On January 3 of that year, news was leaked to the New York Post that Billy had recorded a new song with lyrics—this being the first new song with lyrics he'd written in almost 14 years. Another well-known single from the album is the ballad "And So It Goes" (No. The two remained friends.[67]. It was recorded at larger US arenas and in intimate night club shows in June and July 1980. [94][95] Alexa was given the middle name of Ray after Ray Charles, one of Joel's musical idols. 37 in late 1990). Billy Joel is a famous American singer-songwriter and pianist, who was born on May 9, 1949.As a person born on this date, Billy Joel is listed in our database as the 5th most popular celebrity for the day (May 9) and the 10th most popular for the year (1949). He celebrated his 71st birthday in 2020. Joel performed "New York State of Mind" live on September 21, 2001, as part of the America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit concert, and on October 20, 2001, along with "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)", at the Concert for New York City in Madison Square Garden. Royal recorded a single in 1962 that flopped. In an interview he said of the group's effect on him: 7 on the charts, partially due to heavy airplay on MTV for the videos to the singles "Allentown" and "Pressure". 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. The music video of the song, originally written about then girlfriend Elle MacPherson, featured future wife Christie Brinkley as a high society girl, whose car pulls into the gas station where Joel's character is working. Billy Joel has been in relationships with Deborah Dampiere (2009), Alex Donnelley (2009), Dina Meyer (2001), Trish Bergen (2000 - 2002), Carolyn Beegan (1994 - 2000), Harriet Baldwin-Carter (1982 - 1983) and Elle Macpherson (1981 - 1982). To escape the Nazi regime, Howard's family emigrated to Switzerland. [22], Influenced by early rock and roll and rhythm and blues artists, including groups such as The Beatles, The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley, Joel favored tightly structured pop melodies and down-to-earth songwriting. Joel also sang his character's song "Why Should I Worry?". In a 2008 radio interview, Joel said that he no longer performs the song because singing it in its high original key "shreds" his vocal cords; however, he did finally play it live for the first time since 1982 when he sang it at the Hollywood Bowl in May 2014. Billy Joel ranks among rock'n'roll’s most talented artists. 27 while "Keeping the Faith" peaked at No. Proceeds from the song benefited the Homes For Our Troops foundation. Rhys Clark returned as drummer and Tom Whitehorse as banjoist and pedal steel player; Johnny Almond joined as saxophonist and keyboardist. [112], Joel's parents were both born into Jewish families, but he was not raised Jewish. In 2001, Joel released Fantasies & Delusions, a collection of classical piano pieces. Joel has stated that he wanted the album to communicate his feelings about the American Dream and how changes in American politics during the Reagan years meant that "all of a sudden you weren't going to be able to inherit [the kind of life] your old man had. Soon after his birth, his family moved to the Levitt homes section of … [58][59] He later apologized for the incident. Billy Joel was born on in Bronx, NY, USA. [94] Their daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, was born December 29, 1985. DeVitto had never been given songwriting or arranging credit on any of Joel's songs, but he claimed that he helped arrange some of them, including "Only the Good Die Young". 52nd Street also won Grammy awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male and Album of the Year. They divorced in 1982. [65] Joel told Rolling Stone magazine: "We'll probably pick it up again. It's always fun playing with him. Joel also revamped his backing band, dismissing everyone but drummer Liberty DeVitto, guitarist David Brown, and saxophone player Mark Rivera, and bringing in new faces, including multi-instrumentalist Crystal Taliefero. Joel said in his official biography. That summer, "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" was released and it hit No. In the video for "Keeping the Faith", Christie Brinkley also plays the "redhead girl in a Chevrolet". Joel's Russian tour was the first live rock radio broadcast in Soviet history. In 1977, Billy Joel released his album The Stranger, his first critical and commercial success which spent six weeks at #2 on the charts. Produced by James William Guercio (then Chicago's producer), Turnstiles was first recorded at Caribou Ranch with members of Elton John's band. Joel has been in several relationships, including marriages to Elizabeth Weber Small, model Christie Brinkley, and chef Katie Lee; since 2015, he has been married to Alexis Roderick, his fourth spouse. [113][114][115][116][117], Joel bought a house in Centre Island, New York, in 2002 for US$22 million. [120] His high school diploma was finally awarded by the school board 25 years later. For this album, he wanted a new sound, and worked with Mick Jones of Foreigner fame. They spearated in 2009. [56], Most of that audience took a long while to warm up to Joel's energetic show, something that had never happened in other countries he had performed in. 