Musicians from New York

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 213. Chapters: Mariah Carey, Billy Joel, Yoko Ono, Tony Bennett, Jeff Buckley, Steve Vai, Flea (musician), Steven Tyler, Hikaru Utada, Jim Steinman, Alexa Ray Joel, Vanessa L. Williams, Willy DeVille, Lou Reed, Vic Schoen, Leehom Wang, Tom Hambridge, David Berkeley, Carole King, Debbie Gibson, Viggo Mortensen, Joe Satriani, Morgana King, Idina Menzel, Hayden Panettiere, Vito Fossella, Suzanne Vega, Jesse McCartney, Gavin DeGraw, Tom Kenny, Kenneth Ascher, John Myung, Danger Mouse, Buddy Rich, Bob Mould, Fred Armisen, Ani DiFranco, Natalie Merchant, Certain General, Dee Snider, Rupert Holmes, Howard Wyeth, Jakob Dylan, Melba Moore, Perry Farrell. Excerpt: Connection Timeout William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man," in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA. He also has the third best-selling album in the United States with his Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2. Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the United States, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and has sold over 150 million records worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006). In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary, with Billy Joel positioned at No. 23. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah," Joel stopped writing and recording pop/rock material after 1993's River of Dreams, but he continued to tour extensively until 2010....