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	Billy Joel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joel was born in the modern-day South Bronx, then a white-ethnic neighborhood, and grew up on Long Island, an affluent region outside of New York City, in a town called Hicksville, New York.
		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 a history of car accidents, including several that occurred while he allegedly was under the influence of alcohol.
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		Billy Joel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
		Joel grew up on Long Island, outside of New York City, in a town called Hicksville, New York, and made many references to locations in the New York City metropolitan area, particularly the Island, in his songs.
		Joel went on to marry the recently widowed supermodel Christie Brinkley in 1985.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Billy_Joel (925 words)

	Rock On The Net: Billy Joel
		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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		The One Disappointing Album of the Billy Joel Portfolio : The last song of Billy's Joel's album, "The River of Dreams" seemed to be somewhat appropriate.
		Volume 3: Just As Essential as Volumes 1 & 2 : I realize that some people think this collection is a dissapointment and is no where near as strong as his 1985 greatest hits volume 1 & 2.
		Billy's Retro Masterpiece : There was a time during the peak of Billy Joel's stellar career where he dabbled and played around with different sounds and did songs from different genres of music.
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	Billy Joel: Fantasies & Delusions, Op. 1-10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Billy Joel, known for his popular music (of course) gives us a side of him we normally don't see.
		First, because in some of Billy's songs there are elements of his groundings in the classics; the melody in 1993's "Lullaby" was based on the style of Edvard Grieg, while the chorus of 1983's "This Night" (which is also one of my very favorite songs) is lifted note by note from a Beethoven piano concerto.
		This is a beautiful album that should appeal to both the serious classical music listener as well as Billy Joel fans who not only know that not only could he draw audiences with his pop/rock songs, but that he draws upon many different styles of music, including "high-brow" classical compositions.
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	Popular Music : Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol. 3 - Cheap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The last song of Billy's Joel's album, "The River of Dreams" seemed to be somewhat appropriate.
		Billy Joel would soon proclaim that his 13th studio album, 1993's "The River of Dreams" would be his last original Rock/Pop album he would do.
		The release of "Billy Joel Greatest Hits Volume 3" was a way for Billy to provide some closure to the work included on the latter albums.
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	Encyclopedia: Billy Joel
		Allentown is a famous Billy Joel song, which appeared on Joels The Nylon Curtain (1982) and Greatest Hits: Volume II (1985) albums.
		We Didnt Start the Fire is a song by Billy Joel that lists 120 well-known events, people, things, and places from his lifetime, from 1949 to 1989, when the song was released on his album Storm Front.
		Billy Joels Greatest Hits discs are a collection released in two sets.
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	The Essential Billy Joel - Compare prices
		Early in his career, Billy Joel seemed cynical about fame, even as that distrust bore strange fruit: mainstream superstardom (thanks to "Just the Way You Are," "Honesty," and "My Life") and multiple Grammy awards, as well as the critic's-whipping-boy status that went with them.
		Perhaps not surprisingly, not long after Joel's songs seemed to find their most satisfying balance of angst and mature reflection on songs like "Storm Front" and "River of Dreams," he threatened to bolt the pop music business altogether.
		Billy Joel remains both a true, if oft-lambasted, American pop icon and that rarest of animals: a bonafide crowd-pleaser with a serious case of 'tude.
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	Sony Music: The Essential Billy Joel Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		THE ESSENTIAL BILLY JOEL follows that same trend, but it is arguably the best collection released on the artist to date.
		This collection would truly be essential, if not for the unforgivable sin of omitting Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, perhaps Billy's greatest album track and a steadfast favorite of Billy Joel enthusiasts.
		Essential is good overall, but could have been much better.
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	Essential Billy Joel by Billy Joel Cassette Tape
		At the close of the 20th Century, it became apparent that Billy Joel was one of the premier pop craftsmen of the post-Beatles era.
		The Essential Billy Joel is an excellent combination of both his early work in the 70's and his 80's hits.
		Billy's new essentail collection is missing the three essential tracks that helped his career prosper, "Big Shot", "Pressure" and "This Is The Time".
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	The Essential Billy Joel
		It perfectly captures every facet of Billy Joel's thirty-year career, from grand, musical-like songs like "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" and "Piano Man", to the soulful doo-wop of "The Longest Time" and straight-ahead rock n' rollers like "You May Be Right".