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 "All for Leyna". [79], In 2015, Joel performed 21 concerts in addition to his monthly Madison Square Garden residency. Nevertheless, interest in his music grew. Later he said, "I drank furniture polish. Billy's mother Rosalind (1922–2014), was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Jewish parents who had emigrated from England. In addition, people who were "overreacting" were removed by security. [97], On October 2, 2004, Joel married chef Katie Lee, his third wife. ", "Billy Joel sees self as working homebody", "Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel headline Barack Obama midtown cash bash", "Billy Joel: Change of Heart and an Obama Endorsement", "Did Billy Joel just diss Donald Trump? [119], Joel graduated well after his high school peers because of a missed English exam. The CD and DVD of the show, Live at Shea Stadium, were released on March 8, 2011. [96] Joel and Brinkley divorced on August 26, 1994. Billy Joel was born on May 9, 1949 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA as William Martin Joel. On July 16, 2008, and July 18, 2008, Joel played the final concerts at Shea Stadium before its demolition. In 1986, Joel was on the site selection committee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame board. In addition, Billy Joe was a local singing sensation at the Bamboo Ranch in Savannah, Georgia in the 1950's and early 1960's. In 1992, Joel inducted the R&B duo Sam & Dave into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. [124] On September 20, 2004, Joel received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his work in the music industry, located at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard. [12] His teachers included the noted American pianist Morton Estrin[17] and musician Timothy Ford. The venue holds a capacity of 1,555 and sold out in five minutes. [103], Joel has battled depression for many years. Coinciding with the Greatest Hits album release, Joel released a two-volume Video Album that was a compilation of the promotional videos he had recorded from 1977 to the present time. At the time, Joel said that it would be his last tour and possibly his last concert. (C) 1978 BBChttp://vevo.ly/R5O2yB 24). Veteran country and pop performer Billy Joe Royal passed away in his sleep unexpectedly earlier today (Oct. 6) at his home in North Carolina. They grossed over US$46 million in just 24 dates in their sold out[64] 2003 tour. Joel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999),[9] and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006). He was 73 years old. In 2001, Joel received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his first major hit and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s, having released 12 studio albums from 1971 to 1993 as well as one studio album in 2001. "Just the Way You Are" — written for Joel's first wife, Elizabeth Weber[39] — was inspired by a dream[40] and won Grammy awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. His next album, The Nylon Curtain, was released in 1982, and stemmed from a desire from Joel to create more lyrically and melodically ambitious music. Its cover art was a colorful painting by Christie Brinkley that was a series of scenes from each of the songs on the album. It is the only official release of Joel performing "Christmas in Fallujah", as Cass Dillon sang on the 2007 studio recording and the handful of times the song was played live in 2007. His manager at the time was Jon Troy, an old friend from New York's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood; Troy was soon replaced by Joel's wife Elizabeth. Joel's next album, 52nd Street, was released in 1978 and became his first album to peak at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart. "Allentown" spent six weeks at a peak position of No. Walter Yetnikoff, the president of CBS/Columbia Records at the time, bought back the rights to Joel's songs in the late 1970s, giving the rights to Joel as a birthday gift. Artie Ripp sold Joel's first contract to Columbia. In a departure from his "piano man" persona, Joel is shown in the video playing a Gibson Les Paul. Greatest Hits was highly successful and it has since been certified double diamond by the RIAA, with over 11.5 million copies (23 million units) sold. [12] He has said that neither of his parents had talked much about World War II, which were such dark years; it was not until later that he learned more about his father's family. It was originally broadcast on HBO in 1983 before it became available on VHS. [30], Joel signed a contract with the record company Family Productions[12] (owned by Artie Ripp but backed by Gulf + Western[31]), with which he recorded his first solo album, Cold Spring Harbor, a reference to Cold Spring Harbor, a town on Long Island. 1 on the Billboard chart and yielded the hits "You May Be Right" (used as the theme song, covered by Southside Johnny, for the CBS mid-1990s sitcom Dave's World) (No. Billy Joel height 5ft 5in (167 cm/ 1.67 m) and Weight 66 kg (144 lbs). This album became Columbia's best-selling release, selling over 10 million copies and spawning several hit singles, including "Just the Way You Are", "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "Only the Good Die Young", and "She's Always a Woman"; another song on this album, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", is Joel's favorite of his own songs and has become a staple of his live shows.[7]. The album reached No. 14), and "Honesty" (No. 2011. “What a family to pick.” Supermodel Christie Brinkley inspired "This Is the Time" and the album 'An Innocent Man' Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel in 1990. Joel was also named MusiCares Person of the Year for 2002,[123] an award given each year at the same time as the Grammy Awards. Alexa was given the middle name of Ray after Ray Charles, one of Billy's musical heroes. The song "The Great Wall of China" was written about his ex-manager Frank Weber and was a regular in the setlist for Joel's 2006 tour. Joel's mother, Rosalind (1922–2014),[13] was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Jewish parents, Philip and Rebecca Nyman, who had emigrated from England. On December 1, 2007, Joel premiered his new song "Christmas in Fallujah". "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" spent 11 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and was the 7th biggest hit of 1980 according to American Top 40. Joel left the band in 1967 to join the Hassles, a Long Island group that had signed with United Artists Records. 