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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.
Billy Joel released The Nylon Curtain in September and although Joel's selling-streak start slowing, the album contained numerous favorites including "Pressure," "Allentown" the sobering message songs about the plight of unemployed Pennsylvania steel workers, as well as "Goodnight Saigon," a slow, mournful look at Vietnam and its veterans.
Billy Joel was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Producer of the Year (with Mick Jones) and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male for Storm Front and was awarded the Grammy Legend Award.
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Joel's induction into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (Class of 1992), and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Class of 1999) has further solidified his status as one of America's leading music icons.
Joel attended Hicksville High School and was to have graduated in 1967.
Joel fled to Los Angeles, California with Elizabeth Weber and married her in Los Angeles in May, 1971.
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Joel, still struggling against his shabby economic and social circumstances, was denied his high school diploma due to excessive absenteeism, ran away from home, and was arrested on suspicion of burglary.
In the spring of 1980, Joel released the LP "Glass Houses", theoretically a harder-edged album that was a response to the punk and new wave movement.
Billy was eager to get back on the road and resume his tour, however, under the advisement of his physician, his September and October concerts were rescheduled for November and December.
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Billy Joel was raised in the Bronx suburb Levittown, where he learned to play piano as a child.
Billy Joel's next album would prove to be the make-or-break point for his career and the resulting album, The Stranger, catapulted him into super-stardom.
Billy Joel fired his long-time manager and former brother-in-law Frank Weber in August of 1989, after an audit revealed that there were major discrepancies in Weber's accounting.
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Billy Joel is one of those who have risen out of the 70s and continued his sound into the 90s all the while consistently reaping the awards of critical acclaim and popular success.
Joel also stated he always admired the guys "who walked away" while they were still good at their craft, and for this reason, it may be his last tour.
Joel checked himself into a Connecticut substance abuse and psychiatric hospital to "deal with a specific and personal problem that had recently developed" (according to a statement released by his record label).
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Billy Joel has a flare for the dramatic, but perhaps that’s a throwback to his younger days when he often divided his time between fighting – both in good old fashion street fights and in the ring as a boxer – and making music.
Joel could have gone either way – boxing or music –; but it was the Beatles’; music that assured him he wanted the life of a musician.
Joel toured in support of his freshman effort, and even then Billy Joel concert tickets were popular.
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Although Billy Joel never was a critic's favorite, the pianist emerged as one of the most popular singer/songwriters of the latter half of the '70s.
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.
During 1983 and 1984, Joel became one of the first '70s stars to embrace MTV and music videos, shooting a number of clips for the album that were aired frequently on the network.
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Billy Joel is well known for his fundraising efforts and contributions to benefit the U.S. military, environmental issues, disaster relief, AIDS, and music education.
Billy Joel was signed to Columbia Records and released The Piano Man; its title song became the first Top 20 single for Billy Joel.
Billy Joel struggled through a drinking problem which is said to have contributed to car accidents over the years and a hospitalization.
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Billy Joel is one of the legendary artist who emerged as the most convincing singer/songwriters of the '70s era.
Billy Joel struggled like any other artist in the initial years of his struggle.
Billy Joel became really famous for this album all over world with some of the smashing hit numbers such as "Say Goodbye to Hollywood," followed by "She's Got a Way" which made their way towards Top 40 Musical charts.
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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.
At the insistance of his father Joel had taken formal piano lessons in his youth, but it was clear early on that his musical ambitions lay more in the popular realm.
Through the '70s and into the '80s Joel continued to record thoughtful, intelligent, light rock, winning a Grammy in 1977 for "Just the Way You Are." He returned to his working class roots in "Allentown," chronicling the plight of America's industrial centers as production contracts and jobs went overseas.
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Joel appeared on both of their albums, The Hassels and Hour Of The Wolf, before breaking away with drummer Jon Small to form Attila.
