Taśma demo z oryginalnymi nagraniami Joela przerodziła się w jego debiutancki album, Cold Spring Harbor, który nie sprzedawał się najlepiej, głównie z powodu słabej promocji. Kiedy jednak nowa piosenka, „Captain Jack", nagrana na potrzeby programu radiowego stała się undergroundowym przebojem, wytwórnia Columbia Records wytropiła Billy'ego aż w Kalifornii i podpisała z nim długoterminowy kontrakt. W 1973 r. tytułowy utwór z albumu Piano Man wszedł do Top 30 amerykańskiej listy przebojów i otworzył wokaliście drogę do pełnej sukcesów kariery.
Joel uparcie odmawiał żądaniom szefów wytwórni, domagających się bardziej komercyjnego materiału i mimo że jego dwa następne longplaye, Street Life Serenade i Turnstiles, odniosły spory sukces, jego los odmienił się na dobre dopiero w 1977 r., gdy longplay The Stranger odebrał płycie Bridge Over Troubled Water Simona i Garfunkela tytuł bestsellera numer l wytwórni Columbia. Najbardziej znana piosenka pochodząca z tego wydawnictwa, „Just The Way You Are", zdobyła dwie nagrody Grammy: dla najlepszej piosenki i nagrania roku. Ta romantyczna ballada stała się już klasykiem, a w wykonaniu Barry'ego White'a w 1978 r. odniosła wielki sukces w Wielkiej Brytanii.
Z wydanego w 1979 r. albumu 52nd Street pochodził następny wielki przebój, „My Life", podczas gdy pierwszy w karierze Billy'ego amerykański przebój numer l, „It's Still Rock'N'Roll To Me", znalazł się na płycie Glass Houses z 1980 r. Image wokalisty prezentujący go jako łatwą do zaakceptowania, daleką od wszelkich kontrowersji postać, został zachwiany wraz z nagraniem albumu The Nylon Curtain, na którym znalazły się dwa protest songi z prawdziwego zdarzenia, „Allentown" i „Goodnight Saigon".
W 1984 r. Joel powrócił jednak do mniej skomplikowanych spraw rejestrując album An Innocent Man, na którym zamieszczono pamiętny przebój „Uptown Girl" (w nakręconym wideoklipie wystąpiła żona Joela, modelka Chrissie Brinkley, z którą wokalista rozstał się wiosną 1994 r.). Mimo że ostatnimi czasy Joel nagrywa jakby mniej, od czasu do czasu udaje mu się zanotować na swoim koncie przebojowy singel, który umacnia jego pozycję w świecie muzyki pop. Będąc z natury perfekcjonistą, wokalista zasygnalizował także swoje pragnienie zajęcia się nieco bardziej skomplikowaną muzyką.
W 1991 r. Joel otrzymał doktorat honoris causa Fairfield University w stanie Connecticut. Wydany w 1993 r. album River Of Dreams okazał się kolejnym wielkim sukcesem wokalisty, plasując się na 3. miejscu brytyjskiej i 1. amerykańskiej listy przebojów.
