Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth-best-selling recording artist and the third-best-selling solo artist in the United States. His compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 is one of the best-selling albums in the US.
Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the US, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner who has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.
Joel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006). In 2001, Joel received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2013, Joel received the Kennedy Center Honors, the nation's highest honor for influencing American culture through the arts. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah", Joel stopped writing and releasing pop/rock material after 1993's River of Dreams. However, he continues to tour, and he plays songs from all eras of his solo career in his concerts.
Billy Joel Band
The Billy Joel Band is the band that backs singer-songwriter and pianist Billy Joel on both studio and live recordings. The band stabilized around 1975 but has undergone several significant lineup changes beginning in the late 1980s and early 90s. Joel's touring band didn't begin playing on his records until he recorded the album Turnstiles in 1976. This line-up included Richie Cannata on saxophones and organ, Liberty DeVitto on drums, Russell Javors on guitar, and Doug Stegmeyer on bass.
The band, which now no longer includes any of its original members, is often not recognized as a formal entity, and is instead referred to simply as Billy Joel's band.
Early days
Joel's first touring band, formed in 1971 to support the Cold Spring Harbor album, comprised Rhys Clark on drums, Al Hertzberg on guitar, and Larry Russell on bass. The group toured throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico.
The touring lineup changed and it took a few years for the lineup to stabilize. In an online interview, DeVitto describes how Joel's classic late 70's-early 80's band first came together:
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ALBUMS
- She's Got a Way: Love Songs released: 2013
- 52nd Street released: 2012
- The Nylon Curtain released: 2012
- The Complete Albums Collection released: 2011
- Further Than Heaven released: 2011
- Live On Air released: 2011
- Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert released: 2011
- Turnstiles released: 2011
- She's Always A Woman: Love Songs released: 2010
- The Hits released: 2010
- The Piano Men: Live in Tokyo released: 2009
- The Essential Billy Joel released: 2008
- My Lives released: 2005
- Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel released: 2004
- The Stranger released: 2004
- Face to Face Live in Columbia 2003 released: 2003
- Movin’ Out (Original Broadway Cast) released: 2002
- Face to Face Live in Vancouver 2001 released: 2001
- Fantasies & Delusions released: 2001
- The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997 released: 2001
- Live at Yankee Stadium released: 2000
- The Ultimate Collection released: 2000
- 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert released: 2000
- Remastered released: 1998
- Face to Face Live in Japan 1998 released: 1998
- River of Dreams released: 1998
- Greatest Hits, Volume III: 1986-1997 released: 1997
- USA 1990/93 released: 1994
- Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II released: 1994
- We Didn't Start The Fire released: 1993
- The Bridge released: 1990
- Концерт released: 1987
- An Innocent Man released: 1983
- Glass Houses released: 1983
- Souvenir released: 1977
- Streetlife Serenade released: 1974
- Cold Spring Harbor released: 1971
- River of Dreams released:
- Unlicensed Live released:
- Sings (Early Demo's) released:
- 1998-06-02: Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, UK released:
- 1982-12-29: Long Island, NY, USA released:
- 1977-05-06: C. W. Post College, Greenvale, NY, USA released:
- 12 Gardens Live released:
- Early Years, Volume 2 released:
- Retold, Volume 3 released:
- Retold, Volume 2: The Piano Man From the Harbor released:
- Retold, Volume 1: The Bridge to 52nd Street released:
- Live at Sigma Studios 4-15-1972 released:
- 1977-12-11: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA released:
- Live USA released:
- Live released:
- In Concert released:
- Face to Face released:
- Songs in the Attic released:
- Piano Man released:
- Storm Front released:
Further Than Heaven
Released 2011- Cat
- Hotel St George
- Land Of Despair
- Further Than Heaven
- Country Boy
- Night After Day
- Hour Of The Wolf
- Four O'Clock In The Morning
- She's Got A Way
- You Can Make Me Free
- Everybody Loves You Now
- Why, Judy, Why?
