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| | Billy Joel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Joel stated that his next album would be more of a hard-rock record, as he was trying to prove that he would not turn into a crooner. | | | Joel has been sometimes labeled a poser, trying to pass off different styles of music as his own; an old interview, where he described his "Glass Houses" album as a "rock album", was not particularly well-received. | | | Billy Joel was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. |
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| | VH1.com : Billy Joel : Biography |
| | In the spring of 1980, Joel released Glass Houses, theoretically a harder-edged album that was a response to the punk and new wave movement. | | | Several of the songs on the album were about model Christie Brinkley, who was engaged to Joel by the time the album was released. | | | Joel refashioned himself as a sensitive singer/songwriter for his debut album, Cold Spring Harbor, which was released in November of 1971. |
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| | Billy Joel Biography |
| | Billy later described the album as "psychedelic bullshit". | | | Billy Joel was nominated for 4 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year (River Of Dreams), Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, Song of the Year, and Record Of The Year (all for "The River Of Dreams). | | | Joel had already begun studio work on his next album when he was involved in a motorcycle accident; a woman in a car ran a red light and hit Billy Joel on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. |
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| | AskMen.com - Billy Joel |
| | Billy Joel was one of America's most successful recording artists of the mid-'70s through the mid-'90s, with many memorable hits, such as "Just the Way You Are" (1978), "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (1980), "River of Dreams" (1993), and his first smash "Piano Man" (1974). | | | Joel semi-retired from rock and pop-oriented music following the release of his last No. 1 album, 1993's River Of Dreams. | | | In addition to the piano man's songs, Joel has maintained a reputation as a guy with a cocky attitude who voices what he thinks in his lyrics and concerts. |
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| | Amazon.com: Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol. 1-2: Music: Billy Joel |
| | Billy Joel has always been better as a singles artist than he is at recording albums. | | | Billy Joel is one of the greatest musicians and songwriters ever and this compilation is a good representation of some of his finest work. | | | All in all, this is the perfect collection of Joel's music for the casual fan who doesn't want to splurge for all of the original albums. |
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| | BILLY JOEL lyrics - Souvenir - Lyrics Time? | | | BILLY JOEL lyrics - Leningrad - Lyrics Time? | | | BILLY JOEL lyrics page, Souvenir lyrics, Creative content with huge song lyrics collection of numerous full albums, A revolutionary song lyrics search engine, Ability to Add/request/comment song... |
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| | Billy Joel |
| | A second significant commercial breakthrough for Joel arrived in 1977 with the release of his 5th album The Stranger, recorded with veteran producer Phil Ramone. | | | It was with his next band, The Hassles, that the young keyboardist launched his recording career, their self-released debut being issued by United Artists in 1967 and followed by a second album Hour of the Wolf in 1968. | | | Neither album received much attention, and by 1970 Joel and Hassles drummer Jon Small had split off to form the hard rock duo Attila; one album was completed for Epic Records, but once again failed to have any significant impact. |
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| | USATODAY.com - Billy Joel unhurt after N.Y. car wreck |
| | Joel has had more than two dozen Top 10 hits in his career, including his signature 1974 song Piano Man. His music, including the title song Movin' Out, is currently the subject of a Broadway musical. | | | 4/26/2004 11:16 AM Singer Billy Joel was involved in his third car accident in two years Sunday, slamming into a house on Long Island. | | | The accident left a crack in the house's foundation and 6-foot-long skid marks in the sand in the street, witnesses said. |
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| | Billy Joel: 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert - PopMatters Music Review |
| | However, it's the interconnectiveness of Joel to the crowd, of the place to the time, and of the songs to one and another that makes the experience of listening to it wholly worthwhile. | | | After having spent half of his life on the road, this is only Joel's 3rd official live album (though numerous bootlegs and other rarities abound). | | | Some of the songs speak about the momentous occasion in title alone: "I've Loved These Days," "Dance to the Music," "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," and the wonderfully apt celebratory conclusion of "This Night." Still others use their lyrical messages to comment on the event. |
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| | village voice > music > Billy Joel by Mikael Wood |
