During the session for the next studio album, Billy experienced a bike crash and a divorce. This release easily earned the platinum status. It was a collection of primarily unknown songs penned by the musician at the beginning of his career. In 1981, Billy Joel recorded his first live album, Songs in the Attic. They presented a new variety of rock-n-roll performed basically with piano and drums without guitars. The two following studio works were also good sellers and musically interesting. This album featured four tracks entering Top 40. Joel made a breakthrough with the 1977 release of The Stranger, one of the best Columbia Records products in the entire history of the company. BillyвЂ™s next album, Turnstiles did not come up to his expectation despite having some remarkable songs like New York State of Mind, or Say Goodbye To Hollywood. The subsequent release was a flop and forced Joel to go back to New York. It achieved great commercial success in several years after the rise of JoelвЂ™s star and eventually sold over four million copies. The album itself was not a good seller at once. The opening track from Piano Man (1973) was BillyвЂ™s first big hit to enter Top 20. It took the singer many efforts to get rid of obligations imposed by the old contract, but in the end the victory was his. This composition made his personality interesting to the managers of Columbia Records. The track list of JoelвЂ™s promotional tour for his debut album included the new song Captain Jack. The first release became a real flop due to its poor recording. The opening move was an extremely disadvantageous contract with the LA Family Productions. He tried to poison himself, but survived with the help of doctors. Music misfortunes and troubles in personal life broke JoelвЂ™s spirit. The music they played was too complicated for the audience to accept and understand which destined their only album to be a desperate failure. The next step in JoelвЂ™s career was the creation of the Attila duet. With only two albums released, this formation collapsed. In two years Billy joined another band, The Hassles. He gave his first performance in 1965, as a member of The Echoes. Aged four, he already started learning to play piano. One of the greatest American pianists and singers, William Martial Joel, was born in New York May 9, 1949.

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