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JOEL Billy
(voc,p)

Personal Data:

Born:

09.05.1949

(Hicksville, Long Island, USA, as William Martin Joel)

Appearances:

1965	Echoes
1965	The Emeralds
1965-67	Lost Souls
1967-69	The Hassles
1969-70	Attila

Former Members:

Don Evans (g, cca 1974); Tom Whitehorse (steel g,banjo, cca 1974)
Pat McDonald (bg, cca 1974); Dee Murray (bg, cca 1976)
Rhys Clark (ds, cca 1974); Nigel Olsson (ds, cca 1976)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Cold Spring Harbour	11/1971	Family		95	158
2.	Billy Joel	1973	CBS
3.	Piano Man (in the UK 18.4.1975, CBS) produced by: Billy Joel/Michael Stewart	07.11.1973	Columbia		98	27
4.	Streetlife Serenade	10/1974	Columbia			35
5.	Turnstiles	25.06.1976	Columbia
6.	Souvenir	8/1977	Columbia
7.	The Stranger produced by: Phil Ramone	07.10.1977	Columbia		24	2
8.	52nd Street produced by: Phil Ramone	10/1978	Columbia		28	1
9.	Glass Houses	3/1980	Columbia		9	1
10.	Songs In The Attic	25.09.1981	Columbia		57	7
11.	The Nylon Curtain produced by: Phil Ramone	24.09.1982	Columbia		27	5
12.	An Innocent Man	8/1983	Columbia		2	4
13.	Greatest Hits Vol 1 & 2 (1973-1985) (2LP)	7/1985	Columbia		7	6
14.	California Flash	4/1986	Showcase
15.	The Bridge	8/1986	Columbia		38	7
16.	Live In Leningrad (2LP)	11/1987	Columbia		92	38
17.	Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection	1989
18.	Storm Front	13.10.1989	Columbia		5	1
19.	The Billy Joel Souvenir (4CD)	11/1991	CBS
20.	River Of Dreams produced by: Danny Kortchmar	10.08.1993	Columbia		4	1
21.	Greatest Hits	03.11.1994	Alex
22.	Daddy's Coolest / The Last Drive In ...	06.05.1996	CBS
23.	Greatest Hits Vol. III	18.08.1997	CBS		23	9
24.	The Complete Hits Collection 1973-1997	27.10.1997	CBS
25.	Greatest Hits: Volumes I II & III	6/1998			33
26.	2000 Years - The Millennium Concert (2CD)	09.05.2000	Columbia		68	40
27.	The Ultimate Collection	03.04.2001	Columbia		4
28.	The Complete Hits Collection 1973-1997	28.08.2001	Legacy
29.	Fantasies & Delusions: Music for Solo Piano	02.10.2001	Columbia
30.	The Essential Billy Joel	02.10.2001	Columbia			15
31.	Hassles Featuring Billy Joel: Early Sessions & The Hassles	2002
32.	Movin' Out	15.10.2002	Sony Classical
33.	Cold Spring Harbor: The Harbor Sessions	09.09.2003	Pilot
34.	Before The Fame	18.11.2003	Magic
35.	The Early Years & The Hassles	07.12.2004	United Audio Entertainment
36.	Piano Man - The Very Best Of Billy Joel	11.01.2005	Columbia		7
37.	She's Got A Way - A Collection Of Rare Recordings	01.03.2005	ATP
38.	My Lives (5CD box set)	22.11.2005	Columbia/Legacy			171
39.	12 Gardens Live (2CD)	13.06.2006	Columbia			14
40.	Best 1 and 2	26.02.2008	Sony
41.	X2	26.02.2008	Sony Legacy
42.	The Stranger (2CD/DVD)	08.07.2008	Columbia/Legacy
43.	The Hits	16.11.2010	Sony			34
44.	She's Always a Woman to Me: Lovesongs	22.02.2011
45.	Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert	08.03.2011	Sony			35
46.	Opus Collection	3/2012				80
47.	Original Album Classics (5CD)	06.07.2012	Sony
48.	Original Album Classics, Vol. 2	09.07.2012	Columbia
49.	She's Got a Way: Love Songs	22.01.2013	Columbia
50.	A Matter Of Trust: The Bridge to Russia: The Concert	19.05.2014				59
51.	Live At Yankee Stadium	11/2022

