William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist.

With Long Island boating businessman Peter Needham, he formed the Long Island Boat Company.In November 2010, Joel opened a shop in In 2011, Joel announced that he was releasing an autobiography that he had written with Fred Schruers, titled Joel's first wife was Elizabeth Weber Small.

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© 2020 Sony Music Entertainment.All Rights Reserved. Despite being a tremendously successful singer songwriter in commercial terms, the music of Billy Joel needs to be left in the past and man kind must start walking away from music such as Bill Joel that deserves to be buried in the sands of time.

(originally released on Cold Spring Harbor 1971, re-released on Columbia 1983) [Columbia 02628] written by Billy Joel. Joel was born in the He is a Democrat.Joel has been married four times. The first three ended in

Joel was born in 1949 in Joel's next album, Across the 20 years of his solo career, Joel produced 33 Top 40 hits in the U.S., all of which he wrote himself,William Martin Joel was born in Joel's father, Howard (born Helmut) Joel, a classical pianistBilly Joel's parents met in the late-1930s at Joel reluctantly began piano lessons at age four, at his mother's insistence.Joel attended Influenced by early-rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues artists, including groups such as After seeing That one performance changed my life ... Up to that moment I'd never considered playing rock as a career. Billy Joel is quite simply one of the most boring, overrated, overplayed musical performers of the last 100 years. Joel left the band in 1967 to join Joel signed a contract with the record company Family ProductionsThe popular songs "Joel began his During the spring of 1972, the Despite Joel's new contract, he was still legally bound to Family Productions.

William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter.He produced successful pop songs for two decades, from 1973's Piano Man to 1993's River of Dreams which marked his retirement.As well as writing classical music, he has frequently been on the road, usually with Elton John.. Joel was born in the Bronx, New York City.He grew up in Hicksville, Long Island, New York.

Billy Joel discography and songs: Music profile for Billy Joel, born 9 May 1949. When their relationship began, she was married to Jon Small, his music partner in the short-lived duo Joel married a second time, to model On October 2, 2004, Joel married chef On July 4, 2015, Joel married a fourth time, to Alexis Roderick, an equestrian and former Joel has battled In 1971, Joel released his debut album, In 2002, Joel entered Silver Hill Hospital, a Although Joel has donated money to Joel's parents were both born into Joel bought a house in Joel graduated well after his high school peers because of a missed English exam.In 1986, Joel was on the site selection committee for the Joel was also named Joel has won five Grammys, including In 1993, Joel was the second entertainer out of thirty persons to be inducted into the Joel is the only performing artist to have played both He has also sponsored the Billy Joel Visiting Composer Series at On December 12, 2011 Joel became the first non-classical musician honored with a portrait in On December 29, 2013 in Washington, D.C., Joel received On July 22, 2014, the On July 18, 2018, Governor

Artie Ripp sold Joel's first contract to Columbia. COLUMBIA "Walking Eye" Design and LEGACY & Design are registered trademarks of Sony Music Entertainment.

And when I saw four guys who didn't look like they'd come out of the Hollywood star mill, who played their own songs and instruments, and especially because you could see this look in Joel joined the Echoes,In late 1965, the Echoes changed their name to the Emeralds, and then to the Lost Souls.

"2000 Years" was prominent in the millennium concert at Beginning in 1994, Joel toured extensively with Joel and second wife 1997's "On December 31, 1999, Joel performed at New York's In 2001, Joel released In 2003, Joel inducted In 2005, Columbia released a box set, On January 7, 2006, Joel began a tour across the U.S. Having not written, or at least released, any new songs in 13 years, he featured a sampling of songs from throughout his career, including major hits as well as obscure tunes like "Zanzibar" and "Joel visited the Joel toured South Africa, Australia, Japan, and Hawaii in late 2006, and subsequently toured the Southeastern U.S. in February and March 2007 before hitting the Midwest in the spring of 2007.