The album sold more than 10 million copies and became Columbia Record’s best-selling album. The album The Stranger was perhaps his commercially successful albums. In 1972, Joel signed a solo record deal and began his solo career with Cold Springs Harbor release.Īfter performing Captain Jack on radio, Columbia Records noticed him and signed him on, prompting the release of The Piano Man in 1973. He played in two short-lived bands called Attila and The Hassles. Joel credits Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and TheEverly Brothers for his music. At the time, he had already secured a gig playing in a local bar, he used his earnings to support his mother, who was taking care of the family. The singer attended Hicksville High School but dropped out to pursue music full-time. Growing up, his mother insisted that he takes piano lessons. Billy Joel was born in Bronx, New York, in 1949, as William Martin Joel.
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