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William Joseph Martin (Billy) Joel, born May 9, 1949, in Levittown Long Island, New York. He began piano lessons at age 4. As a young teenager, Joel discovered the joys of reading books and decided to become a history teacher. Billy divided his time between music, street gangs and boxing. After 22 bouts he gave up the ring for piano. "...when I came to a difficult passage I'd start knuckling the keyboards." "I idolized The Beatles, especially Paul - nobody could come up with the melodies he could". WEBSITE
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