Biografía de Billy Joel
William Martin Joel, conocido mundialmente como Billy Joel, nació en el Bronx, Nueva York, en 1949, aunque creció en Long Island. Desde muy pequeño mostró un talento excepcional para la música, comenzando a tocar piano a los cuatro años y demostrando una habilidad natural para componer melodías. Su infancia estuvo marcada por el divorcio de sus padres y las dificultades económicas familiares, experiencias que más tarde influirían profundamente en sus composiciones. Durante su adolescencia, Joel abandonó los estudios para dedicarse completamente a la música, tocando en diversos clubes y bares de Long Island, donde desarrolló su característico estilo interpretativo y comenzó a forjar su identidad como compositor y intérprete.
El estilo musical de Billy Joel se caracteriza por fusionar elementos del rock, pop, jazz y música clásica, creando un sonido único que lo distinguió desde sus primeros álbumes. Su capacidad para combinar melodías pegajosas con letras profundas y narrativas urbanas lo convirtió en uno de los artistas más respetados de su generación. Entre sus trabajos más destacados se encuentran álbumes como "Piano Man", "The Stranger" y "52nd Street", cada uno consolidando su reputación como uno de los grandes compositores estadounidenses. Su evolución artística abarcó desde baladas intimistas hasta himnos rockeros, siempre manteniendo el piano como elemento central de su propuesta musical, lo que le valió el apodo de "Piano Man".
A lo largo de su carrera, Billy Joel ha vendido más de 150 millones de discos en todo el mundo y ha sido reconocido con múltiples premios Grammy. Su inducción al Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll y el reconocimiento como uno de los compositores más influyentes de la música popular americana consolidan su legado artístico. Canciones como "Piano Man", "Uptown Girl" y "We Didn't Start the Fire" se han convertido en clásicos atemporales que trascienden generaciones. En la actualidad, aunque se retiró oficialmente de la composición de música pop, Joel continúa realizando conciertos regulares en el Madison Square Garden, manteniendo viva la conexión con su público y demostrando que su música sigue siendo tan relevante como siempre.
Canciones más reproducidas
- 1 Just the Way You Are (Radio Edit)
- 2 Let It Be (feat. Paul McCartney) (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- 3 Piano Man
- 4 Uptown Girl
- 5 Zanzibar
- 6 Piano Man (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- 7 She's Always a Woman
- 8 We Didn't Start The Fire (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- 9 Cocker Imitation/You Are So Beautiful (Vamp/Fragment) (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- 10 Vienna (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - December 1977)
Todas las canciones
A
- A Matter of Trust
- A Matter of Trust (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- A Matter of Trust (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- A Matter of Trust (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- A Minor Variation
- A Room of Our Own
- A Room of Our Own (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Ain't No Crime (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- Ain't No Crime (Live)
- All About Soul
- All About Soul (Radio Edit)
- All About Soul (Remix)
- All Shook Up
- Allentown
- Allentown (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Allentown (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Allentown (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - December 1982)
- Allentown (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Allentown (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Allentown (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- Amplifier Fire
- An Innocent Man
- An Innocent Man (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- An Innocent Man (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- An Innocent Man (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- And So It Goes (Demo)
- Angry Young Man (Live)
- Auld Lang Syne (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
B
- Baby Grand (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- Back in the U.S.S.R. (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- Benny & The Jets (Vamp/Fragment) (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- Big Man On Mulberry Street
- Big Man On Mulberry Street (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Big Man on Mulberry Street (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- Big Shot (Live at Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany - June 1994)
- Big Shot (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Big Shot (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Big Shot (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- Blonde Over Blue
C
- Captain Jack
- Captain Jack (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Captain Jack (Live at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA - July 1980)
- Captain Jack (Live)
- Careless Talk
- Christie Lee
- Christie Lee (Demo)
- Cocker Imitation/You Are So Beautiful (Vamp/Fragment) (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- Code of Silence (feat. Cyndi Lauper)
- Cross To Bear (Demo)
D
- Dance to the Music (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Delta Lady (Vamp/Fragment) (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- Don't Ask Me Why
- Don't Ask Me Why (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Don't Ask Me Why (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Don't Worry Baby
E
- Easy Money
- Elvis Presley Blvd.
