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    William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man", he has been making music since the 1960s ...

  2. Apr 19, 2024 · Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949, Bronx, New York, U.S.) is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter in the pop ballad tradition whose numerous hit songs in the 1970s and ’80s made him an enduring favourite on the concert circuit. Joel, whose father was a German Jewish immigrant, was raised in Hicksville, a middle-class suburb on Long Island ...

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  3. Feb 5, 2024 · Singer-songwriter William Martin "Billy" Joel was born in the Bronx, New York, on May 9, 1949, to Howard and Rosalind Joel. Shortly after he was born, the family moved to a section of America's ...

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  4. December 2013, Madison Square Garden announced Billy Joel as the first-ever music franchise of “The World’s Most Famous Arena.” Joining the ranks of The Garden’s other original franchises – including the New York Knicks, Rangers and Liberty – Billy Joel kicked off this franchise at The Garden performing a show a month, as long as ...

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  6. Apr 25, 2022 · Billy Joel has been married four times. He married his first wife, Elizabeth Weber Small in 1973, and they stayed together until their divorce in 1982. Billy then married model Christie Brinkley – who had appeared in a number of his music videos, including 'Uptown Girl' – in 1985, and they divorced in 1994.

  7. 1949 William Martin Joel is born in the Bronx, NY. on May 9. The family moves to the Levittown section of Hicksville on Long Island where he spends his childhood and young adult years. 1953 Begins studying piano. 1963 Joins his first band, The Echoes, later known as The Lost Souls. 1967 Joins The Hassles, […]

  8. Billy Joel is a famous American pianist, singer, song-writer, and composer. He began his career with a musical group called ‘The Echoes,’ which later became known as the ‘Lost Souls.’ He is regarded as one of the most popular recording artists and the biggest entertainers in the world.

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