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Tytu³ | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
Piano man/You're my home | Billy Joel | 02.1974 | - | 25[14] | Columbia 45 963 | [5x-platinum-US][2x-platinum-UK][written by Billy Joel][produced by Michael Stewart] |
Worse comes to worst/Somewhere along the line | Billy Joel | 06.1974 | - | 80[4] | Columbia 46 055 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Michael Stewart] |
Travellin prayer/Ain't no crime | Billy Joel | 08.1974 | - | 77[4] | Columbia 10 015 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Michael Stewart] |
The entertainer/The Mexican connection | Billy Joel | 11.1974 | - | 34[10] | Columbia 10 064 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Michael Stewart] |
Just the way you are/Get it right the first time | Billy Joel | 11.1977 | 19[9][02.78] | 3[27] | Columbia 10 646 | [2x-platinum-US][silver-UK][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Movin' out [Anthony's song]/Everybody has a dream | Billy Joel | 03.1978 | 35[6] | 17[14] | Columbia 10 708 | [platinum-US][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Only the good die young/Get it right the first time | Billy Joel | 05.1978 | - | 24[13] | Columbia 10 750 | [2x-platinum-US][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
She' s always a woman/Vienna | Billy Joel | 08.1978 | - | 17[15] | Columbia 10 788 | [platinum-US][platinum-UK][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
My life/52end street | Billy Joel | 11.1978 | 12[15] | 3[19] | Columbia 10 853 | [platinum-US][silver-UK][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Big shot/Root beer rag | Billy Joel | 02.1979 | - | 14[11] | Columbia 10 913 | [gold-US][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Until the night/Root beer rag | Billy Joel | 04.1979 | 50[3] | - | CBS 7242 [UK] | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Honesty/The Mecican connection | Billy Joel | 04.1979 | - | 24[11] | Columbia 10 959 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
You may be right/Close to the borderline | Billy Joel | 03.1980 | - | 7[15] | Columbia 11 231 | [platinum-US][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
All for Leyna/Close to the borderline | Billy Joel | 04.1980 | 40[4] | - | CBS 8325 [UK] | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
It' s still rock and roll to me/Through the long night | Billy Joel | 05.1980 | 14[11] | 1[2][21] | Columbia 11 276 | [2x-platinum-US][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Don' t ask me why/C'etait toi [You were the one] | Billy Joel | 08.1980 | - | 19[15] | Columbia 11 331 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Sometimes a fantasy/All for Leyna | Billy Joel | 10.1980 | - | 36[9] | Columbia 11 379 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Say goodbye to Hollywood/Summer,highland falls [live] | Billy Joel | 09.1981 | - | 17[15] | Columbia 02518 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone,Billy Joel] |
She' s got a way/The ballad of Billy The Kid [live] | Billy Joel | 11.1981 | - | 23[14] | Columbia 02628 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone,Artie Ripp] |
Pressure/Laura | Billy Joel | 09.1982 | - | 20[17] | Columbia 03244 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Allentown/Elvis Presley Blvd. | Billy Joel | 11.1982 | - | 17[22] | Columbia 03413 | [gold-US][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Goodnight Saigon/A room of your own | Billy Joel | 03.1983 | 29[4] | 56[7] | Columbia 03780 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Tell her about it/Easy money | Billy Joel | 07.1983 | 4[10] | 1[1][18] | Columbia 04012 | [gold-US][silver-UK][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Uptown girl/Careless talk | Billy Joel | 09.1983 | 1[5][17] | 3[22] | Columbia 04149 | [3x-platinum-US][2x-platinum-UK][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
An innocent man/I'll cry instead | Billy Joel | 12.1983 | 8[10] | 10[18] | Columbia 04259 | [silver-UK][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