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	She's Got A Way / Everybody Love You Know	5/1972	Family
2.	Tomorrow Is Today / Everybody Loves You Now	1/1973	Family
3.	The Ballad Of Billy The Kid / If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You)	10.05.1974	Family
4.	Piano Man / You're My Home (v GB 4.4.75, CBS)	2/1974	Columbia		25
5.	Worse Comes To The Worst / Somewhere Along The Line	6/1974	Columbia		80
6.	Travelin' Prayer / Ain't No Crime	8/1974	Columbia		77
7.	The Entertainer / The Mexican Connection	11/1974	Columbia		34
8.	If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You) / Stop In Nevada	19.09.1975	CBS
9.	Summer, Highland Falls / James	7/1976	Columbia
10.	I've Loved These Days / Say Goodbye To Hollywood	10/1976	Columbia
11.	Say Goodbye To Hollywood / Stop In Nevada	11/1976	Columbia
12.	Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) / She's Always A Woman	9/1977	Columbia
13.	Just The Way You Are / Get It Right The First Time produced by: Phil Ramone (v GB 30.12.77)	11/1977	Columbia	18	2
14.	Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) / Everybody Has A Dream	3/1978	Columbia		14
15.	She's Always A Woman / Everybody Has A Dream	06.04.1978	CBS
16.	Only The Good Die Young / Get It Right The First Time	5/1978	Columbia		24
17.	Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) / Vienna produced by: Phil Ramone	02.06.1978	CBS	27
18.	She's Always A Woman / Vienna	8/1978	Columbia		17
19.	My Life / 52nd Street	10/1978	Columbia	11	3
20.	Big Shot / Root Beer Bag	2/1979	Columbia		13
21.	Until The Night / Root Beer Rag	3/1979	CBS	50
22.	Honesty / The Mexican Connection	4/1979	Columbia	24	23
23.	Down In The Boondocks / 21st Century Man	1980	Columbia
24.	Souvenir / All For Leyna	2/1980	Columbia
25.	All For Leyna / Close To The Borderline	3/1980	CBS	40
26.	You May Be Right / Close To The Borderline	3/1980	Columbia		7
27.	It's Still Rock'n'Roll To Me / Through The Long Night	5/1980	Columbia	13	1
28.	You May Be Right / Through The Long Night (v GB)	13.06.1980	CBS
29.	Don't Ask Me Why / C'etait toi (You Were The One)	7/1980	Columbia		19
30.	Sometimes A Fantasy / All For Leyna	10/1980	Columbia		36
31.	Sometimes A Fantasy / Sleeping With The Television On (v GB)	1/1981	CBS
32.	Say Goodbye To Hollywood (live) / Summer, Highland Falls (live)	9/1981	Columbia		17
33.	You're My Home (live) / The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (live) (v GB)	06.11.1981	CBS
34.	She's Got A Way (live) / The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (live)	11/1981	Columbia		23
35.	Pressure / Laura	9/1982	Columbia		20
36.	Allentown / Elvis Presley Boulevard	11/1982	Columbia		17
37.	Goodnight Saigon / A Room Of Our Own	2/1983	Columbia		56
38.	Goodnight Saigon / Where's The Orchestra	2/1983	CBS
39.	Greatest Original Hits EP (Just The Way You Are / Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) / My Life / She's A Woman)	2/1983	CBS
40.	Tell Her About It / Easy Money 12" + You Got Me Hummin' (live)	05.08.1983	CBS	4	1
41.	Uptown Girl / Careless Talk 12" + Just The Way You Are / It's Still Rock'n'Roll To Me	14.10.1983	Columbia	1	3
