Billy Joel

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y drinking a bottle of furniture polish. Billy Joel recovered from this and stepped right back into his trend of making good music. In 1971, Joel’s first solo album Cold Spring Harbor was released. In 1972, Joel married Elizabeth Webber. She was the ex-wife of one of Joel’s former band members. Between 1972 and 1986, Joel recorded numerous albums that shot him straight to stardom. In 1987, Joel was invited to play in Russia. He played in Leningrad and Moscow. In 1989 Joel’s album Storm Front became triple platinum featuring the hit, “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” Later, in 1992, Billy Joel was elected into the songwriter’s hall of fame. In the same year, on June 25th, Billy Joel finally received his high school diploma.
When the idea of making a musical came to Billy Joel, he had many inspiring factors leading to the decision to make Movin’ Out. He wanted to create a musical production that relied solely on dancing and excellent music. He wanted to create a production that had no spoken dialogue. This meant that the dancing and music had to be expressive enough for the audience to know how it was supporting the plot. Also, by making this show, there was a semi complet...