		Billy Joel was always quite a versatile composer, moving easily between rock n' roll, pop, soul, grand operatic ballads, and even updated Irish folk ("The Entertainer").
		If you must add Billy Joel to your cd collection, pick up The Stranger and Piano Man. This bulky 'Essential' collection is loaded with his cheesy late 70's and 80's pop diddies and mysteriously leaves out two of his best songs, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant and The Stranger.
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		Joel has already had more than enough compilations summing up his lengthy pop career.
		Columbia's track record on these 'Essential' sets is shaky - they serve as decent enough introductions to the artist's work, but never provide all or even most of the tunes one would consider essential.
		Joel's first few albums, after Piano Man, were devoid of hits until he hit his stride in 1977.
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	The Music Box: Billy Joel at Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, IL on November 22, 1998
		It seemed as if Billy Joel was never going to make it back Chicago.
		Plagued with vocal problems for most of this year, Joel was then forced to delay his return for an additional month.
		Having no real product to push -- other than re-mastered releases of his extensive catalog -- Joel was at ease as he moved from song to song, touching on all but two of his albums over the course of his fun-filled two-hour set.
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	Billy Joel: Essential Billy Joel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		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.
		Joel was raised in the Long Island suburb of Hicksville, where he learned to play piano as a child.
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	Billy Joel - The Essential Billy Joel: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		The Essential Billy Joel [+] by Billy Joel [+]
		Released in conjunction with Billy Joel [+]'s grand experiment with classical music, The Essential Billy Joel [+] was a welcome reminder of Billy Joel [+]'s way with a pop song, improving on the previous Greatest Hits, Vol.
		The biggest fault is that there is a notable drop-off in quality after 1986's The Bridge [+] (which ends midway through disc two), but even so, this is as good a distillation of Joel's talents imaginable.
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	TroyRutter.com - Music : The Essential Billy Joel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		We have yet to have a perfect Billy Joel "greatest hits" set (even the boxed set left out "Honesty" and "Modern Woman"), butif you don't want to pay a lot for Billy's best, this is the set for you.
		I cringed when I first played the Essential Billy Joel on my KEF Q series speakers -- This album is one of the worst remastering efforts I've heard recently.
		The "Greatest Hits 1,2 and 3" are missing songs and the "Essential Billy Joel" is missing songs, so either way you figure it, a truly definitive Joel collection still has yet to be released.
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		This, pop superstar Joel's breakout LP, came years after he first hit the charts with the novelty-ish "Piano Man." In the meantime, the New York-based songwriter released two lackluster and stylistically confused platters that blunted interesting songs with a sound that was neither Elton mellow nor...
		From the perspective of 15 subsequent platinum albums and 20 top-10 hits, it's hard to imagine that Chicago began their career as a bona fide prog-fusion act, an early FM radio favorite whose jazz-tinged, album-length suites found them a hip cult following even as they confounded label execs....
		A criticism that has long dogged Billy Joel's career involves his songs' direct, heart-on-the-sleeve emotional sentiments and a musical approach that often revels in pop music's past glories instead of reacting against them.
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	Billy Joel Music and Discussion
		The element that makes Billy's songs a success are his experiences.
		Billy Joel...What is there to say about Billy Joel...Well for starters he rocks all.
		I am one of the biggest Billy fans, me and my friend JJ are absolutly in love with Billy Joel.
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	Songwriters Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Billy Joel with Steve Khan, Eric Gale, Toots Thielmans, Rorry Dodd, Donnie Dacus and Peter Cetera.
		Three classic Billy Joel albums combined in one compilation.
		For more Billy Joel Albums, please visit Concept Albums in the Discography.
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		Perhaps not surprisingly, not long after Joel's writing seemed to find its most satisfying balance of angst and mature reflection on songs such as 'Storm Front' and 'River of Dreams', he threatened to bolt the pop music business altogether.
		Billy Joel doesn't seem to have received much critical praise.
		One of Joel's greatest strengths is his seemingly endless gift for melody.
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	Billy Joel - The Essential Video Collection DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		I'm also a huge fan of Billy Joel (have all of his albums since I was a kid).
