Joel Culpepper | zh

⊙半世纪的都会传奇、全球一亿张销售奇迹、与披头四同列为美国有史以来拥有最多“多白金”专辑歌手 ! 深入浅出的音符与文字描绘出爱情、亲情、友情与社会关怀的音乐生涯全记录 ⊙跨越流行、爵士、摇滚、古典及百老汇，缔造全球一亿张唱片销售，全方位的音乐创作才子－比利乔（Billy Joel），以敏锐的观察力与丰沛的人文素养，用最简单的文字与音符，深入浅出描写爱情、亲情、友情与对于社会的关心。这位从家庭出发，再深入到社会的角落，把自己的经验与观点融入创作之中的生活艺术家，总能轻易地素描出当代生活的面貌，进而谱写出引发情感共鸣与发人深省的作品。比利乔虽然在创作上以钢琴作为主轴乐器，但是，他在旋律上也多元融合属于摇滚乐的热情，来自现代古典乐的浪漫，以及流行音乐的活力。 ⊙这位与披头四同列为美国有史以来，拥有最多“多白金”专辑荣耀的歌手，在超过25年的创作生涯中，写下了33首全美热门单曲榜TOP40单曲的传奇纪录，包括3首冠军作与5首TOP10单曲。比利乔生平总计获得23次的葛莱美奖提名，最后抱走包括年度歌曲、年度唱片、年度专辑、最佳流行男歌手、最佳流行男歌手等5座葛莱美奖，以及在1990年所颁发的葛莱美终身成就奖。1994年，告示牌杂志特地颁发世纪奖表扬比利乔对流行乐坛的贡献。比利乔同时分别在 1992、1999年入列词曲创作名人殿堂以及摇滚名人殿堂。2001年，比利乔尝试古典音乐创作，以古典钢琴演奏专辑“Fantasies And Delusions”蝉联全美古典专辑榜冠军，随后与好友艾尔顿强(Elton John)携手展开一连串定名为'Face To Face'的巡回演唱会。2002年，比利乔把创作触角延伸到百老汇舞台，将自己历年畅销金曲串联成一出音乐剧“Movin' Out”，此戏码自同年10月于纽约百老汇首演后已经演出超过1300场，更获得东尼奖10项提名，2006年春季登陆英国伦敦，同样大受好评。 ⊙缔造全球超过1亿张唱片销售的比利乔在2006年春季发行全新CD+DVD精选大碟【Piano Man…The Very Best Of Billy Joel】，汇整了这位流行音乐传奇巨擘的畅销单曲与里程碑之作，包括出道首支经典作"Piano Man"、2001年在追悼911罹难者的义唱会上感动人心的招牌名作"New York State Of Mind"、2001年为西城男孩(Westlife)再造英国金榜冠军佳绩的原作"Uptown Girl"，1979年勇夺葛莱美奖年度歌曲与唱片2项大奖的抒情名曲"Just The Way You Are"，1990年葛莱美奖3项提名，回顾近代历史的摇滚杰作"We Didn't Start The Fire"，1994年葛莱美奖4项入围的深切反省之作"The River Of Dreams"，以及华人歌手争相翻唱的名作"Honesty"。DVD部份则是网罗了MTV音乐录影带大奖提名作"We Didn't Start The Fire"以及"Tell Her About It"、"Uptown Girl"等畅销曲之经典音乐录影带。这些精采的音乐人生纪录，让比利乔在全球乐迷的脑海中，留下了一个清晰且无可取代的丰富人文印记。 .

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...