52nd Street

52nd Street is the sixth studio album by Billy Joel, released on October 13, 1978. It was also the first of many Joel albums to top the Billboard charts, along with his third and fourth Grammy win. (see 1978 in music). 52nd Street also became, in 1982, the first commercial album to be released on compact disc (by Sony Music Entertainment). Three songs reached the Top 40 in the United States, helping to boost the success of the album. "My Life" re... More

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Billy Joel

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...

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  • 1979

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