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William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States. His compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 is one of the best-selling albums in the US.
Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the US, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner who has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.
Joel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006). In 2001, Joel received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2013, Joel received the Kennedy Center Honors, the nation's highest honor for influencing American culture through the arts. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah", Joel stopped writing and releasing pop/rock material after 1993's River of Dreams. However, he continues to tour, and he plays songs from all eras of his solo career in his concerts.
Coordinates: 40°45′25″N 73°58′11″W / 40.757076°N 73.969857°W / 40.757076; -73.969857
52nd Street is a 1.9-mile (3.1 km) long one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was known as the city's center of jazz performance from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, 52nd Street replaced 133rd street as "Swing Street" of the city. The blocks of 52nd Street between Fifth Avenue and Seventh Avenue became renowned for the abundance of jazz clubs and lively street life. The street was convenient to musicians playing on Broadway and the 'legitimate' nightclubs and was also the site of a CBS studio. Musicians who played for others in the early evening played for themselves on 52nd Street.
In its heyday from 1930 through the early 1950s, 52nd Street clubs hosted such jazz legends as Miles Davis, Harry Gibson, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Nat Jaffe, Marian McPartland, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Louis Prima, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Trummy Young, and many more. Although musicians from all schools performed there, after Minton's Playhouse in uptown Harlem, 52nd Street was the second most important place for the dissemination of bebop;. In fact, a tune called "52nd Street Theme" by Thelonious Monk became a bebop anthem and jazz standard.
52nd Street were a British jazz-funk and R&B band formed in Manchester in late 1980. Throughout the 1980s the group enjoyed success not only in the UK but also on the Billboard chart in the United States. Their biggest and best-known hit single was "Tell Me (How It Feels)", released in 1985 by the 10 Records subsidiary of Virgin Records in the UK, and then months later on in 1986 on MCA Records in the US.
The original line-up consisted of Tony Henry (guitar), Derrick Johnson (bass), Desmond Isaacs (keyboards), Tony Thompson (drums) and Jennifer McCloud (vocals). Within six months vocalist Rose Williams and saxophonist Eric Godden both came and departed before the line-up settled with John Dennison (keyboards) replacing Desmond Isaacs and Beverley McDonald (lead vocals) replacing Jennifer McCloud.
The band played gigs around the Manchester scene, whilst at the same time recording demo tapes in local studios. Local funk DJ Mike Shaft became their mentor and played 52nd Street demos on his Piccadilly Radio shows. In mid-1981 soul DJ Richard Searling and ex-Sad Café manager Derek Brandwood (both of RCA Records) put the band in Revolution Studios, Manchester, to record what was supposed to be their debut single.
52nd Street is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on October 13, 1978. It was the first of four Joel albums to top the Billboard charts and earned him two Grammys (for a total of four).
Three songs reached the Top 40 in the United States, contributing to the album's success: "My Life" (#3), "Big Shot" (#14), and "Honesty" (#24). It was similarly well received by critics, earning the 1979 Grammy for Album of the Year. This Grammy was presented to its producer, Phil Ramone. Upon Ramone's death, 52nd Street's Album of the Year Grammy was passed on to Joel.
Allmusic praises Joel for expanding stylistically on 1977's The Stranger, describing 52nd Street as "more sophisticated and somewhat jazzy." (Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard guests on "Zanzibar".) The title is a reference to 52nd Street, which was one of New York City's jazz centers in the middle of the century. Joel's label was headquartered on 52nd Street (in the CBS Building) at the time of the album's release. The studio in which 52nd Street was recorded was also on 52nd Street, a block away from the CBS Building.
Billy Joel Hit Songs
In 1973, Billy Joel released his legendary Piano Man album. Watch the official HD music video for the title track "Piano Man." Listen to Billy Joel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the Billy Joel YouTube Channel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Watch more Billy Joel videos: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Follow Billy Joel: Facebook: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Chorus: Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feeling alright Billy Joel's official YouTube channel ...
"Just The Way You Are" by Billy Joel live from Old Grey Whistle Test Listen to Billy Joel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the Billy Joel YouTube Channel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Watch more Billy Joel videos: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Follow Billy Joel: Facebook: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Chorus: I would not leave you in times of trouble We never could have come this far, mmm-hmm I took the good times, I'll take the bad times I take you just the way you are Billy Joel's official YouTube channel features music videos, live...
Official HD Music Video for "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel In 1989, Billy Joel released his album Storm Front, a successful album that hit #1 on the Billboard 200 charts and went quadruple platinum. Listen to Billy Joel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYD Watch more Billy Joel videos: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Subscribe to the Billy Joel YouTube Channel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Follow Billy Joel: Facebook: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Lyrics: We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't st...