The longest time/Christie Lee | Billy Joel | 03.1984 | 25[8] | 14[18] | Columbia 04400 | [platinum-US][silver-UK][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Leave a tender moment alone/This Night | Billy Joel | 07.1984 | 29[7] | 27[15] | CBS A 4521 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
This Night/I'll Cry Instead | Billy Joel | 11.1984 | 78[4] | - | CBS GA 4884 [UK] | [written by Billy Joel, Chorus: L. V. Beethoven][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Keepin' the faith/She's right on time | Billy Joel | 01.1985 | - | 18[16] | Columbia 04681 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
You' re only human [Second wind]/Surprises | Billy Joel | 07.1985 | 94[2] | 9[16] | Columbia 05417 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
The night is still young/Summer,highland falls [live] | Billy Joel | 10.1985 | - | 34[10] | Columbia 05657 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
She's always a woman/Just the way you are | Billy Joel | 02.1986 | 53[1] | - | CBS A 6862 [UK] | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Modern woman/Sleeping with the television on | Billy Joel | 06.1986 | - | 10[15] | Epic 06118 | [piosenka z filmu "Ruthless people"][written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
A matter of trust/Getting closer | Billy Joel | 08.1986 | 52[4] | 10[18] | Columbia 06108 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
This is the time/Code of silence [with Cyndi Lauper] | Billy Joel | 11.1986 | - | 18[17] | Columbia 06526 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
Baby grand/Big man on Mulberry Street | Billy Joel & Ray Charles | 04.1987 | - | 75[7] | Columbia 06 994 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Phil Ramone] |
We didn' t start the fire/House of blue night | Billy Joel | 10.1989 | 7[10] | 1[2][19] | Columbia 73 021 | [3x-platinum-US][2x-platinum-UK][written by Billy Joel][produced by Billy Joel, Mick Jones] |
Leningrad/The times they are a-changin' | Billy Joel | 12.1989 | 53[4] | - | CBS JOEL 4 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Billy Joel, Mick Jones] |
I go to extremes/When in Rome | Billy Joel | 01.1990 | 70[2] | 6[16] | Columbia 73 091 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Billy Joel, Mick Jones] |
The downeaster "Alexa"/And so it goes | Billy Joel | 05.1990 | - | 57[8] | Columbia 73 333 | [gold-US][written by Billy Joel][produced by Billy Joel, Mick Jones] |
That' s not her style/And so it goes | Billy Joel | 08.1990 | 97[1] | 77[6] | Columbia 73 442 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Billy Joel, Mick Jones] |
And so it goes | Billy Joel | 10.1990 | - | 37[12] | Columbia 73 602 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Billy Joel, Mick Jones] |
All shook up/Wear my ring around your neck [Ricky Van Shelton] | Billy Joel | 08.1992 | 27[4] | 92[3] | Epic Soundtrax 74 422 | [written by Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley][produced by Billy Joel,][piosenka z filmu "Honeymoon in Vegas"] |
The river of dreams/No man's land | Billy Joel | 07.1993 | 3[14] | 3[27] | Columbia 77 086 | [gold-US][written by Billy Joel][produced by Danny Kortchmar,Joe Nicolo] |
All about soul/You picked a real bad time | Billy Joel | 11.1993 | 32[4] | 29[20] | Columbia 77254 | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Danny Kortchmar,Joe Nicolo] |
No man's land/Shades of grey [live] | Billy Joel | 02.1994 | 50[4] | - | Columbia 6599202 [UK] | [written by Billy Joel][produced by Danny Kortchmar,Joe Nicolo] |
Lullabye [Goodnight,my angel]/Two thousand years | Billy Joel | 03.1994 | - | 77[8] | Columbia 77363 | [gold-US][written by Billy Joel][produced by Danny Kortchmar,Joe Nicolo] |
To make you feel my love/Intro/Summer,highland falls | Billy Joel | 08.1997 | - | 50[9] | Columbia 78641 | [written by Bob Dylan][produced by Peter Asher] |
Turn The Lights Back On | Billy Joel | 02.2024 | - | 62[1] | Columbia | [written by Billy Joel,Freddy Wexler,Arthur Bacon,Wayne Hector][produced by Freddy Wexler,Parisi,Emile Haynie] |
