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.
Zanzibar (Billy Joel song)
"Zanzibar" is a song written by Billy Joel that first appeared on his 1978 album "52nd Street".
It has also appeared on several live albums.
It is particularly notable for the jazz trumpet breaks played by Freddie Hubbard.
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
Brian Saunders (weightlifter)
Brian Saunders( date of birth and death unknown) was a male weightlifter who competed for England.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Terence Robinson
Terence D. Robinson( date of birth and death unknown) was a male wrestler who competed for England.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
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.
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.
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.

Question: When is the performer of song Zanzibar (Billy Joel Song) 's birthday?
Answer: May 9, 1949