		Billy Joel: The Essential Video Collection is a well put reflection of Billy's best music videos from the 70's and 80's.
		I still think it is just a shame Billy Joel hasn't came back into the pop music scene, because his music just remains as pure classic.
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		BILLY JOEL LYRICS album: "Cold Spring Harbor" (1971) She's Got … Night album: "The Essential Billy Joel" (2001) Piano … Woman Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) Only The …
		Billy Joel has a simple perspective on his tour with Elton John that arrives at the FleetCenter tomorrow for five sold-out concerts.
		JOEL GALLEN IS A 44-YEAR-OLD PROducer and director with bright green eyes, an angular jaw, and a dimpled chin sheltered by stubble.
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	Billy Joel Reviews
		From the unbridled biographical boasting of "The Entertainer" and the ambitious storytelling of "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" to the careening abandon of "Only the Good Die Young" and the thoughtful social commentary of "Allentown," Joel was as complete an artist as the last three decades have produced.
		This, pop superstar Joel's breakout LP, came years after he first hit the charts with the novelty-ish "Piano Man." In the meantime, the New York-based songwriter released two lackluster and stylistically confused platters that blunted interesting songs with a sound that was neither Elton mellow nor Elton attitude.
		Produced by Phil Ramone, The Stranger took those who had written Joel off as a one-hit wonder by surprise ("Just the Way You Are" was among the biggest hits of 1977) and it remains a solid introduction to Joel's restless muse at a crucial point in his career.
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	Billy Joel CDs
		His German-born father, Howard Joel, who was imprisoned by the Nazis at Dachau during the war, moved to America after his release, to begin a new life in New York.
		was Jewish, young Billy was raised in a predominately Catholic neighborhood and frequently attended mass and confession.
		Joel's father secured work as an engineer with General Electric.
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	Billy Joel : Essential Billy Joel - płyta, ścieżki, informacje
		Billy Joel : Essential Billy Joel - płyta, ścieżki, informacje
		Billy Joel - newsy :: Billy Joel - opinie :: Billy Joel - zdjęcia :: Billy Joel - biografia
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	Amazon.co.uk: Music: Piano Man - The Very Best of Billy Joel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		This is a very disappointing compilation of Billy Joel's career because it doesn't really represent the geneius of the man. sure 'Uptown Girl" "Piano Man" and all those "Hits" are here but not all of them and not all of Billy's best songs which featured on Greatest Hits Volumes 1,2 and 3 are here.
		The other thing that I don't like about this album is that there are too many edited versions of Joel songs which don't do any justice whatsover to Joel's reputation, which in critics eyes, unfortunately wasn't all that good.
		The true musical journey of Billy Joel is either through his original albums (cronologically) or through Greatest hits Volumes 1 and 2, Greatest Hits Volume 3, Billy Joel- the ultimate collection, The essential Billy Joel or 2000 Years- The millenium Concert.
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	The Essential Billy Joel : Musik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Am Anfang seiner Karriere schien Billy Joel jeder Form von Berühmtheit zynisch gegenüberzustehen, selbst dann noch, als sein Misstrauen bereits unerwartete Früchte getragen hatte: Joel war (dank 'Just The Way You Are', 'Honesty' und 'My Life') zum Mainstream-Superstar aufgestiegen und hatte mehrere Grammys erhalten, wenn er auch gleichzeitig zum Prügelknaben der Kritiker geworden war.
		Es sind wirklich alle bedeutenden Titel die von Billy Joel bekannt sind drauf, alle voran eben "Piano Man", dann unvergleichbare "Leningrad", "River of dreams", die Liste lässt sich bedenkenlos um 20 Titel fortsetzen, aber so lang soll diese Rezension...
		Billy Joel mit einer Auswahl seiner besten Songs.
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	Billy Joel - Essential Video Collection DVD
		One of Long Island's favorite sons, Billy Joel, is showcased in a comprehensive compilation of all of his greatest music videos.
		That is the category Billy Joel, Elton John, John Tesh, Liberachi, fit into.
		Joel writes songs that have meaning, so then does his videos.
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	Pointless Database - Billy Joel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Billy Joel was born on the 9th of May, 1949 in Bronx, New York.
		He is a rock singer, musician, and songwriter.
		He has released several albums and has won many awards for his music.
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