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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Billy Joel

Billy Joel was born on 9 May 1949 in New York, New York, United States.

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Billy Joel's musical influences include Ray Charles, The Beatles, The Four Seasons, and The Beach Boys.

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Billy Joel was a member of the National Honor Society and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992.

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Billy Joel has been married four times and has three children.

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Billy Joel has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.

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Billboard magazine named Joel the most successful artist of the 1980s.

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Billy Joel is a six-time Grammy Award winner.

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Joel has had 33 Top 40 hits in the United States.

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Joel has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Joel was a heavy drinker and a heavy smoker throughout his 20s and 30s, and he struggled with an addiction to cocaine throughout the 1980s.

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