- Elvis Presley Boulevard
- Everybody Has A Dream
- Everybody Loves You Now
- Everybody Loves You Now (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Everybody Loves You Now (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Everybody Loves You Now (Live at the Bayou, Washington, D.C. - July 1980)
- Everybody Loves You Now (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
G
- Get It Right the First Time (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - December 1977)
- Getting Closer
- Goodnight Saigon
- Goodnight Saigon (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Goodnight Saigon (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Goodnight Saigon (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Goodnight Saigon (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Goodnight Saigon (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
H
I
- I Go to Extremes
- I Go to Extremes (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- I Go to Extremes (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- I Saw Her Standing There (feat. Paul McCartney) (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- I'll Cry Instead (Live)
- I've Loved These Days (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- I've Loved These Days (Live at the Horizon, Chicago, IL - July 1980)
- I've Loved These Days (Live)
- Intro / Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Intro of Band Members (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- It's Still Rock and Roll To Me (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
J
K
L
- Laura (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Leave A Tender Moment Alone
- Leningrad
- Let It Be (feat. Paul McCartney) (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Light As The Breeze
- Los Angelenos (Live at Toad's Place, New Haven, CT - July 1980)
- Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
- Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
M
- Miami 2017 (Demo)
- Miami 2017 (Live)
- Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway)
- Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June 1980)
- Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Modern Woman
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Movin' Out (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- My Life (Live at Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany - June 1994)
- My Life (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- My Life (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- My Life (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- My Life (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
N
- New Mexico (Demo)
- New York State of Mind
- New York State Of Mind (feat. Tony Bennett) (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- New York State of Mind (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- New York State of Mind (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- New York State of Mind (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- New York State of Mind (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- New York State Of Mind (Live)
- Nobody Knows But Me
O
- Odoya
- Only A Man (Demo)
- Only the Good Die Young
- Only The Good Die Young (Alternate Version)
- Only the Good Die Young (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Only The Good Die Young (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Only the Good Die Young (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Only the Good Die Young (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- Opening (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- Oyster Bay (Demo)
P
- Piano Man
- Piano Man (Demo)
- Piano Man (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Piano Man (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Piano Man (Live)
- Prelude / Angry Young Man (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - June 1977 - Alternate Take)
- Prelude / Angry Young Man (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Prelude / Angry Young Man (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Prelude / Angry Young Man (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Prelude / Angry Young Man (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- Prelude/Angry Young Man (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Pressure (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - December 1982)
- Pressure (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Pressure (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
R
S
- Say Goodbye to Hollywood
- Say Goodbye to Hollywood (Live at Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI - July 1980)
- Say Goodbye To Hollywood (Live)
- Scandinavian Skies
- Scene From An Italian Restaurant (Live)
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - December 1982)
- Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Scenes From an Italian Restaurant (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- Shades of Grey
- Shameless (feat. Garth Brooks) (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Shameless (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- She Loves You (Rehearsal Performance in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- She's Always a Woman
- She's Always a Woman (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- She's Always A Woman (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- She's Always A Woman (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- She's Got a Way (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - June 1977 - Alternate Take)
- She's Got a Way (Live at the Paradise, Boston, MA - June 1980)
- She's Got A Way (Live)
- She's Right On Time
- She's Right On Time (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Sleeping With the Television On (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- Sometimes a Fantasy (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- Somewhere Along the Line (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- Somewhere Along The Line (Live)
- Souvenir (Live)
- State of Grace
- Stiletto (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- Storm Front
- Storm Front (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Streetlife Serenader (Live at St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN - July 1980)
- Summer Highland Falls (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- Summer Highland Falls (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - December 1977)
- Summer, Highland Falls (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Summer, Highland Falls (Live at the Bayou, Washington, D.C. - July 1980)
- Summer, Highland Falls (Live)
- Surprises
T
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- Tell Her About It
- That's Not Her Style
- That's Not Her Style (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- The Ballad of Billy the Kid
- The Ballad of Billy the Kid (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- The Ballad of Billy the Kid (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- The Ballad of Billy The Kid (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June 1980)
- The Ballad of Billy the Kid (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - December 1977)
- The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- The Ballad of Billy the Kid (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- The Ballad of Billy the Kid (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (Live)
- The Downeaster 'Alexa'
- The Downeaster 'Alexa' (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- The Downeaster 'Alexa' (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- The Downeaster "Alexa" (Live at LA Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA - April 1990)
- The End Of The World (Demo)
- The Entertainer (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- The Entertainer (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- The Entertainer (Live)
- The Great Wall of China
- The Great Wall of China (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- The Longest Time
- The Longest Time (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- The Mexican Connection (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- The Night Is Still Young
- The Night Is Still Young (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- The Prime Of Your Life (Demo)
- The River of Dreams
- The River of Dreams (Live at Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany - June 1994)
- The River of Dreams (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- The River Of Dreams / A Hard Day's Night (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- The Siegfried Line (Demo)
- The Times They Are A-Changin' (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- These Rhinestone Days (Demo)
- This Is the Time
- This Is The Time (feat. John Mayer) (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- This Night
- This Night (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- To Make You Feel My Love
- Travelin' Prayer
- Travelin' Prayer (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- Travelin' Prayer (Live)
- Two Thousand Years
U
V
W
- We Didn't Start the Fire (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- We Didn't Start the Fire (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- We Didn't Start The Fire (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- We Didn't Start the Fire (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- Weekend Song (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- Weekend Song (Live)
- What's Your Name (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- When In Rome
- Where Were You On Our Wedding Day
- Where's the Orchestra
- Worse Comes To Worst (Live)
Y
- You May Be Right
- You May Be Right (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - December 31, 1999)
- You May Be Right (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)
- You May Be Right (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
- You May Be Right (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)
- You Picked A Real Bad Time
- You're My Home
- You're My Home (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006)
- You're My Home (Live at the Bayou, Washington, D.C. - July 1980)
- You're My Home (Live at the Great American Music Hall - 1975)
- You're My Home (Live)
- You're Only Human (Second Wind)

