Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man
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Overview
Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man is a look at the superstar’s entire career, including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit, “Captain Jack”; his legal problems; his storied marriage with Christie Brinkley; and his continued artistic frustration. “The Beatles did ‘Michelle’ and ‘Yesterday ‘” he has said., “They also did ’Revolution’ and ’Helter Skelter’ and they weren’t pegged as balladeers. But because I had hit singles that were ballads, I became known as a balladeer. I’ve always resented it.”
Joel – one of the top ten touring takes of the decade – has continued his standing road date with Elton John on the never-ending Two Pianos tour. It was one of the world’s top-grossing tours in 2009, just behind U2 and Bruce Springsteen.
- Title: Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man
- Author: Hank Bordowitz
- Publisher: Backbeat
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 338
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781617130823, 9781617130052, 1617130052, 1617130826
- Resource ID: LLS:9781617130823
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T20:33:35Z
Hank Bordowitz (Ridgewood, NJ) is the international bestselling author of eight books on music, including definitive biographies of three other rock and roll Hall of Famers – Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Marley, and Bruce Springsteen – and soon-to-be Hall of Famers U2.