In 1983, Billy Joel released his album An Innocent Man, an album that traces Joel's musical history through his teenage years in the late '50s and early '60s. Watch the official music video for 'Uptown Girl' Listen to Billy Joel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the Billy Joel YouTube Channel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Watch more Billy Joel videos: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Facebook: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe [Chorus] Uptown girl She's been living in her white bread world As long as anyone with hot blood can And now she's look...
Official video for “Turn the Lights Back On” by Billy Joel Listen & Download here: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/TTLBO Directed by: Warren Fu @warrenjfu & Freddy Wexler @freddywexler Concept By: Freddy Wexler Production Company: Partizan Entertainment @wearepartizan Line Production Company: north of now @northofnowfilms Executive Producer: Sara Nix @saranix Executive Producer north of now: Daniel Yaro @yaro___ Executive Producer: Steve Cohen @sacpltd Producer / Commissioner: Bryan Younce @bryanyounce Producer north of now: Matisse Gaillard @matissephlip DP: Ben Carey @bennncareyyy Production Designer: Greg Yaro @gregyaro Editor: Wesley Sanchez @wes_sanchez Production Manager: Elizabeth Cook @ebearcook Production Manager: Juan Sebastian Jaimes @jsjaimes87 Production Coordinator: Zena Khafagy ...
In 1978, Billy Joel released his album 52nd Street, which won two Grammy Awards for 'Album of the Year' and 'Best Male Pop Vocal Performance'. Watch the official HD music video for "Honesty", which broke the Top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was later covered by Beyoncé in 2008. Listen to Billy Joel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYD Watch more Billy Joel videos: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Subscribe to the Billy Joel YouTube Channel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Follow Billy Joel: Facebook: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Chorus: Honesty i...
In 1980, Billy Joel released his album titled Glass Houses. Listen to Billy Joel perform the track 'You May Be Right'. http://smarturl.it/BJ_MBRGH_YT?IQid=ytd.bj.ymbra Listen to music off of Glass Houses http://smarturl.it/BJ_MBRMV_YT?IQid=ytd.bj.ymbra Watch the original music video for 'You May Be Right' iTunes: http://smarturl.it/BJ_TEBJ_iTunes?IQid=ytd.bj.ymbra Amazon: http://smarturl.it/BJ_TEBJ_Amzn?IQid=ytd.bj.ymbra Spotify: http://smarturl.it/BillyJoel_Spotify?IQid=ytd.bj.ymbra Google Play: http://smarturl.it/BJ_Gplay?IQid=ytd.bj.ymbra Facebook: http://smarturl.it/BJ_YD_FB?IQid=ytd.bj.ymbra Twitter: http://smarturl.it/BJ_YD_T?IQid=ytd.bj.ymbra Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/BJ_YD_YT?IQid=ytd.bj.ymbra Lyrics: I've been stranded in the combat zone I walked through Bedford Stuy alon...
Subscribe and press (🔔) to join the Notification Squad and stay updated with new uploads Follow Billy Joel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followII https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followFI https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followTI 📷 Wallpaper: https://unsplash.com ©️If any producer or label has an issue with this song or picture, please get in contact with us and we will delete it immediately. Lyrics [Verse 1] Uptown girl She's been living in her uptown world I bet she's never had a backstreet guy I bet her momma never told her why I'm gonna try for an [Chorus] Uptown girl She's been living in her white bread world As long as anyone with hot blood can And now, she's looking for a downtown man That's what I am [Bridge] And when she knows what she wants from her time And when she wakes up and makes up her...
Official Video for "Vienna" by Billy Joel Listen to Billy Joel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the Billy Joel YouTube Channel: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Watch more Billy Joel videos: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Follow Billy Joel: Facebook: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://billyjoel.lnk.to/subscribe Ask your voice device to play Billy Joel! #BillyJoel #Vienna #OfficialVideo [Chorus 1] But you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want Or you can just get old You're gonna Kick off before you even get halfway through, ooh When will you real...
William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States. His compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 is one of the best-selling albums in the US.
Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the US, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner who has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.
Joel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006). In 2001, Joel received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2013, Joel received the Kennedy Center Honors, the nation's highest honor for influencing American culture through the arts. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah", Joel stopped writing and releasing pop/rock material after 1993's River of Dreams. However, he continues to tour, and he plays songs from all eras of his solo career in his concerts.
It's always raining in here
Each time I walk thro' these doors
Expensive suits and cheap whores
And I'm always sorry
Money flows real fast
Though I'm not supposed to touch
But they always say how much
They love my music
No matter what I wear
It's always freezing cold
And their teeth are made of sharpened gold
Tho' their smiles are polished white
Lives turn into units
In this building built with fear
They breathe contempt in here
And they call it the record business
Justice day will come
And this steel will turn to rust
And this concrete turn to dust
And I won't be sorry
My life outside of power
I see myself in the faces
Classes, groups and races
Locked out of power
Workers
Blacks
Jews
Children
Africa
Cuba