Billy Joel

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.

Allentown

Allentown may refer to several places in the United States:

Allentown, California, now called Toadtown, California

Allentown, Georgia, town in Wilkinson County

Allentown, Illinois

Allentown, New Jersey, borough in Monmouth County

Allentown, New York (disambiguation)

Allentown, hamlet in the town of Alma, New York in Allegany County
Allentown, hamlet in the town of Hadley, New York in Saratoga County
Allentown, Buffalo, New York, neighborhood in Buffalo

Allentown, hamlet in the town of Alma, New York in Allegany County

Allentown, hamlet in the town of Hadley, New York in Saratoga County

Allentown, Buffalo, New York, neighborhood in Buffalo

Allentown, Ohio, an unincorporated community

Allentown, Pennsylvania, county seat of Lehigh County (largest city named Allentown and third-largest city in Pennsylvania)

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metropolitan area, metropolitan area including and surrounding Allentown, Pennsylvania
"Allentown" (song), by singer Billy Joel about Allentown, Pennsylvania
"Allentown Jail", folk-style song written by Irving Gordon
Allentown Ambassadors, defunct independent baseball team
Allentown Jets, defunct minor league basketball team

United States

Coordinates: 40°N 100°W / 40°N 100°W / 40; -100

The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major territories and various possessions. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. At 3.8 million square miles (9.842 million km²) and with over 320 million people, the country is the world's third or fourth-largest by total area and the third most populous. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The geography and climate of the United States are also extremely diverse, and the country is home to a wide variety of wildlife.

Billy

Billy may refer to:

People

A given name and a common nickname for William

Jacques de Billy, French mathematician

Jacques de Billy (abbot), French patristic scholar, theologian, jurist, linguist, and Benedictine abbot

Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian

Billy Corgan, American musician, frontman of Smashing Pumpkins

Billy Crystal, American comedian

Billy Gibbons, American musician

Billy Guin, American politician

Billy Hahn, American basketball coach

Billy Howard, American football player

Billy Howerdel, American musician, founding member of A Perfect Circle, frontman of ASHES dIVIDE

Billy Herrington, American actor

Billy Idol, English rock musician

Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager

Billy Mays, American television salesperson

Billy Joel, American musician

Billy the Kid, a nineteenth-century American outlaw

Billy Sneddon, Australian politician

Billy Dee Williams, American actor

Billy Zane, American actor

Billy (slave), an African-American slave accused of treason

Places

Joel

Joel or Yoel is a name meaning "Jehovah Is God" and may refer to:

Joel (given name), origin of the name including a list of people with the first name

Joel (surname), a surname

Joel (prophet), a prophet of ancient Israel

Book of Joel, a book in the Jewish Tanakh, and in the Christian Bible, ascribed to the prophet

Book of Joel, a book in the Jewish Tanakh, and in the Christian Bible, ascribed to the prophet

Joel (son of Samuel), firstborn son of Samuel

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Billy Joel Interview 1977

published: 17 Dec 2015

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The Top 5 Billy Joel Songs, Ranked By Billy Joel

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published: 10 Jan 2017

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Billy Joel interview on Charlie Rose (1993)

An hour with the original Piano Man, Billy Joel, and a look at his album 'River of Dreams....

published: 25 May 2016

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Billy talks candidly with the Chuckster

Billy Joel in a candid and melodious interview with Charlie Rose.

published: 24 Dec 2013

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Five Questions With Billy Joel

William Martin "Billy" Joel is a musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Since releasing...

published: 27 Oct 2016

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Billy Joel interview on Charlie Rose (2001)

Billy Joel reflects on his pop career, and explains why he decided to focus solely on clas...

published: 11 Sep 2016

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Billy Joel - Q&A;: Story Behind The Lyrics To "Piano Man"? (Harvard 1994)

Throughout the years, Billy Joel has become known for his willingness to hold Q&A; sessions...

published: 23 Oct 2013

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Billy Joel interview with Bryant Gumbel

published: 15 Dec 2016

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Billy Joel 20 20 Interview for Storm Front 1990

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Billy Joel Relaunches His SiriusXM Radio Channel

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Allentown

Well we're living here in Allentown
And they're closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Met our mothers in the USO
Asked them to dance
Danced with them slow
And we're living here in Allentown
But the restlessness was handed down
And it's getting very hard to stay
Well we're waiting here in Allentown
For the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
If we worked hard
If we behaved
So the graduations hang on the wall
But they never really helped us at all
No they never taught us what was real
Iron and coke
And chromium steel
And we're waiting here in Allentown
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
And the union people crawled away
Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got
But something happened on the way to that place
They an American flag in our face
Well I'm living here in Allentown
And it's hard to keep a good man down
But I won't be getting up today

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