42.	An Innocent Man / I'll Cry Instead	12/1983	Columbia		10
43.	An Innocent Man / You're My Home (live) 12" + She's Always A Woman / Until The Night	2/1984	CBS	8
44.	The Longest Time / Christie Lee 12" + Captain Jack (live) / The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (live)	3/1984	Columbia	25	10
45.	Leave A Tender Moment Alone / Goodnight Saigon 12" + Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) / Big Shot / You May Be Right	6/1984	CBS	24
46.	Leave A Tender Moment Alone / This Night	6/1984	Columbia		27
47.	Just The Way You Are / My Life	7/1984	CBS
48.	This Night / I'll Cry Instead (live)	11/1984	Columbia	78
49.	Keeping The Faith / She's Right On Me	1/1985	Columbia		18
50.	You're Only Human / Surprises 12" + Keeping The Faith / Scenes From An Italian Restaurant	6/1985	Columbia	94	9
51.	The Night Is Still Young / Summer, Highland Falls	9/1985	Columbia		34
52.	She's Always A Woman / Just The Way You Are	2/1986	CBS	53
53.	Modern Woman / Sleeping With The Television On 7"(2) + Uptown Girl / All For Love 12" + The Night Is Still Young / You're Only Human	5/1986	Columbia		10
54.	A Matter Of Trust / Getting Closer 12" + An Innocent Man / Tell Her About It	8/1986	Columbia	52	10
55.	This Is The Time / Code Of Silence	11/1986	Columbia		18
56.	Baby Grand / Big Man On Mulberry Street & Ray Charles	3/1987	Columbia		75
57.	Back In The U.S.S.R. (live) / Big Shot (live) 12",CD + A Matter Of Trust (live) / The Times They Are A-Changin'	11/1987	Columbia
58.	The Times They Are A-Changin' (live) / Back In The U.S.S.R. (live)	2/1988	Columbia
59.	It's Still Rock'n'Roll To Me / Just The Way You Are	8/1988	CBS
60.	We Didn't Start The Fire / House Of Blue Light 12",CD + Just The Way You Are	9/1989	Columbia	3	1
61.	Leningrad / Times They Are A-Changing	12/1989	CBS	53
62.	I Go To Extremes / When In Rome 12",CD + Uptown Girl / All For Leyna MC + Prelude / Angry Young Man / Tell Her About It / Leave A Tender Moment Alone	1/1990	Columbia	70	6
63.	Downcaster Alexa / And So It Goes / Streetlife Serenade 12" + I've Loved These Days / An Innocent Man CD + Say Goodbye To Hollywood / Allentown / Only The Good Die Young	4/1990	Columbia	76	57
64.	That's Not Her Style / We Didn't Start The Fire / Until The Night / Just The Way You Are (v GB 15.10.90, CBS)	7/1990	Columbia	97	77
65.	That's Not Her Style / And So It Goes (v USA)	9/1990	Columbia
66.	And So It Goes / The Downeaster Alexa / Shameless / States Of Grace	10/1990	Columbia		37
67.	Shameless / Storm Front (live)	1/1991	Columbia
68.	All Shook Up	24.08.1992	Columbia	23	92
69.	The River Of Dreams / No Man's Land CD + The Great Wall Of China	19.07.1993	Columbia	3	3
70.	All About Soul (Radio Edit) / You Picked A Real Bad Time	11.10.1993	Columbia	32	29
71.	Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel)	3/1994	Columbia		77
72.	No Man's Land / Shades Of Grey (live)	06.06.1994	Columbia	50
73.	To Make You Feel My Love	18.08.1997	Columbia		50
74.	All My Life produced by: Phil Ramone	2/2007	Columbia
75.	She's Always A Woman	4/2010	Sony Music	29
76.	Piano Man	6/2014	Columbia
77.	Turn The Lights Back On	01.02.2024	Columbia		62