| | For one thing, you have to listen to a whole bunch of Billy Joel songs: Over the past 35 years the Long Island schlockmeister—now in the midst of an 11-show, three-month stand at Madison Square Garden—has sold somewhere in the vicinity of 100 million albums. | | | That, in case you weren't there to appreciate the historical context, was Joel's reaction to the punks and a pretty damn lame one, esp. | | | Not to fire up the Dylan fans out there, but basically, Billy is like Dylan but with actual musical, as opposed to simply lyrical, talent. |
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| | Billy Joel, The Piano Man & His Music |
| | Billy Joel has recorded 12 albums since the beginning of his long career. | | | Billy Joel, The Piano Man & His Music | | | In 1970, he was part of a duo named "Attila." Realizing his dream was to be a songwriter, he created his first solo album, entitled "Cold Spring Harbor" which was released in 1972. |
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| | And while Joel and Brinkley's marriage disolved in 1994, Joel's musical career has been longer lived as he has continued to record and tour. | | | While a generation older than many of the acts he shared the stage with in the 1970s and '80s, and displaying little interest in the haircuts, fashions and synthesizers of his contemporaries, he still managed to record some of the most memorable hits of the era, including "Uptown Girl" in 1983. | | | In 1973 he finally found a winning formula with the record "Piano Man," and his stock rose significantly in the music industry. |
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| | Amazon.com: The Essential Billy Joel: Music: Billy Joel |
| | As for the material that actually is on this album - it still shows the wide variety in music that Billy has created throughout his career and it is a testament to his well-crafted songwriting skills that he has honed throughout the years... | | | Even if you plan on fleshing out your Billy Joel collection with his studio albums later on, you still won't find these songs on those albums. | | | To any fan who has collected all of Billy Joel's albums - this album is entirely useless. |
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| | NPR - Morning Edition - Billy Joel |
| | Neither Joel's famous voice -- nor his piano playing -- is anywhere to be heard on the album. | | | The cover of Billy Joel's Fantasies & Delusions album is reminiscent of sheet music. | | | Joel's inspirations -- or motivations -- for writing music vary. |
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| | Billy Joel News |
| | Stuart Malina will renew his acquaintance with the music of Billy Joel during the 2006-07 Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra season, but this time it will be on the classical side of the equation. | | | Veteran singer BILLY JOEL is amazed by the amount of energy his friend and touring partner SIR ELTON JOHN puts into performing and recording, because the UPTOWN GIRL star is happy to live off past glories. | | | Rummaging through my CD collection the other day, I came across the old Billy Joel album "The Nylon Curtain". |
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| | Billy Joel Weds - Oct 04, 2004 - E! Online News |
| | Joel has sold more than 100 million records worldwide over the span of his career, and has charted numerous hit singles. | | | The multi-Grammy-winning Joel was honored last month with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame placed outside of the Pantages Theater, where Movin' Out, the Tony Award-winning musical based on his songs, is playing. | | | The bride also wore Oscar de la Renta, while the groom chose Ralph Lauren, according to Joel's publicist. |
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| | The squandered genius of the Piano Man. By Jody Rosen |
| | Rather than release a greatest-hits rehash, he's put out a collection packed with B-sides, oddball cover songs, obscure album tracks, and rarities from his pre-solo-career bands, including the preposterous Attila, a "heavy metal power-duo" that the Piano Man led briefly in the late '60s. | | | Joel's original, you just might find yourself surrendering to its dreamy tiptoeing between minor sixth and seventh chords and to the spare elegance of its lyric. | | | He is a fluent pianist, a singer of deceptive versatility and range (listen to his vocal overdubs on the doo-wop homage " |
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| | Billy Joel in Rehab - Jun 19, 2002 - E! Online News |
| | Joel, the Long Island native known for such classic hits as "Only the Good Die Young," "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," "Uptown Girl," "She's Always a Woman" and "New York State of Mind," hasn't had an album of new material since 1993's River of Dreams. | | | Joel's "Piano Man." As he got to the most famous line--"Son, can you play me a memory? | | | And so, with Sir Elton's help, the audience took over the role of the piano man, singing a sentimental song to a washed-out fellow who once knew the words." |
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| | This tee features the album cover from Billy Joel's hit Glass Houses, which contained his first number one song on the Billboard Music Charts. | | | The front shows the tour dates and the back has the lyrics from his hit song 'New... | | | The figure stands 6 inches tall and has Billy's trademark black suit painted on and he his holding a microphone in his left hand. |
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| | Billy Joel Discography at CD Universe |
| | Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.113) - Ranked #67 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...The real pleasure here is the specificity of the lyrics in the rock songs located in New York..." Personnel: Billy Joel (vocals, harmonica, piano, organ, keyboards); Hiram... | | | Part Jerry Lee Lewis, part George Gershwin, piano man Billy Joel combines Tin Pan Alley craftsmanship, rock & roll fervor, and a Beatlesque sense of melodic balladry. | | | Entertainment Weekly (No. 852, p.83) - "...If you love him, you need this..." - Grade: B+ Personnel: Billy Joel (vocals, accordion, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harpsichord, Clavinet, organ, keyboards, bass guitar); Probyn Gregory (vocals, guitar, trumpet, flugelhorn, French... |
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| | Billy Joel Tickets - Billy Joel Concert Tickets Available!! |
| | Billy Joel, also know as “The Piano Man,” has been churning out rock mega-hits since the 1970s while becoming one of the most famous entertainers in all of music history! | | | Billy Joel has crafted countless radio favorites including “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me,” “Uptown Girl,” and “The River of Dreams”! | | | Don’t miss your chance to see Billy Joel’s first solo tour in seven years! |
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| | Rock Masters: Billy Joel in Concert (1978) (TV).... | | | Billy Joel: The Essential Video Collection (2001) (V) (songs) | | | Billy Joel: Shades of Grey (1993) (TV) (songs) |
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| | BBC NEWS Entertainment Music Singer Billy Joel in car accident |
| | Joel has been one of the most popular male singers of the last 30 years, with hits including Uptown Girl and Piano Man. | | | Joel's 33 US Top 40 hits include Uptown Girl and Piano Man | | | With 33 US top 40 hits, he has sold more than 100 million records around the world. |
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| | Entertainment Ave! The Concert Hall - Billy Joel - November 22, 1998 - The Rosemont Horizon - Rosemont, IL. |
| | The Concert Hall - Billy Joel - November 22, 1998 - The Rosemont Horizon - Rosemont, IL. | | | One more!" like the lady next to me was doing before he finished the evening with "Only the Good Die Young" and "Piano Man"; and he gives advice - "Goodnight! | | | I figured it couldn't be a teleprompter because he would be playing songs he has played so many times that he knew them like the back of his hand. |
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| | CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - Joel, Billy |
| | Pop star Billy Joel says his show Monday night at the Air Canada Centre could very well be his last Toronto concert. | | | The classically-trained musician-turned-lounge-lizard-turned-stadium-performer, who wrote such massive pop hits as Only The Good Die Young and We Didn't Start The Fire and sold nearly 100 million albums worldwide, says he's ready to quit the road. | | | Air Canada Centre, Toronto - Mar 08, 1999 |
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| | Billy Joel Tickets - Order Billy Joel Concert Tickets - Billy Joel Tickets On Sale Now! |
| | Joel's next concert is Monday, January 30 at 8 p.m. | | | Although they were both before my day, I can only imagine how happy so many people were to hear that two of their favorite bands of yesteryear were going to perform together, especially when both are celebrating their 20th anniversary. | | | Billy Joel is in the thick of his current U.S. Tour and Great Seats has tickets on sale to his shows. |
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| | Billy Joel's, We Didn't Start The Fire |
| | Billy Joel (reportedly) wrote this song after overhearing a child say that he felt sorry for "older people" like Billy Joel because no "history" happened in their lifetime, that NOW (or the time the song was written) was going to be the world's most historical time period. | | | The comment got to Billy Joel so much that he sat down and wrote this to prove that his lifetime has been FULL of history. | | | Rank our site; a 5 would be nice! |
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| | Billy Joel Fan Site |
| | Beginning as a quintessential confessional singer/songwriter, Billy Joel has gone on to render consistently well-crafted pop. | | | His forte is the romantic ballad epitomized by his signature tune, "Just the Way You Are." | | | You have reached my tribute page to the one and only Billy Joel. |
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| | Billy Joel / Jan. 10, 2006 / Jacksonville, Fla. (Veterans Memorial Arena) |
| | Despite what he indicated in a few age-related gags (those seated behind his rotating piano at any given time, he said, could "check themselves out in the back of my head"), Joel looked fit and sounded better. | | | No longer the angry young man but a gray, assured and fiery one, Billy Joel, in his first solo tour in eight years, is proving that he still knows his way around rock'n'roll. | | | Joel Shows No Rust At Jacksonville Tour Stop |
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| | If you are a fan of Attila, then you will be a fan of any music Billy ever makes! | | | Attila, the heavy metal duet that Billy was in just before he went solo (and after his time with the Hassles). | | | Here are some places you might like to go to find all kinds of goodies related to the man and his music: |
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