Let It Be (feat. Paul McCartney) [Live at Shea Stadium, July 2008]
Billy Joel
Baby Grand
Ray Charles & Billy Joel
I Saw Her Standing There (feat. Paul McCartney) [Live At Shea Stadium, July 2008]
Billy Joel
Artist Playlists
Billy Joel Essentials
The pop chameleon grounds both his ballads and hits with unflinching storytelling.
Billy Joel: Tie najlepšie videoklipy
The Long Island legend shows off his dynamic personality.
Billy Joel: Live
Whether it’s a rocker or a ballad, the Piano Man gives it his all.
Billy Joel: Deep Cuts
Surprising left turns from the Piano Man.
Billy Joel: Chill
Lean back and relax with some of their mellowest cuts.
Inspired by Billy Joel
The pop genius shaped piano pounders and charismatic crooners.
Billy Joel: Influences
Half a century of the Angry Young Man's idols.
Billy Joel: The Songwriters
The Piano Man’s signature songs tell timeless stories.
Billy Joel: Love Songs
Billy Joel: Sing
Grab the mic and sing along with some of their biggest hits.
About Billy Joel
Artist Biography
Broad, earnest and unreservedly sentimental, Billy Joel remains the quintessential showman of pop music. Born in 1949 in New York City and raised on Long Island during the postwar boom era, Joel spent his early career in Los Angeles, working briefly as the singer in a bar on Wilshire Boulevard—an experience commemorated in his signature song, “Piano Man”. He went on to become one of the most successful artists in pop, bridging reflective singer-songwriter material (1982’s The Nylon Curtain) with sock-hop nostalgia like “The Longest Time” and “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” for a theatrical, particularly American sound whose resonances can be heard not only in piano balladeers but in pop omnivores like Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga. In the ’90s, Joel shifted his energy to touring; he sold out stadiums and arenas around the world well into the 21st century and helmed a 150-show run at New York’s Madison Square Garden until the summer of 2024.
Joel has an air of the everyman about him, the megastar somehow intimately in touch with the aspirations and disappointments of ordinary people. Songs like the 1977 mini-epic “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” and 1976’s ruminative “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” paired anthemic choruses with a wistfulness about lost pasts; biting tracks like 1978’s socialite satire “Big Shot” and 1971’s scathing “Everybody Loves You Now” put his New York-honed attitude on display; and cuts like the muscular “A Matter of Trust” and the loping “She’s Always a Woman” show off his romantic side. His combination of sincerity and musical chops—leavened by a withering humour—have made his catalogue a pop touchstone.
Hometown
Bronx, NY, United States
Genre
Rock
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