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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.
The Hotel St. George was once one of Wellington, New Zealand's top hotels and a prominent building.
Originally located in what was Wellington's medical consulting quarter where it met the prime retail district at the junction of Willis and Boulcott Streets the hotel's main entrance was in Boulcott Street, the bars were entered from Willis Street. It was briefly the country's largest hotel. The hotel was designed by architect William Prouse and built in 1929-30 of steel framed reinforced concrete at a cost of A£100,000, and is one of the city's Art Deco buildings. The site had previously been taken by the Union Bank whose building was converted about 1877 into the Albert or "Old Identities" Hotel by early Wellington settler John Plimmer (after whom the suburb of Plimmerton is named). "Old Identities" because about 1880 the exterior wall was decorated with sculpted heads of early local notables.
The hotel was widely regarded as the capital city's top hotel, and played host to many events in its Palm Lounge. After the 1942 entry of USA into World War II its accommodation was briefly seconded by US Marines and it featured with them in the 1957 movie Until They Sail. It played host to The Beatles during their 1964 tour (when they stayed in what is now room's 601 and 602), and was the first choice hotel for visiting dignitaries for many years, from royalty to international rugby teams. The hotel was also host to the inaugural New Zealand national science fiction convention in 1979, and was also a venue for the convention in 1980 and 1987. In October 2012, The Bootleg Beatles re-enacted the Beatles performance with a concert from the hotel's balcony.
Coordinates: 40°41′52″N 73°59′36″W / 40.6978°N 73.9932°W / 40.6978; -73.9932
Hotel St. George, once the largest hotel in New York City, is located in the heart of the scenic Brooklyn Heights Historic District (1965), the first such designated neighborhood in New York City. Its various constituent buildings mostly survive and were built between 1885 and 1929. The historic building is now being used as student housing for surrounding colleges such as NYU, Pace and The New York Conservatory for the Dramatic Arts. It houses over 1400 students, and occupancy will increase with the building continuing to being refurbished and repaired. The building is open only to its student residents, it has two pool tables, and one communal kitchen to be shared with the resident occupants. Attached to the building is a four floor "Eastern Athletic" gym that is separately owned. It is located just one stop from Manhattan, atop the Clark Street subway station (2 3 trains) on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line. The subway entrance continues to function inside the Hotel itself, right before the main door leading to the former ballroom and guest check-in.
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.
Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
And they may not want it to end
But it will it's just a question of when
I've lived long enough to have learned
The closer you get to the fire the more you get burned
But that won't happen to us
Because it's always been a matter of trust
I know you're an emotional girl
It took a lot for you to not lose your faith in this world
I can't offer you proof
But you're going to face a moment of truth
It's hard when you're always afraid
You just recover when another belief is betrayed
So break my heart if you must
It's a matter of trust
You can't go the distance
With too much resistance
I know you have doubts
But for God's sake don't shut me out
This time you've got nothing to lose
You can take it, you can leave it
Whatever you choose
I won't hold back anything
And I'll walk a way a fool or a king
Some love is just a lie of the mind
It's make believe until its only a matter of time
And some might have learned to adjust
But then it never was a matter of trust
I'm sure you're aware, love,
We've both had our share of
Believing too long
When the whole situation was wrong
Some love is just a lie of the soul
A constant battle for the ultimate state of control
After you've heard lie upon lie
There can hardly be a question of why
Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
But that can't happen to us