- Falling Of The Rain
- Turn Around
- You Look So Good To Me
- Tomorrow Is Today
- Nocturne
- Got To Begin Again
The Hits
Released 2010- Everybody Loves You Now
- Piano Man
- The Entertainer
- New York State of Mind
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- Only the Good Die Young
- My Life
- Big Shot
- You May Be Right
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- Say Goodbye to Hollywood (live Attic version)
- Allentown
- Pressure
- The Longest Time
- Tell Her About It
- A Matter of Trust
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- I Go to Extremes
- The River of Dreams
The Essential Billy Joel
Released 2008- Piano Man
- You’re My Home
- Captain Jack
- The Entertainer
- Say Goodbye to Hollywood
- Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
- New York State of Mind
- She’s Always a Woman
- Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
- Only the Good Die Young
- Just the Way You Are
- Honesty
- My Life
- It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me
- You May Be Right
- Don’t Ask Me Why
- She’s Got a Way
- Allentown
My Lives
Released 2005- Captain Jack (live)
- The End of the World
- The Prime of Your Life
- She’s Right on Time
- Elvis Presley Blvd.
- Nobody Knows but Me
- An Innocent Man
- Christie Lee
- Easy Money
- And So It Goes
- I'll Cry Instead (live)
- Keeping the Faith (12" version)
- Modern Woman
- Baby Grand
- Getting Closer
- House of Blue Light
- Money or Love
- The Times They Are a Changin' (live)
Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel
Released 2004- Tell Her About It
- Uptown Girl
- Don't Ask Me Why
- Piano Man (radio edit)
- New York State of Mind
- The River of Dreams
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- We Didn't Start the Fire (single version)
- Goodnight Saigon
- My Life (single version)
- She's Always a Woman
- She's Got a Way
- Scandinavian Skies
- An Innocent Man
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- Only the Good Die Young
- The Stranger
- Honesty
- Just the Way You Are (radio edit)
Movin’ Out (Original Broadway Cast)
Released 2002- Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
- Movin’ Out
- Reverie
- Just the Way You Are
- The Longest Time
- Uptown Girl
- This Night
- Summer, Highland Falls
- Waltz (No. 1)
- We Didn’t Start the Fire
- She’s Got a Way
- The Stranger
- Elegy
- Invention in C Minor
- Angry Young Man
- Big Shot
- Big Man on Mulberry Street
- Captain Jack
- An Innocent Man
- Pressure
- Goodnight Saigon
- Air (Dublinesque)
- Shameless
- James
- The River of Dreams / Keeping the Faith / Only the Good Die Young
- I’ve Loved These Days / Scene From an Italian Restaurant (reprise)
Face to Face Live in Vancouver 2001
Released 2001- Uptown Girl
- Sad Songs Say So Much
- I'm Still Standing
- Crocodile Rock
- Saturday's Night Alright for Fighting
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- Prelude Angry Young Man
- Movin' Out Anthony's Song
- Allentown
- Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
- Lullabye-Goodnight My Angel
- River of Dreams+Introductions
- Take Me to the Pilot
- I Go To Extremes
- It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Fantasies & Delusions
Released 2001- Opus 3. Reverie (Villa D'Este)
- Opus 2. Waltz #1 (Nunley's Carousel)
- Opus 7. Aria (Grand Canal)
- Opus 6. Invention in C Minor
- Opus 1. Soliloquy (On a Separation)
- Opus 8. Suite for Piano: I. Innamorato
- Opus 8. Suite for Piano: II. Sorbetto
- Opus 8. Suite for Piano: III. Delusion
- Opus 5. Waltz #2 (Steinway Hall)
- Opus 9. Waltz #3 (For Lola)
- Opus 4. Fantasy (Film Noir)
- Opus 10. Air (Dublinesque)
The Ultimate Collection
Released 2000- Just the Way You Are
- My Life
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- An Innocent Man
- Piano Man
- You're My Home
- Everybody Loves You Now
- The Entertainer
- Streetlife Serenader
- New York State of Mind
- Say Goodbye to Hollywood
- She's Got a Way
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- She's Always a Woman
- Honesty
- You May Be Right
- Don't Ask Me Why
- Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
Remastered
Released 1998- Everybody Loves You Now
- Piano Man
- The Entertainer
- New York State of Mind
- Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
- My Life
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- The Ballad of Billy the Kid
- Allentown
- An Innocent Man
- You're Only Human (Second Wind)
- A Matter of Trust
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- The River of Dreams
Face to Face Live in Japan 1998
Released 1998- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight
- Uptown Girl
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Daniel
- Take Me to the Pilot
- Something About the Way You Look Tonight
- Philadelphia Freedom
- Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
- The Bitch Is Back
- You May Be Right
- Bennie and the Jets
- Piano Man
Greatest Hits, Volume III: 1986-1997
Released 1997- Keeping the Faith
- An Innocent Man
- A Matter of Trust
- Baby Grand
- This Is the Time
- Leningrad
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- I Go to Extremes
- And So It Goes
- The Downeaster "Alexa"
- Shameless
- All About Soul (remix)
- Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
- The River of Dreams
- To Make You Feel My Love
- Hey Girl
- Light as the Breeze
Sings (Early Demo's)
- Cat
- Hotel St. George
- Land of Despair
- Further Than Heaven
- Country Boy
- Night After Day
- Hour of the Wolf
- Four O'Clock in the Morning
- She's Got a Way
- You Can Make Me Free
- Everybody Loves You Now
- Why Judy Why?
