Billy Joel is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and composer. Known as the Piano Man, Joel is famous for songs such as Piano Man, Uptown Girl, We Didn't Start the Fire, and Just the Way You Are. He has won multiple Grammy Awards, sold over 150 million records worldwide, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. - AsNotedIn
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| 1967/00/00 | Billy Joel oversleeps and misses a crucial English exam. He chooses not to attend summer school, fell one credit short of graduating, and focuses on music instead, saying, "If I'm not going to Columbia University, I'm going to Columbia Records." | Education | Hicksville High School | Town of Oyster Bay, NY | |||
| 1976/00/00 | Billy Joel rents the Overlook house. When he arrives back in NY, he boards a Greyhound bus to Highland Falls, and starts writing the song, New York State of Mind. At the Overlook, he finishes the music and lyrics in an hour. | Home | Cragston Dependencies | Fort Montgomery | |||
| 1977/09/29 | "The Stranger" album is released | Performer | The Stranger | ||||
| 1992/06/24 | William Martin Joel receives his high school diploma from Hicksville High School in Hicksville, Long Island, New York, after submitting samples of his work to satisfy his outstanding English requirement. | Education | Hicksville High School | Town of Oyster Bay, NY |
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| The Stranger | Performer | Album | 1977/09/29 |
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