Now Unless you just don't care for Billy Joel's Music. or You are Smoking something Real Good !....Overrated ???
William Joseph Martin "Billy" Joel (born
May 9,
1949) is an
American singer-songwriter. He released his first hit song, "
Piano Man", in 1973. According to the
RIAA,
he is the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-0>[1]</SUP>
Joel (the coolest man in the world)
had Top 10 hits in the '70s, '80s, and '90s; is a six-time Grammy Award winner; and has sold in excess of 150 million albums worldwide.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-1>
[2]</SUP> He was inducted into the
Songwriter's Hall of Fame (Class of 1992), the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Class of 1999), and the
Long Island Music Hall of Fame (Class of 2006). Joel "retired" from recording pop music in 1993 but continued to tour (sometimes with
Elton John). In 2001 he subsequently released
Fantasies & Delusions, a CD of classical compositions for piano. In 2007 he returned to recording with a single entitled "All My Life", followed by an extensive "World Tour" from 2005-2008, covering many of the major world cities.