19, September 1980); and "Sometimes a Fantasy" (No. Joel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in 1999 by one of his chief musical influences, Ray Charles, with whom he also collaborated on his song "Baby Grand" (1986). Joel performed his classical piece titled, "Waltz No. Joel began his Cold Spring Harbor tour in the fall of 1971, touring with his band (Rhys Clark on drums, Al Hertzberg on guitar, and Larry Russell on bass guitar) throughout the US and Puerto Rico, opening for groups such as the J. Geils Band, The Beach Boys, Badfinger, and Taj Mahal. This honor has also been given to Joel at the Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) (formerly the Wachovia Center) in Philadelphia where a banner in the colors of the Philadelphia Flyers is hung honoring Joel's 46 Philadelphia sold-out shows. He released 52nd Street in 1978, naming it after Manhattan's 52nd Street, which, at the time of its release, served as the world headquarters of CBS/ Columbia. In an interview he said of the group's effect on him:[24]. As a young boy, he opted for boxin… Joel said that he wanted to "create a sonic masterpiece" on The Nylon Curtain. The album was also notable for its song "Leningrad", written after Joel met a clown in the Soviet city of that name during his tour in 1987, and "The Downeaster Alexa", written to underscore the plight of fishermen on Long Island who are barely able to make ends meet. The album sold over seven million copies, propelled to number one on the charts by the hits "My Life" (No. His guests included Tony Bennett, Don Henley, John Mayer, John Mellencamp, Steven Tyler, Roger Daltrey, Garth Brooks, and Paul McCartney. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time,[4] as well as the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States,[5] with over 150 million records sold worldwide. Although not as successful as some of his previous albums, the album was still considered a success by Joel. William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer. 10am - 1pm, She's Always A Woman To Me 7, May 1980); "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", which became Joel's first Billboard number-one single (for two weeks) in July 1980; "Don't Ask Me Why" (No. [104], In 1971, Joel released his debut album, Cold Spring Harbor, including the track "Tomorrow Is Today", related to this incident. Brinkley had to walk him through the basic steps he does in the video. She is so experienced in it that she has even taken part in competitions in the past and is also an active member of the United States Equestrian Federation.In addition to the several horses she owns, it was reported that Billy purchased a five-acre horse ranch for her worth $3.5 million in Wellington. In Billy Joel, acclaimed music journalist Fred Schruers draws upon more than 100 hours of exclusive interviews with Joel to present an unprecedented look at the life, career, and legacy of the pint-sized kid from Long Island who became a rock icon. After releasing the albums The Bridge and Storm Front in 1986 and 1989 respectively, Joel released his twelfth studio album, River of Dreams, in 1993. [99], On July 4, 2015, Joel married a fourth time, to Alexis Roderick, an equestrian and former Morgan Stanley executive, at his estate on Long Island. [131] He received the prize at a performance ceremony in November 2014 from James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The family reached the United States via Cuba. So he spent more time in the studio, crafting the sound of the album, than he had on any previous album. They were accepted, and he was awarded his diploma at Hicksville High's annual graduation ceremony 25 years after leaving. In May 2013, it was announced that Joel would hold his first ever indoor Irish concert at the O2 in Dublin on November 1. 24), and "She's Always a Woman" (No. However, production was temporarily delayed when Joel was involved in a serious motorcycle accident on Long Island on April 15, 1982, severely injuring his hands. Music video by Billy Joel performing Just The Way You Are (from Old Grey Whistle Test). [54] There were live performances at indoor arenas in Moscow, Leningrad and Tbilisi. This honor was given to him as part of the April 17, 2007, show he did there. The episode itself was also titled "Big Man on Mulberry Street". Here's all the important facts every fan should know: Billy Joel was born on May 9, 1949. When the affair was revealed, Weber (temporarily) severed her relationships with both men. Commonly nicknamed the “Piano Man”, he has been making music since the 1960s, releasing popular albums throughout the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. His father was a Jewish immigrant from Nazi Germany who came to America through Cuba with the rest of his family while his mother was born in America; her parents were also Jewish immigrant as well. When their relationship began, she was married to Jon Small, his music partner in the short-lived duo Attila, with whom she had a son. Read more — link in bio! "[66], Joel and second wife Christie Brinkley announced on April 13, 1994, that they had separated, and their divorce was finalized in August 1994. In 1982, he embarked on a brief tour in support of the album. 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