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Joel was born into a Jewish family in what is known today as the day the South Bronx and grew up on Long Island ( New York ), a prosperous region outside New York City , in a town called Hicksville Levittown in the historic district. In his writings he refers frequently to locations in New York City Area. He refers for instance in the song "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me" to Miracle Mile, a shopping center on Northern Boulevard in the hamlet of Manhasset . In early 2013, Joel announced to act less and it easy to do. In January 2007 it was announced that Joel was working on a new pop single (the first since River of Dreams 1993). In February, the actual single, titled All my life. Joel went on tour with Elton John during the tours they played each other's songs and performed duets. Joel was in 1999 incorporated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Joel was in his fourteenth year for the first member of a band. Far in the sixties, he was part of the band Attila and then The Hassles. He also played in piano bars under the name "Bill Martin." His first solo album, "Cold Spring Harbor" (a reference to a small village on the north shore of Long Island ( New York ), otherwise famous for the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory true discoverer of the structure of DNA, James Watson heads) came in 1971 from. 2.4 Accidents and alcohol abuse įrom an early age Joel had strong interest in music, especially classical music . He was inspired by this include Ray Charles , Dave Brubeck , Sam Cooke , The Rolling Stones , The Beatles , Otis Redding and Ludwig van Beethoven .