Videos:

1. Shades Of Grey - 3/1994, SMV
2. Live At Yankee Stadium - 8.8.2000, Columbia, DVD

Bibliography:

Billy Joel: Goodnight My Angel: A Lullabye (9/2004)

Awards:

1978 Grammy Awards

- Record Of The Year ("Just The Way You Are")
- Song Of The Year ("Just The Way You Are")

1979 Grammy Awards

- Album Of The Year ("52nd Street")
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male ("52nd Street")

1980 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male ("Glass Houses")
1984 Awards For Cable Excellence (ACE) ("A Television First, Billy Joel")
1987 Awards For Cable Excellence (ACE) ("Live From Leningrad")
1990 Grammy Awards - Grammy Legend Award
1991 Doctor of Humane Letters from Fairfield University
1992 Songwriter’s Hall of Fame
1994 Billboard Century Award
1993 Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music
1997 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hofstra University
1998 1st Annual Long Island Music Awards - Artist Of The Year
1998 Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
1999 RIAA Diamond Award (LP "Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & Vol. 2", 18 mil. copies)
2001 Songwriters Hall Of Fame - Johnny Mercer Award
2002 MusiCares Person of the Year
2004 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Just The Way You Are", 1978)
2008 Grammy Hall Of Fame (LP "The Stranger", 1977)
2012 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Piano Man", 1973)
2014 Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

WWW Links:

http://www.billyjoel.com

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Bo Diddley: The 20th Anniversary Of Rock'n'Roll (23.4.76, RCA)
Twisted Sister: Come Out And Play (11/85, Atlantic)
Cyndi Lauper: True Colors (1986)
Richard Marx: Rush Street (1991, Capitol)
Rosie O'Donnell: A Rosie Christmas (2.11.99, Columbia)
Elton John: One Night Only (13.11.00, Mercury)
Tony Bennett: Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues (6.11.01, RPM/Columbia)
Tony Bennett: Duets - An American Classic (26.9.06, RPM)
Barbra Streisand: Partners (16.9.14, Columbia)

Compilation Appearances:

"Light As The Breeze" on Leonard Cohen Tribute "Tower Of Song" (7/95, A&M)
"Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)" on OST "Runaway Bride" (27.7.99, Columbia)
"Elegy: The Great Peconic" on American Cancer Society benefit compilation "Music Of Hope" (13.2.01, Dawn Treader)
"New York State Of Mind" on compilation "America: A Tribute To Heroes" (4.12.01)
"Miami 2017" / "New York State Of Mind" on compilation "The Concert for New York City" (27.11.01, Columbia)
"Maybe I'm Amazed" / "Live And Let Die" on compilation "The Art Of McCartney" (17.11.14)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1979	10		307		profile
1992	7		31	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	2	11.01.1975	15	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	13	29.03.1975	46		interview
1975	16	19.04.1975	13	Singles	single review
1975	38	20.09.1975	42	Albums	album review
1975	39	27.09.1975	19	Singles	single review
1976	34	21.08.1976	18	New Albums	album review
1977	33	13.08.1977	20	Albums	album review
1977	48	26.11.1977	23	Albums	album review
1978	1	07.01.1978	15	Singles	single review
1978	1	07.01.1978	19		interview
1978	22	03.06.1978	14	Singles	single review
1978	44	18.11.1978	3	News
1978	44	18.11.1978	5	US News
1978	52	30.12.1978	22	Albums	album review
1979	8	03.03.1979	25		interview
1980	7	15.02.1980	4	News
1980	10	08.03.1980	24	Albums	album review
1980	14	05.04.1980	5	Caught In The Act	gig review
1981	45	07.11.1981	14	Singles	single review
1982	4	23.01.1982	12	Singles	single review
1982	50	11.12.1982	23	Singles	single review
1983	32	06.08.1983	22	Singles	single review
1983	42	15.10.1983	23	Singles	single review
1983	47	19.11.1983	8	Talk Talk Talk
1992	35	29.08.1992	34	Singles	single review
1993	34	21.08.1993	6	News
1993	42	16.10.1993	39	Singles	single review
1994	23	11.06.1994	32	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	0	03.05.1975	18	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	18	14.09.1992	28	Recenze	album review
1993	18	20.09.1993	28	Recenze	album review
1994	25	20.12.1994	5	Pelmel
1997	10		105	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2000	11		103	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2006	6		8	Rock & Top - News
2006	8		60	Recenze	album review
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1999	4		40