Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Billy Joel
Age: 63
Occupation: Singer
Known For: Winning six Grammy Awards out of 23 Grammy nominations, well-known and timeless hits like ‘Piano Man,’ ‘Only the Good Die Young,’ ‘For the Longest Time,’ ‘She’s Always a Woman,’ and ‘You May Be Right,’ and getting kicked out of Christie Brinkley’s uptown world.
Billy Joel hasn’t released a studio album of pop music for almost 20 years — but if you love his older songs and don’t already have one of the scores of greatest-hits compilations, you can do a little CD shopping next time you’re waiting for a latte at Starbucks.
The coffee giant has created its own disc called ‘Billy Joel: Opus Collection.’
10 different songs by Billy Joel were performed on ‘American Idol’ tonight (March 21) — one by each of the remaining contestants on the Steven Tyler-judged singing competition.
Wednesday night’s Billy Joel show at the University of Massachusetts was far from his biggest concert ever, but for the audience of about 900 students and staff it was more than entertaining. Joel sang, told stories, gave lessons, did impressions and revealed secrets inside Durgin Hall.
Late last month, Sting joined Lady Gaga onstage in Las Vegas during her iHeartRadio Music Festival set.
On Saturday, Gaga returned the favor, dropping by New York’s Beacon Theatre for a show that marked Sting’s 60th birthday and his 25 years as a solo artist.
But Gaga wasn’t the only star who showed some love for Sting: Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and Black Eyed Peas main man Will.i.am were among the other big names who came to jam on Sting and Police songs.
When Billy Joel was a young artist entertaining offers from record labels, he ultimately chose Columbia because it was “a company that knows how to build a career.”
On Nov. 8, Columbia/Legacy Recordings will honor that successful career by releasing a limited-edition Joel boxed set and a two-disc version of his 1973 breakthrough album, ‘Piano Man.’
