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Billy Joel Profile
Billy Joel Profile
Birth Name: William Martin "Billy" Joel
Birth Date: May 9, 1949
Birth Place: Bronx, New York
Genres:
Piano Rock
Classical
Height:
5' 6" (1.67 m)
Spouses:
Katie Lee Joel (October 2nd, 2004 - present)
Christie Brinkley (March 23rd 1985 - August 25th 1994) (divorced)
Elizabeth Weber (1971 - 1982) (divorced)
Debut Album: Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
Breakthrough Singles:
"Piano Man" (1973)
"Just the Way You Are" (1978)
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" (1978)
"My Life" (1978)
"Uptown Girl" (1983)
"Tell Her About It" (1983)
"You're Only Human (Second Wind)" (1985)
"We Didn't Start the Fire" (1989)
"The River of Dreams" (1993)
Did You Know:
Although Billy hasn't graduated from High School, he's received countless honoarary doctorates (including Fairfield University (1991), Hofstra University (1997), and Syracuse University (2006))
He has checked into rehab many times including Silver Hill Hospital in 2002 and the Betty Ford rehabilitation center in 2005
He has one legitimate daughter with ex-wife Christie Brinkley named "Alexa Ray Joel"
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