Billy Joel

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composer human pianist recording artist singer-songwriter

Billy Joel is an American singer-songwriter and pianist renowned for classic hits like "Piano Man," "Uptown Girl," and "New York State of Mind."

Aliases (1)

William Martin Joel ×1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composer → human → pianist → recording artist → singer-songwriter →
activeYearsStart	1960s →
associatedWithPlace	Long Island → New York City →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1949-05-09 →
familyName	Joel →
fullName	William Martin Joel →
gender	male →
genre	adult contemporary music → pop rock → rock → soft rock →
givenName	William →
hasChild	Alexa Ray Joel →
inductedInto	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame → Songwriters Hall of Fame →
influencedBy	Ray Charles → Sam Cooke → The Beatles →
instrument	harmonica → piano → vocals →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableAchievement	inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame → multiple Grammy Award winner → one of the best-selling music artists of all time →
notableAlbum	52nd Street → An Innocent Man → Glass Houses → Piano Man → River of Dreams → Storm Front → The Nylon Curtain → The Stranger → Turnstiles →
notableWork	Allentown → An Innocent Man → Big Shot → It's Still Rock and Roll to Me → Just the Way You Are → Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) → My Life → New York State of Mind → Only the Good Die Young → Piano Man → Scenes from an Italian Restaurant → She's Always a Woman → Tell Her About It → The Longest Time → The River of Dreams → Uptown Girl → Vienna → We Didn't Start the Fire → You May Be Right →
occupation	composer → pianist → record producer → singer → songwriter →
placeOfBirth	The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States →
residence	Long Island, New York, United States →
spouse	Alexis Roderick → Christie Brinkley → Katie Lee →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elton John →	collaboratedWith
Billy Joel ("William Martin Joel") →	fullName
The Times They Are a-Changin' →	hasCoverVersionBy
Songwriters Hall of Fame →	hasNotableInductee
Madison Square Garden →	hasNotablePerformer
Madison Square Garden →	hasNotableResidentPerformer
Grammy Legend Award →	hasRecipient
Ray Charles →	influenced
Super Bowl XLI →	nationalAnthemPerformer
Columbia Records →	notableArtist
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song →	notableRecipient
We Are the World →	vocalPerformanceBy
Clive Davis →	workedWithArtist