Born: 9 / 5 / 1949
Location: United States
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his signature 1973 song of the same name, Joel has had a successful music career as a solo artist since the 1970s.
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"Fall Out Boy, go ahead. Great, take it away...”
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“I’m so sorry to let you know so close to show day."
After 'My Life,' Joel is settled at the piano, and being brutally honest with the crowd, he confesses that he has not released any new material since 1993. "So you are just going to have to listen to the same old shit," he laughs.
A five-time Grammy winner, Billy Joel is one of the best-selling artists of all time. Now marking almost four decades since the release of his mammoth collection of Greatest Hits, you can’t deny he boasts one helluva back catalogue! Do you prefer the tender ballads Joel penned for his (now-ex) wives or his rambunctious rockers, which demand enthusiastic daggy-dancing? Ahead of his exclusive, one-night-only Australian performance at the MCG on 10 Dec, we rate Joel’s ten greatest songs.