Billy Joel

Bronx, New York, USA. b. 9 May 1949; former welterweight boxer and pianist for the Hassles.
Label: CBS
Musicians: Billy Joel (vcls, pno)
Producers: Phil Ramone
CBS 82311 The Stranger LP 11 Mar 1978 36-33-25-36-29-32-26-45-29-33-37-41-29-25-39-35-36-24-35-51-47-37-33-xx-xx-54-xx-xx-49 Pts: 78
    sales: 100000  
    13 Jan 1979 69-71-70-57-70-56-58-53-64 Pts: 12
    9 Jun 1984 91-46-55-77-xx-xx-85-xx-94 Pts: 9
CBS 83181 52nd Street LP 11 Nov 1978 60-39-47-28-56-46-45-60 Pts: 19
    sales: 100000  
    13 Jan 1979 40-27-28-24-24-25-21-10-18-17-16-28-28-33-34-40-43-46-53-66-57-74-61-68-55-56-66-75-61-73-64-71 Pts: 89
    16 Jun 1984 80-88 Pts: 2
CBS 86108 Glass Houses LP 15 Mar 1980 11-9-11-12-18-28-25-42-37-47-64-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-70-65-58-53-27-20-24-29-36-33-56-57 Pts: 78
    sales: 100000  
    16 Jun 1984 89 Pts: 1
CBS 25554 An Innocent Man LP 3 Sep 1983 56-41-57-57-54-45-39-26-20-12-4-9-14-14-16-13-7-7 Pts: 90
    sales: 900000  
    14 Jan 1984 5-4-5-3-4-3-3-3-3-4-5-5-7-7-9-11-12-9-9-10-7-4-2-3-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-11-13-16-19-19-26-26-33-40-47-58-42-45-45-56-58-56-55-54-62 Pts: 399
    12 Jan 1985 60-61-96-75-98-xx-61-99-84-72-77-90-xx-84-86-xx-xx-xx-90-96-99-89-94-86-52-55-69-xx-xx-100 Pts: 25
    9 Sep 1995 80-66-95-150 Pts: 4
    22 Feb 1997 168-177  
Writers: Billy Joel
A 3775 Uptown Girl 1 Oct 1983 94-54-25-7-1-1-1-1-1-3-10-14-14-14 Pts: 543
    sales: 974000; from the album An Innocent Man (Sep 1983); Supermodel Christine Brinckley starred in the video and later married Billy Joel.  
    14 Jan 1984 33-45-66 Pts: 18
A 3655 Tell Her About It 3 Dec 1983 22-8-7-6-6 Pts: 129
    sales: 250000; from the album An Innocent Man (Sep 1983)  
    14 Jan 1984 8-18-34-49-xx-81-95 Pts: 56
A 4142 An Innocent Man 11 Feb 1984 28-12-8-8-8-11-17-19-40-56 Pts: 172
    sales: 250000; from the album An Innocent Man (Sep 1983)  
Producers: various
CBS 88666 Greatest Hits Vol. I And Vol. II LP 13 Jul 1985 7-8-8-8-14-18-17-26-30-27-26-35-32-16-12-14-17-24-28-21-20-19-23-18-13 Pts: 127
    sales: 300000  
    11 Jan 1986 28-35-42-42-39-43-53-64-74-88-xx-xx-93-86-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-100 Pts: 27
Producers: Mick Jones/Billy Joel
Writers: Billy Joel
JOEL 1 We Didn't Start The Fire 23 Sep 1989 29-11-8-7-9-8-18-21-40-55 Pts: 175
    from the album Storm Front (Oct 1989)  
465 658-1 Storm Front LP 28 Oct 1989 5-11-13-19-29-35-37-33-27-33 Pts: 48
    sales: 300000  
    13 Jan 1990 43-47-55-62-xx-xx-xx-72-xx-70-74-55-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-60-41-39-47-52-70 Pts: 25
Label: Columbia (Sony)
Producers: Billy Joel
Writers: Acker Bilk/Robert Mellin
659543 2 The River Of Dreams 24 Jul 1993 21-12-6-4-5-3-4-6-11-17-22-38-54-72 Pts: 207
Producers: Danny Kortchmar/Billy Joel
473872 2 River Of Dreams LP 7 Aug 1993 4-3-4-4-6-6-12-17-23-25-36-40-39-32-38-28-29-26-26-30-36-46 Pts: 318
    sales: 300000  
    15 Jan 1994 49-73-68 Pts: 6
Label: Columbia (CBS)
4882362 Greatest Hits - Vol. III LP 25 Oct 1997 23-30-46-73-97-117-123-130-140-170 Pts: 22
    sales: 60000  
Label: Columbia (Sony)
Producers: Billy Joel/Ramone/Stewart/Ripp/Boyer/Ruggles/Kortchmar/Jones
SONYTV 98 CD The Ultimate Collection LP 24 Mar 2001 4-5-5-5-6-9-12-9-12-12-18-13-8-13-18-23-32-35-40-49-56-61-78-91-114-152-157-185-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-186-187-193 Pts: 172
    sales: 300000  
    16 Feb 2002 42-61 Pts: 3

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