- Falling of the Rain
- Turn Around
- You Look So Good to Me
- Tomorrow Is Today
- Nocturne
- Got to Begin Again
1977-05-06: C. W. Post College, Greenvale, NY, USA
- Miami 2017
- Somewhere Along the Line
- Summer, Highland Falls
- Piano Man
- Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
- James
- Prelude / Angry Young Man
- New York State of Mind
- Travelin' Prayer
- Just the Way You Are
- The Entertainer
- You're My Home
- Root Beer Rag
- She's Got a Way
- The Ballad of Billy the Kid
- I've Loved These Days
- Captain Jack
- Worse Comes to Worst
- Ain't No Crime
- Say Goodbye to Hollywood
- Weekend Song
- Souvenir
12 Gardens Live
- Goodnight Saigon
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- An Innocent Man
- The Downeaster 'Alexa'
- She'a Always a Woman
- Keeping the Faith
- The River of Dreams
- A Matter of Trust
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- Big Shot
- You May Be Right
- Only the Good Die Young
- Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
- Piano Man
- And So It Goes
- It's Still Rock & Roll to Me
- Sleeping With the Television On (Bonus Track)
- You're My Home (Bonus Track)
Retold, Volume 3
- Get It Right the First Time
- Just the Way You Are
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- Get It Right the First Time
- Only the Good Die Young
- Just the Way You Are
- She's Always a Woman
- Untitled Demo #1
- Close to the Borderline
- Untitled Demo #2
- Everybody Has a Dream #1
- Everybody Has a Dream #2
- New York State of Mind
- James
- The Ballad of Billy the Kid
- Summer Highland Falls
- New York State of Mind
- Souvenir
- Vienna
Retold, Volume 2: The Piano Man From the Harbor
- Travellin' Prayer
- Worse Comes to Worst
- Somewhere Along the Line
- Where's the Revolution?
- We All Have a Cross to Bear
- Ain't No Crime
- If I Only Had the Words to Tell You
- Long Long Time
- Captain Jack
- Josephine
- Rosalinda
- Tomorrow Is Today
- Bye Bye
- Until You Come to Me
- Only a Man
- Worse Comes to Worst (alt. mix)
- You Can Make Me Free (original version)
In Concert
- No Man's Land (live, 1993-05: Long Island, NY, USA)
- Blonde Over Blue (live, 1993-05: Long Island, NY, USA)
- Shades of Grey (live, 1993-09: Boston, MA, USA)
- River of Dreams (live, 1993-09: Boston, MA, USA)
- No Man's Land (live, 1993-09: Boston, MA, USA)
- Shameless (live, 1993-09: Boston, MA, USA)
- Only The Good Die Young (live, 1993-09: Boston, MA, USA)
- River of Dreams (live, 1993-10: New York, NY, USA)
- All About Soul (live, 1993-10: New York, NY, USA)
- You Got Me Hummin' (live, 1981: New York, NY, USA)
- I'll Cry Instead (live, 1981: New York, NY, USA)
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A Matter Of Trust
by: Billy JoelSome love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
And they may not want it to end
But it will it's just a question of when
I've lived long enough to have learned
The closer you get to the fire the more you get burned
But that won't happen to us
Because it's always been a matter of trust
I know you're an emotional girl
It took a lot for you to not lose your faith in this world
I can't offer you proof
But you're going to face a moment of truth
It's hard when you're always afraid
You just recover when another belief is betrayed
So break my heart if you must
It's a matter of trust
You can't go the distance
With too much resistance
I know you have doubts
But for God's sake don't shut me out
This time you've got nothing to lose
You can take it, you can leave it
Whatever you choose
I won't hold back anything
And I'll walk a way a fool or a king
Some love is just a lie of the mind
It's make believe until its only a matter of time
And some might have learned to adjust
But then it never was a matter of trust
I'm sure you're aware, love,
We've both had our share of
Believing too long
When the whole situation was wrong
Some love is just a lie of the soul
A constant battle for the ultimate state of control
After you've heard lie upon lie
There can hardly be a question of why
Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
But that can't happen to us
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