Although I didn’t become a dedicated Billy Joel fan until my senior year in high school, his musical career happened to bloom during my childhood years. His first (and perhaps most popular) big hit, “Piano Man”” was released in 1973, the same year as my 10th birthday and it was probably one of the songs ...
The music of Billy Joel is timeless, and he seems to have written a song for every mood, every setting, and every situation. Whether you are watching Billy Joel belt out hits live in concert or you are listening to him play on your favorite oldies radio station while driving in your car, the Piano ...
William Martin Joel was born on May 9, 1949. He is better known as Billy Joel. He is one of the most famous piano players of all time. Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, he was also a major pop star. He has had major hits in all three decades. Let’s take a look at ...
Billy Joel is an extraordinarily diverse musician with an almost 40 year career. In the 1970s and 80s, he was well known for his snappy rock and roll ballads. In the 90s, he switched styles, releasing what can best be described as jazz inspired choir hymnals. And, later still, following his true musical dreams, he ...
I recently recieved the elaborate five disc box set “My Lives” as a gift, and I had only one thing on my mind: How much Attila is it gonna have and how much is gonna fucking rock. Needless to say I was disappointed to find only one tune by Billy Joel’s prog-metal, drums and organ ...
My top 5 classic rock songs by Billy Joel span the early 1970s through the late 1980s. These top 5 classic rock songs by Billy Joel include one that’s a musical history lesson. Here they are in no particular order, my top 5 classic rock songs by Billy Joel. How inspirational and uplifting are the ...
It is 2:30 in the afternoon at Midtown Atlanta’s Four Seasons Hotel and Mark Rivera is pacing his hotel suite bursting with ideas. The task of keeping up with Rivera’s thoughts is daunting to say the least. The words explode from him like a Fourth of July fireworks show on steroids. From stories of working ...
Top 20 Billy Joel Hits William Martin Joel was born in Hicksville, Long Island, New York in 1949. In 1964, he joined his first band, The Echoes, at the age of 14. The Echoes became The Emeralds in 1965 and then the Lost Souls. After joining the Long Island group, The Hassels in the late ...
