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Billy Joel (born William Martin Joel on May 9, 1949 in Bronx, New York, USA) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man," in 1973, Joel has become a multi-million-selling recording artist. Joel recorded many popular hit songs and albums from 1971 until he stopped recording pop/rock music in 1993. He is one of the very few rock (or even pop) artists to have Top 10 hits in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he has sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide and is the sixth best...

There are multiple artists that go by the name Joelle: 1) A 5-piece group from Calgary, Alberta, Canada fronted by a female singer-songwriter and actress named Joelle. Their style is self described as "edgy pop / rock sound combined with killer vocals". 2) Joelle Marie Manuella Kouandi, a female soul and r&b singer born in the Ivory Coast who is currently based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. 3) Joelle Strother, a Japanese-American singer best known for her work on various video game soundtracks, including Final Fantasy XIII-2, LAST RANKER, and the Luxendarc series. 4) A female hip-hop and rap artist...

Joel was brought up in the 1950s and 1960s part of one the very few Messianic households. He considered himself a “Believer”. But it wasn’t until the late 60’s revival, known as the Jesus Movement, that Joel had a truly life-changing experience while he was a student at the University of Cincinnati. Joel had been raised on hit parade music and at 16 he found he had a gift for writing songs. He played keyboards in a five-man band that became popular at churches, youth rallies and other community events throughout his teens. In 1972 Joel formed the group Lamb....

Joel Tammik began his musical journey at the beginning of the 90s playing bassguitar in different school bands. After Estonia’s emancipation and the collision of the iron curtain several cultures of western electronic music appeared on the local world of music and different raves took place in abandoned factory buildings. Around 1996 Joel met with the members of local jungle duo LU:K where he at first played the bass but some years later began also to compose tracks. After the millennium Joel grew a bigger interest in more experimental music and together with one member of LU:K, Myrakaru – a...

Joel Goldsmith (b.19 November 1957 - 29 April 2012) was a composer of film and television music from L.A., California. At the age of eighteen, he marked his film debut in the sound department with the picture "The Treasure of the Jamaica Reef" (1975). It would be his pairing with Richard Band which led to steadier work on such films as "Auditions" (1978) and "Laserblast" (1978). After several years of lesser features, Goldsmith collaborated with his father on the first instalment of the "Star Trek" film series "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979) and was rewarded with the Steve Martin...