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Tytu³ | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US/UK] |
Komentarz |
Piano man | Billy Joel | 01.1974 | 98[1][06.84] | 27[40] | Columbia 32 544/CBS CBS 40 80719 | [4x-platinum-US][producer-Michael Stewart] |
Streetlife serenade | Billy Joel | 11.1974 | - | 35[18] | Columbia 33 146/CBS CBS 40 80766 | [platinum-US][producer-Michael Stewart] |
Turnstiles | Billy Joel | 06.1976 | - | 122[12] | Columbia 33 848/CBS CBS 40 81195 | [platinum-US][producer-Elton John] |
The Stranger | Billy Joel | 10.1977 | 25[40] | 2[137] | Columbia 34 987/CBS CBS 40 82311 | [11x-platinum-US][gold-UK][producer-Phil Ramone] |
52nd Street | Billy Joel | 10.1978 | 10[43] | 1[8][76] | Columbia 35 609/CBS CBS 40 83181 | [7x-platinum-US][gold-UK][producer-Phil Ramone] |
Glass houses | Billy Joel | 03.1980 | 9[24] | 1[6][73] | Columbia 36 384/CBS CBS 40 86108 | [7x-platinum-US][gold-UK][producer-Phil Ramone] |
Songs in the Attic | Billy Joel | 10.1981 | 57[3] | 8[27] | Columbia 37 461/CBS CBS 40 85273 | [3x-platinum-US][producer-Phil Ramone] |
The nylon curtain | Billy Joel | 10.1982 | 27[8] | 7[35] | Columbia 38 200/CBS CBS 40 85959 | [2x-platinum-US][producer-Phil Ramone] |
An innocent man | Billy Joel | 08.1983 | 2[94] | 4[111] | Columbia 38 837/CBS CBS 40 25554 | [7x-platinum-US][3x-platinum-UK][producer-Phil Ramone] |
Cold spring harbor | Billy Joel | 01.1984 | 95[1] | 158[8] | Columbia 38 984/Phillips 6269 150 | [remix of first album released in 1971r][producer-Artie Ripp] |
Greatest hits.Volume I and Volume II | Billy Joel | 07.1985 | 7[39] | 6[65] | Columbia 40 121/CBS CBS 40 88666 | [23x-platinum-US][platinum-UK][producer-Michael Stewart, Billy Joel, Phil Ramone] |
The bridge | Billy Joel | 08.1986 | 38[10] | 7[47] | Columbia 40 402/CBS CBS 40 86323 | [2x-platinum-US][silver-UK][producer-Phil Ramone] |
Kohyept -Live in Lenningrad | Billy Joel | 11.1987 | 92[1] | 38[18] | Columbia 40 996/CBS 4604071 | [platinum-US] |
Storm front | Billy Joel | 11.1989 | 5[25] | 1[1][69] | Columbia 44 366/CBS CBS 465 658-1 | [4x-platinum-US][platinum-UK][producer-Mick Jones,Billy Joel] |
River of dreams | Billy Joel | 08.1993 | 3[26] | 1[3][56] | Columbia 53 003/CBS CBS 473 872-1 | [5x-platinum-US][platinum-UK][producer-Billy Joel,Danny Kortchmar,Joe Nicolo,David Thoener] |
Greatest hits .Volume III | Billy Joel | 09.1997 | 23[10] | 9[28] | Columbia 67 347/CBS CBS 488 236-2 | [platinum-US][silver-UK][producer- Phil Ramone, Mick Jones, Billy Joel, Danny Kortchmar, Joe Nicolo, David Thoener] |
The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 | Billy Joel | 06.1998 | 33[6] | - | -/Columbia 4912742 | [2x-platinum-US][producer-Billy Joel] |
2000 Years-The Millenium Concert | Billy Joel | 05.2000 | 68[2] | 40[8] | Columbia 63 792/CBS 497981-2 | [gold-US][producer-Don Devito] |
The ultimate collection | Billy Joel | 03.2001 | 4[40] | - | -/Columbia Sony TV 98 | [platinum-UK][producer- Phil Ramone,Michael Omartian,Billy Joel,Mick Jones,Danny Kortchmar,Joe Nicolo,David Thoener] |
Fantasies & Delusions | Richard Joo | 09.2001 | - | 83[6] | -/Columbia 85 397 | [producer- Steve Epstein] |
The Essential Billy Joel | Billy Joel | 10.2001 | 157[1] | 29[16] | Columbia 86 005/- | [4x-platinum-US][gold-UK][producer- Billy Joel, Michael Stewart, Phil Ramone, Mick Jones] |
Piano Man - The Very Best Of Billy Joel | Billy Joel | 11.2004 | 11[41] | - | -/Columbia 82876817372 | [5x-platinum-UK] |
My lives | Billy Joel | 12.2005 | - | 171[2] | Columbia 93 520/- | [platinum-UK] |
12 gardens live | Billy Joel | 07.2006 | 95[3] | 14[3] | -/Columbia | [producer- Steve Lillywhite,Billy Joel] |
The Hits | Billy Joel | 03.2011 | - | 34[26] | Columbia 88697 80811 2/- | [gold-US] |
Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert | Billy Joel | 03.2011 | - | 35[2] | -/Columbia 88697845882 | [producer-Jon Small,Steve Cohen] |
Opus Collection | Billy Joel | 04.2012 | - | 80[3] | -/Columbia | [producer-Jon Small,Steve Cohen] |
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