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Columbia Records will release "All My Life," the long-awaited new pop single from the iconic singer/songwriter/performer Billy Joel. "All My Life" is Billy's first new pop music since his 5x platin...
Billy Joel is named Music Cares Person of the Year 2002.
Billy Joel and Toots Thielemans perform at the Blue Note on October 29.
Billy Joel set to perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLI .
Movin' Out opens on October 24
On September 21, Billy Joel performed "New York State of Mind" on the America: A Tribute To Heroes special that aired on 31 networks simultaneously.
On June 14, Billy is awarded the Johnny Mercer Award at the Songwriter's Hall of Fame Dinner in New York City.
Performs "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" in December at Madison Square Garden with Elton John for Elton's TV special One Night Only.
Joins forces with Elton John to kickoff the Face to Face 2001 Tour beginning in San Diego, CA on January 19, 2001.
Sings the National Anthem on October 21 at Yankee Stadium for the opening game of the New York Yankees 2000 Baseball World Series (Subway Series) versus the New York Mets.
Friday, June 16 attends a press conference with the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, and John Sykes (VH1) for Save The Music to donate musical instruments in an effort to restore music...
Ray Charles inducts Billy Joel into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Presented with The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal from The Smithsonian Institution.
Receives an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Long Island University - Southampton College.
Releases Billy Joel 2000 Years - The Millenium Concert.
Receives the RIAA Diamond Award for Greatest Hits Volume I and Volume II. The Diamond Award is presented for albums that have sold over 10 million copies. Greatest Hits Volume I and II is the highe...
Worldwide sales top the 100 million unit mark.
Performs with Sting and others at the Rainforest Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall.
Reunites with Sting and others at the Rainforest Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall.
Presented with the American Music Awards’ Award of Merit.
Presented with the prestigious ASCAP’s Founder’s Award for lifetime achievement.
Commences a solo tour of the United States and Canada, and reprises the ‘Face to Face’ tour with Elton John in Japan and Australia.
Releases Greatest Hits Volume III.
Starts The Long Island Boat Company to build the Shelter Island Runabout 38’, a powerboat designed by Joel. By 1999, 20 boats are sold.
Hits the college lecture circuit with "An Evening of Questions, Answers...and a Little Music." He speaks at 32 different schools.
Performs with Sting and others at the Rainforest Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall.
Marriage to Christie Brinkley ends.
Presented with the Billboard Century Award.
The RIAA certifies Songs in the Attic and The Nylon Curtain for sales of 2 million units which moves him into a tie with the Beatles as the act with the most multiplatinum albums.
Experiences the disastrous Kobe earthquake while on tour in Japan. Donates proceeds from two concerts in Osaka to local earthquake relief efforts.
Joins a star-studded cast for a performance to benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles.
Teams up with Elton John for an historic summer stadium tour of the U.S.
Receives four Grammy nominations including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male for the song ‘The River of Dreams’ and Album of the Year for River of Dreams.
Records River Of Dreams which debuts at #1 on the Billboard Album Chart. The single ‘The River of Dreams’ also debuts at #1 on Billboard Hot 100 Chart where it stays for three weeks. In addition,th...
Headlines Back At the Ranch, a concert to benefit Long Island environmental groups and joins Don Henley and Sting at Madision Square Garden at The Concert for Walden Woods.
Performs The Concert for the Bays and the Baymen at the Jones Beach Amphitheater to benefit marine-related groups.
Performs two USO concerts in the Philippines at Clark Air Force Base and Subic Naval Base during the Persian Gulf War.
Storm Front receives Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male and Producer of the Year. ‘We Didn't Start The Fire’ receives nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and ...
Presented with the Grammy Legend Award.
Begins working with Producer Mick Jones and records Storm Front. The first single ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ reaches #1 on Billboard singles charts.
Performs at Radio City Music Hall with Hall & Oates and Cyndi Lauper at a concert to benefit the New York Police Athletic League.
Becomes the first U.S. pop star to bring a full rock production to the Soviet Union. He performs in Moscow and in Leningrad. The two-disc live album Kohuept (the Russian word for concert) is releas...
Marries model Christie Brinkley. Their daughter Alexa Ray is born at the end of the year.
The Bridge album is released featuring collaborations with Ray Charles, Cyndi Lauper, and Steve Winwood.
Columbia Records re-releases Cold Spring Harbor.
Greatest Hits Volume I and Volume II is released and becomes his seventh consecutive top 10 album. ‘You're Only Human (Second Wind)’ becomes his eighth Top 10 single.
Joins fellow musicians John Mellencamp and Randy Newman for Farm Aid I, and participates in USA For Africa.
Sustains serious injury to both hands in a motorcycle accident while recording the The Nylon Curtain. After a two month recovery period, the album is completed. The Nylon Curtain reaches #7 on the ...
Writes and records the album An Innocent Man which reaches #4 on the Billboard charts and is nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The album generates six Top 40 singles, three of whi...
Releases a live album, Songs in the Attic, which becomes his fourth consecutive top ten album.
Receives an American Music Award for Album of the Year.
Wins Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male at the 1981 Grammy Awards, as well as a People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Pop Performer.
Glass Houses reaches #1 on the Billboard Album Chart and remains there for six weeks. ‘It’s Still Rock N Roll to Me’ becomes his first #1 single.
Headlines a benefit concert for the Long Island based Charity Begins At Home.
Releases 52nd St., which becomes his first #1 album.
Travels to Cuba for Havana Jam, an historic three day event at the Karl Marx Theater.
The song ‘Just the Way You Are’ captures two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Writes, records and releases The Stranger, his first collaboration with producer Phil Ramone. From the time of its release in 1977 until 1985, The Stranger is Columbia Records’ biggest selling album
Returns to New York, assembles a new band and records Turnstiles. Embarks on his first headline concert tour.
Begins to gather recognition as a live concert attraction as a result of extensive touring, culminating in a sell-out concert performance at New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall.
The song ‘Piano Man’ becomes his first top 20 single & first gold album.
Records Streetlife Serenade in Los Angeles. The album garners the first of many music industry awards to come, including a Cashbox award for Best New Male Vocalist.
He is signed to Columbia Records by the legendary Clive Davis and records the album Piano Man in Los Angeles.
Although he does his best to keep a low profile in Los Angeles, the notoriety of ‘Captain Jack’ prompts Columbia Records to track him down and offer him a recording contract.
Disappears to the West Coast as a result of a contractual dispute, where he performs in piano bars under the name Bill Martin.
WMMR-FM, a radio station in Philadelphia, starts playing a tape of a new song, ‘Captain Jack,’ taken from a live concert broadcast.
Commences a world tour with his band to promote Cold Spring Harbor.
Signs a solo recording contract and releases his first album, Cold Spring Harbor.
Forms Attila, a heavy metal duo with Hassles' drummer, Jon Small. Attila records one album on Epic Records.
The Hassles record their second album, Hour of the Wolf.
Joins The Hassles, a Long Island-based band, and records the The Hassles, the first of two albums for United Artists.
Joins his first band, The Echoes, later known as The Lost Souls.
Begins studying piano.
William Martin Joel is born in the Bronx, NY. on May 9. The family moves to the Levittown section of Hicksville on Long Island where he spends his childhood and young adult years.
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