Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist.
Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man" after his first major hit and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s, having released twelve studio albums from 1971 to 1993 as well as one studio album in 2001.
He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, as well as the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, with over 150 million records sold worldwide.
His 1985 compilation album, "Greatest Hits Vol.
1 & 2", is one of the best-selling albums in the U.S.
Joel was born in 1949 in The Bronx, New York, and grew up on Long Island, both places that influenced his music.
Growing up, he took piano lessons at the insistence of his mother.
After dropping out of high school to pursue a musical career, Joel took part in two short-lived bands, The Hassles and Attila, before signing a record deal with Family Productions and kicking off a solo career in 1971 with his first release, "Cold Spring Harbor".
In 1972, Joel caught the attention of Columbia Records after a live radio performance of the song "Captain Jack" became popular in Philadelphia, prompting him to sign a new record deal with the company and release his second album, "Piano Man", in 1973.
After releasing the albums "Streetlife Serenade" and "Turnstiles" in 1974 and 1976 respectively, Joel released his critical and commercial breakthrough album, "The Stranger", in 1977.
This album became Columbia's best-selling release, selling over 10 million copies and spawning several hit singles, including "Just the Way
You
AreMovin'
Out
(Anthony's Song)Only the Good Die Young", and
"She's Always a Woman"; another song on this album, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", is Joel's favorite of his own songs and has become a staple of his live shows.
Joel's next album, "52nd Street", was released in 1978 and became his first album to peak at #1 on the "Billboard" 200 chart.
Joel released his seventh studio album, "Glass Houses", in 1980 in an attempt to further establish himself as a rock and roll artist; this release featured "
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (Joel's first single to top the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart),
"You May Be
RightDon't Ask Me
Why", and "Sometimes a Fantasy".
His next album, "The Nylon Curtain", was released in 1982, and stemmed from a desire from Joel to create more lyrically and melodically ambitious music. "
An Innocent Man", released in 1983, served as an homage to genres of music which Joel had grown up with in the 1950s, such as rhythm and blues and doo-wop; this release featured "Uptown Girl" and "The Longest Time", two of his most well-known songs today.
After releasing the albums "The Bridge" and "Storm Front" in 1986 and 1989 respectively, Joel released his twelfth and to date final studio album, "River of Dreams", in 1993.
He went on to release "Fantasies and Delusions", a 2001 album featuring classical compositions composed by Joel and performed by British-Korean pianist Richard Hyung-ki Joo.
Joel also provided voiceover work in 1988 for the animated Disney film, "Oliver & Company", in which he played the character Dodger, and contributed to the soundtracks to several different films, including "Easy MoneyRuthless People", and "Honeymoon in Vegas".
Across the 20 years of his solo career, Joel produced 33 Top 40 hits in the U.S., all of which he wrote himself, and three of which ("It's Still Rock and Roll to MeTell Her About It", and "We Didn't Start the Fire") managed to peak at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Joel has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards, winning five of them, including Album of the Year for "52nd Street".
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, for influencing American culture through the arts.
Since the advent of his solo career, Joel has held a successful touring career, holding live performances across the globe in which he sings several of his written songs.
In 1987, he became one of the very first artists to hold a rock and roll tour in the Soviet Union following the country's alleviation of the ban on rock and roll music.
Despite largely retiring from writing and releasing pop music following the release of "River of Dreams", he continues to tour; he frequently performs at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.
Joel has been in several relationships, including marriages to Elizabeth Weber Small, model Christie Brinkley, and chef Katie Lee; since 2015, he has been married to Alexis Roderick, his fourth spouse.
He also has three children: daughter Alexa Ray Joel with Brinkley, and daughters Della Rose and Remy Anne with Roderick.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Drive (Client song)
"Drive" is a song by English electronic group Client, released as the third single from their third studio album, "Heartland".
It reached number ninety in Germany.
The song was used in a club scene in the beginning of the 2008 film "The Ramen Girl", along with "Lights Go Out".
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (song)
" The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" is the first song from Genesis's 1974 album of the same name.
The song was released as a single in the U.S..
Although it did not chart, it was frequently played on American FM radio stations.
Like other songs on the album, the music and lyrics in" The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" are partially derived from 1960s soul songs.
The end of the song features the words
" They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway.
They say there's always magic in the air" from The Drifters' song" On Broadway".
The studio recording features a variation on the former lyric(" They say the lights are always bright on Broadway"), but subsequent live recordings feature the original.
The bass- playing on the song by Mike Rutherford has been described as having" connotations of aggressive energy" that fits in well with the concept album's angry and defiant character Rael.
After Gabriel's departure, the Phil Collins- fronted incarnation of the band performed the song often during their first few tours, usually segueing into the closing section of" The Musical Box".
A live version appears on" Seconds Out" from 1977 as well as part of the" Old Medley" on from 1993.
The song was also played in full during the 1998" Calling All Stations" tour, with Ray Wilson on vocals.
Peter Gabriel also performed the song during his 1978 performances as an encore.
Steve Hackett added the song to the setlist during the" Genesis Revisited II" tour in 2012.
Progressive rock band
The Flower Kings covered the song on their first live album" Alive on Planet Earth".
Rock guitarist Paul Gilbert covered the song on his 2003 solo album" Gilbert Hotel".
Maggie Koerth
Maggie Koerth( born 1981), formerly known as Maggie Koerth- Baker, is an American science journalist.
She is a senior science editor at" FiveThirty Eight" and was previously a science editor at" Boing Boing" and a monthly columnist for" The New York Times Magazine".
Koerth is the author of the 2012 book" Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us".
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
"Miami 2017
(Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" is a song written and originally recorded by Billy Joel which appeared as the final song on his album "Turnstiles" in 1976.
Several live performances of the song have been released.
He performed this song at benefit concerts:
The Concert for New York City for victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001, on the television program  for Hurricane Sandy victims in 2012 and during his set at .
Joel has often tweaked the lyrics to the song at his live concerts, particularly at the "Live at Shea" and "Coming Together" concerts.
On New Year's Eve, 2016, Joel performed at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, a city just north of Miami Dade County.
At midnight, he crooned the traditional Auld Lang Syne and then immediately went into "Miami 2017".
On the January 9, 2017 episode of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", Billy Joel performed the song with Stay Human, the show's house band.
Kill the Lights (Britney Spears song)
" Kill the Lights" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears, taken from her sixth studio album," Circus"( 2008).
The song was written by Nathaniel Hills, James Washington, Luke Boyd and Marcella Araica, who previously worked with Spears on" Blackout"( 2007).
" Kill the Lights" is an urban and dance- pop song produced by Danja, that alludes to the singer's relationship with the paparazzi and the news media, while also addressing the consequences of becoming a celebrity.
" Kill the Lights" received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who considered it a futuristic and sexy sequel to Spears'" Piece of Me"( 2007), although they described her vocals as heavily produced.
Despite not being released as a single," Kill the Lights" managed to peak at number eleven on" Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100, while making other appearances on Pop 100 and Pop 100 Airplay component charts.
It also reached number sixty- nine on Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart.
A music video for the song directed by PUNY, portrays Spears avoiding the paparazzi and visiting another planet.
" Kill the Lights" was included on a promotional CD of Spears' fragrance Circus Fantasy, and was featured on the fourth season of MTV's" The Hills".
After the Lights Go Down Low
" After The Lights Go Down Low" is a popular song written by Phil Belmonte, Allen White and Leroy C. Lovett and published in 1956.
It has been recorded by many artists.
The major hit at time of introduction was Al Hibbler, who reached the national top 15.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.

Question: What nationality is the performer of song Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)?
Answer: American