However, Joel refused to bow to corporate demands for commercially-minded material and despite enjoying hits with two subsequent albums, Streetlife Serenade and Turnstiles, it was not until 1977 that his fortunes flourished with the release of The Stranger, which eventually surpassed Simon And Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water as Columbia's bestselling album.
Joel's image as a popular, uncontroversial figure was shaken with The Nylon Curtain, which featured two notable "protest" compositions, "Allentown" and "Goodnight Saigon".
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At the age of four Joel developed an interest in music and began his training on the piano -- a direction influenced by his father, who was an accomplished pianist himself.
In the second half of the decade, Billy Joel's recorded output became considerably more sporadic: only two studio albums would be released between 1986 and 1992, although other notable projects would keep him in the public eye during that period.
Joel did in fact continue to perform in the 00s, however, collaborating with Elton John on a 2001 "Face to Face" tour (a project originally undertaken in 1994 and reprised once before in 1998) before launching his own well-received solo tour of the U.S. and Europe in 2006.
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Although Billy Joel never was a critic's favorite, the pianist emerged as one of the most popular singer/songwriters of the latter half of the '70s.
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Billy Joel - Official credits, awards and nominations, and details about his work as composer, orchestrator, and lyricist on Movin' Out.
Billy Joel's Commencement Address at Berklee - Transcript of speech from May 1993.
MTV News: Billy Joel Has Seen The Green Lights Go On, On Broadway - Article on the Broadway musical-in-progress that will feature between 15 and 20 of his songs choreographed by Twyla Tharp.
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 Billy Joel: 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert - PopMatters Music Review
In his 1989 hit single, "We Didn't Start the Fire," Billy Joel attempted to catalogue a half-century of people and events in under four minutes of music.
The opening pair of tunes are really Joel's only self-referential selections; "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" notes both the legendary feel of the evening and Joel's newest move from pop to classical composition.
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.
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Billy Joel wrote 'Piano Man.' Billy Joel is the Piano Man. Joel was the most prominent singer/songwriter of the late '70s and early '80s.
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Although Billy Joel never was a critic's favorite, the pianist emerged as one of the most popular singer/songwriters of the latter half of the '70s.
Joel's music consistently demonstrates an affection for Beatlesque hooks and a flair for Tin Pan Alley and Broadway melodies.
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Joel also is known for his depiction of life in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, which he paid tribute to in one of his most popular songs, "Allentown," released in 1982.
Joel has recently been returning to his fascination with classical music and has been experimenting in that area.
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Billy Joel's career started at the age of fourteen when he became a member of The Echoes.
After some moderate success in local music scenes, Billy Joel signed a solo contract in 1970, and the rest is history.
With the success of Joel's album "Piano Man" catapulting the musician into stardom, Billy Joel continued to pump out hit after hit for the next several decades.
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 Amazon.com: Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol. 1-2: Music: Billy Joel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
And of course, the remastered sound is excellent (acoustic/piano-based acts like Billy Joel benefit greatly from remastering), and the packaging is an improvement over the former version.
Billy Joel has always been better as a singles artist than he is at recording albums.
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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 Entertainment Ave! The Concert Hall - Billy Joel - November 22, 1998 - The Rosemont Horizon - Rosemont, IL.
Billy Joel was in the Chicago area for a make-up date of a previously cancelled show, and he seemed generally happy that the fans adjusted their schedules accordingly.
Billy has said he is getting a little tired and/or bored of playing the same songs over and over, so he might be trying to catch up on his reading during the show.
Could Billy Joel get a bad review from me? I highly doubt it, even if he did play at the original date and couldn't sing, because I think somehow, someway, he would still figure out how to make the crowd go away happy.
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Billy Joel's first major album was Piano Man in 1974, and it showcased his gift for writing catchy tunes and sentimental songs.
Joel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
Joel was married to supermodel Christie Brinkley from 1985 to 1994; their daughter, Alexa Ray, was born in 1985.
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