American singer-songwriter and pianist

Billy Joel

William Martin Joel is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his signature 1973 song of the same name, Joel has had a successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s. From 1971 to 1993, he released 12, entirely self written, studio albums spanning the genres of pop and rock, and in 2001 released a one-off studio album of classical compositions. With over 160 million records sold worldwide, Joel is one of the world's best-selling music artists and is the fourth-best-selling solo artist in the United States.

Born

1949

May 9

Died

Living

Era

1940s

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Key dates

1949 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

328 Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
1009 Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
1310 Nephon, Bishop of Cyzicus, is consecrated as Patriarch of Constantinople.
1386 England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.

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The world in 1949

When Billy arrived

april 1 Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
april 1 The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
april 18 The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.
april 20 Amethyst incident: The People's Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing during the Chinese Civil War.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on May 9

Alley Mills 1951– American actress Averno 1977– Mexican wrestler Barbara Ann Scott 1928–2012 Canadian figure skater (died 2012) Benjamin Graham 1894–1976 British-American economist, professor, and investor (died 1976) Bulat Okudzhava 1924–1997 Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924) Ghostface Killah 1970– American rapper and actor Gopal Krishna Gokhale 1866–1915 Indian philosopher and politician (born 1866) Henry J. Kaiser 1882–1967 American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (born 1882) J. M. Barrie 1860–1937 Scottish novelist and playwright (born 1860)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1949

Alan García 1949–2019 Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (born 1949) Alla Pugacheva 1949– Russian singer-songwriter and actress Anna Wintour 1949– English-American journalist Beth Grant 1949– American actress Carlos the Jackal 1949– Venezuelan terrorist David A. Cherry 1949– American artist and illustrator Dominique Strauss-Kahn 1949– French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance Don Baylor 1949–2017 American baseball player (born 1949) Gil Scott-Heron 1949–2011 American singer-songwriter and author (died 2011)

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