Son of Rosalynd Nyman, born in England to an agnostic Jewish family, and Howard Joel, a Jewish Holocaust survivor from Germany, whose family owned the fourth largest mail order company in Germany before dispossessed by the Nazis. After his divorce, Howard returned to Europe and married again. Billy's half-brother is the famous concert pianist Alexander Joel.
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Friedrichshafen
(2011)
(performer: "Just the Way You Are" - uncredited)
2011The Hangover Part II
(writer: "The Downeaster 'Alexa'", "Just the Way You Are" / music: "Alantown to the tune of 'Allentown'" / performer: "The Downeaster 'Alexa'")
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Chevy Chase/Billy Joel
(1978)
(writer: "Only The Good Die Young" - uncredited, "Just the Way You Are" - uncredited / performer: "Only The Good Die Young" - uncredited, "Just the Way You Are" - uncredited)
1997Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Volume III
(video documentary)
(writer: "KEEPING THE FAITH", "A MATTER OF TRUST", "BABY GRAND", "LENINGRAD", "WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE", "I GO TO EXTREMES", "AND SO IT GOES", "THE DOWNEASTER "ALEXA"", "SHAMELESS", "ALL ABOUT SOUL", "NO MAN'S LAND", "LULLABYE GOODNIGHT, MY ANGEL", "THE RIVER OF DREAMS")
1997Garth Live from Central Park
(TV documentary)
(writer: "Shameless", "New York State Of Mind", "You May Be Right" / performer: "Ain't Goin' Down 'Til The Sun Comes Up", "New York State Of Mind", "You May Be Right")
1996A Family Thing
(writer: "Keeping The Faith" / performer: "Keeping The Faith")
1983Star 80
(writer: "Big Shot" / music: "JUST THE WAY YOU ARE" / lyrics: "JUST THE WAY YOU ARE" / performer: "Big Shot")
1983Billy Joel: Live from Long Island
(video)
(writer: "Allentown", "My Life", "Prelude/Angry Young Man", "Piano Man", "The Stranger", "Scandinavian Skies", "Movin' Out", "Pressure", "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant", "Just The Way You Are", "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", "Sometimes a Fantasy", "Big Shot", "You May Be Right", "Only the Good Die Young", "Souvenir" / performer: "Allentown", "My Life", "Prelude/Angry Young Man", "Piano Man", "The Stranger", "Scandinavian Skies", "Movin' Out", "Pressure", "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant", "Just The Way You Are", "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", "Sometimes a Fantasy", "Big Shot", "You May Be Right", "Only the Good Die Young", "Souvenir")
1982Especial Ana Belén
(TV movie)
(writer: "El hombre del piano Piano Man")
1982Personal Best
(writer: "ROSALINDA'S EYES" / performer: "ROSALINDA'S EYES")
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The Gift
(1978)
(performer: "Just the Way You Are")
1978Rock Masters: Billy Joel in Concert
(TV movie)
(writer: "Miami 2017", "Movin' Out Anthony's Song", "New York State of Mind", "The Entertainer", "She's Always a Woman", "Root Beer Rag", "Just The Way You Are", "Souvenir", "Ain't No Crime", "Only The Good Die Young" / performer: "Miami 2017", "Movin' Out Anthony's Song", "New York State of Mind", "The Entertainer", "She's Always a Woman", "Root Beer Rag", "Just The Way You Are", "Souvenir", "Ain't No Crime", "Only The Good Die Young")
I know: rich bastard. I used to feel awkward about it, but I shrugged it off. It's all luck and sweat. But I earned it - though I can't justify the amounts.
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Son of Rosalynd Nyman, born in England to an agnostic Jewish family, and Howard Joel, a Jewish Holocaust survivor from Germany, whose family owned the fourth largest mail order company in Germany before dispossessed by the Nazis. After his divorce, Howard returned to Europe and married again. Billy's half-brother is the famous concert pianist Alexander Joel.
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