Billy Joel, born in 1949, has been a pop rock staple since he came onto the scene in the 1970s.
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Joel’s first album, ‘Cold Spring Harbor,’ received mixed reviews, but his follow up album, 1973’s ‘Piano Man’, was an instant and enduring hit. Here, he’s seen with musician Daryl Hall.
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Though he’s a Long Island legend, Joel was born in the Bronx.
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Since his first album in 1971, Billy Joel has released 13 studio albums.
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Joel has been 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).
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Joel and icon Elton John have been friends for decades, even touring extensively together in 1994.
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Joel received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 20, 2004.
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In 2013, Madison Square Garden announced that Joel as the first-ever music franchise of “The World’s Most Famous Arena.”
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Then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo conducted the ceremony for Joel’s marriage to Alexis Roderick, an equestrian and former Morgan Stanley executive, at Joel’s estate on Long Island.
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Joel has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards, winning five of them.
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