his album Songs in the Attic, that this "Billy" is not himself, but rather an Oyster Bay bartender.New England locations and ports, such as Block Island Sound, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Montauk and Gardiner's Bay.His song "Vienna" was supposedly written about a visit to his father in Europe during which he watched an old lady sweeping the street.At first he was shocked that people had this little respect for the elderly, but then realized that allowing them to stay useful to society was the greatest show of respect and knowing that "Vienna waits for you" calmed many of his fears about aging.In a Playboy interview, Joel indicated that "Rosalinda's Eyes" was penned for his mother, Rosalind, as the song his father should have written for her.Some radio stations even refused to give the song any airtime.Ray Charles has also had a huge impact on Billy Joel's music and personal life.Streaming audio full interview of Billy Joel talking about the influence of The Beatles on his becoming a musician mykec.This was also the lineup for Joel's first live album, Songs in the Attic.Bone Wolk joined playing bass guitar, as well as other instruments, including accordion.Crystal Taliefero and Mark Rivera joined and remain in his band to this day.Phil Woods for the Greatest Hits version of the song).Cannata returns on saxophones, along with Rivera and Taliefero, with Cannata again performing the "New York State of Mind" solo.Carl Fischer plays trumpet and trombone when needed, most notably in the classic song, "Zanzibar."High School Diploma awarded 25 years after he left by the School Board
Joel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio in 1999.Billy Joel was the tie breaker in the battle of which city would get the hall.Joel was asked to be the tie breaker.On his tours, Cleveland is one of his favorite cities to play and perform in.At the dinner honoring Joel, various artists performed versions of his songs including Nelly Furtado, Stevie Wonder, Jon Bon Jovi, Diana Krall, Rob Thomas, and Natalie Cole.He was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame on Oct.In 2005, Joel was put in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Joel has banners in the rafters of the Times Union Center, Nassau Coliseum, Madison Square Garden, Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, and Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, and was the first to perform a concert at Yankee Stadium in New York City.Alexa was given the middle name of Ray after Ray Charles, one of Joel's musical idols.Joel and Brinkley's marriage ended in divorce on August 25, 1994, although the couple remain quite friendly.At the time of the wedding, Joel was 55.Joel's daughter, Alexa Ray, then 18, served as maid of honor.Lee works as a restaurant correspondent for the PBS show, George Hirsch: Living it Up!.She did not return for a 2nd season, but rather went on tour with her husband.This section needs additional citations for verification.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Fox) (VHS) (Originally aired on HBO as "Billy Joel: A Television First."Fox) (VHS)
Video Album, Vol.During the 1994 Grammy Award Show, the director cut short Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award.Joel extended his performance of "The River of Dreams" by stopping the song partway through, looking at the celebrity audience with a grin while pretending to check his watch and saying, "valuable advertising time going by...VHS)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997) (Television)
VH1: Behind the Music (1997) (Television)
VH1: Storytellers (1997) (Television)
VH1: Video Time Line (1998) (Television)
Inside the Actor's Studio (1999) (Bravo Network)
Mad About You: "Murray at the Dog Show" (1999) (NBC Television) (Appeared as himself; wrote the music for the song "Lullabye For You" which was featured in the episode.Paul Reiser wrote the lyrics.Joel's New Years Eve concert were aired live)
Piano Grand!VHS) (Music Video compilation)
The 2003 Tony Awards" (Television) (Performed "New York State of Mind")
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2005) (Television) (Performed "Miami 2017" and "Only the Good Die Young")
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2005) (NBC) (Performed "Everybody Loves You Now" and "Vienna")
The Today Show (2005) (NBC) (Performed "Keepin' the Faith" and "She's Right on Time")
The Today Show (2006) (NBC) (Performed "The Good Life" with Tony Bennett live)
The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch (2006) (CNBC)
American Chopper (2006) ("The Billy Joel Bike") (Television, DVD)
Tokyo, Japan (2006) (Television, DVD)(Concert was taped and produced by The Fuji Television Network)
2007 NFL Super Bowl XLI (Joel is the first to sing the National Anthem in two Super Bowls.Billy Joel songs which was a smash hit on Broadway from 2002 to 2005 (last Broadway show was on December 11, 2005).Joel was composer, lyricist, and orchestrator and won a Tony Award for Best Orchestrations.NY Times, June 26, 1992, p.Billy Joel Lyrics
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TV Commercial for Bachman Pretzels (197?Any Young Fans Out There?Has anyone out there seen his Behind The Music episode?You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update.With our Resume service you can add photos and build a complete resume to help you achieve the best possible presentation on the IMDb.Internet Movie Database Inc.Joel has applied his skills in a diversity of settings.Between 1974 and1993, Joel placed at least one single in the Top Forty in every year but three.Billy Joel was born on May 9, 1949, in the Bronx.He displayed an early aptitude on the piano and began taking lessons at four.Joel recorded Cold Spring Harbor, his debut as a solo artist.After the album flopped, Joel dropped out of sight, working as a lounge pianist in Los Angeles.Subsequently, Joel has toured with Elton John and on his own.He also has lectured on college campuses, released Greatest Hits Volume III and composed instrumental pieces in a classical vein.Billy Joel leaves his first rock group, the Lost Souls, to join the Hassles.Columbia Records in 1984.Billy Joel signs to Columbia Records.Billy Joel and producer Phil Ramone, is released.Billy Joel wins Grammies for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.Still Rock and Roll To Me (Billy Joel) was a hit.September 18, 1983: Tell Her About It (Billy Joel) was a hit.Billy Joel becomes the first American rock star to tour Russia with a fully staged show.Leningrad, is released in October.July 13, 1994: Elton John and Billy Joel team up for a joint tour for the first time.March 15, 1999: Billy Joel is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the fourteenth annual induction dinner.Ray Charles is his presenter.Billy Joel: Keeping the Faith
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