Billy Joel

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28.04.2009 11:43
Bob Dylan will perform together with old friends
Bob Dylan announced that he was going to team up with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to perform a collaboration tour across the US. It is the second time Bob Dylan and his friends will go on tour together.

26.01.2008 00:00
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will join Stevie Wonder
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will perform on the upcoming New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. They will sing songs from their collaboration album Raising Sand.

08.10.2008 10:18
Bruce Springsteen stood up for Obama
Bruce Springsteen claimed that despite John McCain's criticism Barack Obama will become President of the United States. Springsteen also said that because of George Bush's presidency people have «lost faith in the American dream».

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Biography

One of the greatest American pianists and singers, William Martial Joel, was born in New York May 9, 1949. Aged four, he already started learning to play piano. He gave his first performance in 1965, as a member of The Echoes. In two years Billy joined another band, The Hassles. With only two albums released, this formation collapsed. The next step in Joel’s career was the creation of the Attila duet. The music they played was too complicated for the audience to accept and understand which destined their only album to be a desperate failure. Music misfortunes and troubles in personal life broke Joel’s spirit. He tried to poison himself, but survived with the help of doctors. In 1971, Billy launched his own career. The opening move was an extremely disadvantageous contract with the LA Family Productions. The first release became a real flop due to its poor recording.

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