Billy and the Joels--The American rock star and his German family story
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Id.: “Das umjubelte Comeback nach der Krise. Musikalische Bilanz eines Rock-Klassikers: Der Start von Billy Joels Europa-Tournee in Wien.” In: Nürnberger Nachrichten, June 28, 2006.
Rammoser, Karl Günther / Schallert, Katharina: “Just a Piano Player. Interview with Billy Joel.” In: JAM/Jeans and Music, Spring 1994.
Rebmann, Christiane: “Bye-bye Billy. Interview with Billy Joel.” In: AUDIO live, no. 1/1998.
Reininghaus, Frieder: “Bedingungsloser Grundgehalt. Michael Thalheimer inszeniert Verdis “La forza del destino” in Antwerpen.” In: Neue Musikzeitung, February 10, 2012.
Robins, Wayne: “Just The Way He Is.” In: Newsday, August 2, 1989.
Id.: “Billy Joel Charting a New Course.” In: Newsday, October 29, 1989.
Rockwell, John: “Billy Joel Sings the Praises of New York.” In: The New York Times, December 10, 1978.
Rolling Stone: “Billy Joel Takes Chances.” October 1982.
Ibid.: “Billy Joel Interview.” December 1993 (German edition).
Ibid.: “Billy Joel.” October 1997.
Ibid.: “Billy Joel Interview.” March 1998 (German edition).
Rudeen, Louisa: “Movin’ Out.” In: Motorboating & Sailing, December 1996.
Schaefer, Jürgen: “Piano, ohne Worte. Interview mit Billy Joel.” In: Stern, no. 25, 1998.
Scheck, Frank: “Billy Joel Doles Out the Hits for Monthly Madison Square Garden Residency.” Concert review. In: The Hollywood Reporter, February 4, 2014.
Schmidt, Volker: Billy Joel in Frankfurt. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, 4.9.2016
Schwartz, Tony: “Billy the Kid.” In: Newsweek, December 11, 1978.
Seal, Mark: “Celebrated Weekend – Billy Joel’s Big Apple.” In: American Way Magazine, November 15, 2001.
Shapiro, Yehuda: Interview with Alexander Joel. In: Opera Magazine, June 1, 2014.
Ibid.: Review of “Frau ohne Schatten” in Antwerp. In: Opera Now, August 1, 2011.
Sheff, David and Victoria: “Interview with Billy Joel.” In: Playboy, May 1982, pp. 71–96.
Sinagra, Laura: “Showing the Fans That He’s in Control.” In: The New York Times, January 25, 2006.
Sinclair, Tom: “The Many Lives of Billy Joel.” In: Entertainment Weekly, November 25, 2005.
Sisario, Ben: “Paul McCartney Joins Billy Joel at Shea Stadium.” In: The New York Times, July 19, 2008.
Strauss, Neil: “Elton John and Billy Joel – So Alike, So Different.” In: The New York Times, July 25, 1994.
Sullivan, Caroline: “Billy Joel at Hammersmith Apollo, London.” Concert review. In: The Guardian, November 6, 2013.
Tallmer, Jerry: “Billy Joel Grapples With the Past.” In: The Villager, Volume 73, July 2003.
Trost, Franziska: “Nie in Pension! Interview mit Billy Joel.” In: KronenZeitung, June 4, 2006.
van Matre, Lynn: “Billy Joel Fights His ‘Obnoxious’ Image.” In: Chigago Tribune, October 21, 1982.
Waddell, Ray: “Backstage with Billy Joel.” The Billboard cover story interview. In: Billboard magazine, January 31, 2014.
Id.: “A not-so-angry, not-so-young Piano Man.” In: Billboard magazine, May 7, 2009.
White, Timothy: “Billy Joel is Angry.” In: Rolling Stone, September 1980.
Id.: “On Fire Again. Billy Joel – The Rolling Stone Interview.” In: Rolling Stone, January 25, 1990.
Id.: “Billy Joel.” In: Billboard, December 3, 1994.
Wick, Steve: “A Grandson’s Search For Answers.” In: Newsday, April 18, 2000.
Winter, Heiko: “Neckermann und der Rockstar. TV-Doku über die Enteignung der Familie Billy Joels während des Dritten Reiches.” In: Die Welt, December 19, 2001.
Zips, Martin: “Väter und Söhne.” In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 25/26, 2001.
Id.: “Billy Joel – Der ewige Gärtner.” In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 10, 2013.
Radio
Baldwin, Alec: Interview with Billy Joel on “Here’s The Thing”, July 30, 2012 on WNYC Radio.
“Billy Joel. Themenabend zum 50. Geburtstag am 9. Mai 1999” on Bayern2Radio.
“Billy Joel: An Evening of Questions and Answers.” Live recording of the June 4, 1995 show in Nuremberg’s Meistersingerhalle. Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio Franken. First broadcast: July 31, 1995 on Bayern2Radio.
Radlmaier Steffen: “Wäschehändler, Weltbürger und ein Weltstar. Die Familiengeschichte von Billy Joel.” First broadcast: October 22, 1995, on Bayern2Radio.
Rose, Charlie: Interview with Billy Joel, December 23, 2013 for CBS Interactive Inc.
Television
“Billy Joel – An Evening of Questions and Answers.” Recording of the June 4, 1995 show in Nuremberg. First shown: November 11, 1995 on BR/ARD.
Beate Thalberg: “Die Akte Joel.” First shown: December 19, 2001 on Arte/ZDF.
“Billy Joel – Behind the Music.” Documentary. January 1999 on VH-1.
Internet
www.piano-man.de
www.billyjoel.com
www.alexanderjoel.com
Billy Joel Discography
Cold Spring Harbor (1971)
Piano Man (1973)
Streetlife Serenades (1974)
Turnstiles (1976)
The Stranger (1977)
52nd Street (1978)
Glass Houses (1980)
Songs in the Attic, live album (1981)
The Nylon Curtain (1982)
An Innocent Man (1983)
Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II (1985)
The Bridge (1986)
Kohuept, Live in Leningrad (1987)
Stormfront (1989)
River of Dreams (1993)
Live from The River of Dreams (1994)
Greatest Hits, Volume III (1997)
2000 Years: Millennium Concert, Live in New York (2000)
Fantasies & Delusions, performed by Richard Joo (2001)
The Essential Billy Joel (2001)
The Ultimate Collection (2001)
The Complete Hits Collection, 4 CD box set (2001)
Movin’ Out (Original Cast Recording) (2002)
Piano Man. The Very Best of Billy Joel (2004)
My Lives, 5 CD/DVD box set (2005)
12 Gardens, Live in New York (2006)
All My Life (single, 2007)
The Stranger. 30th Anniversary Edition, including a live recording from Carnegie Hall, NY, recorded on June 3, 1977 (2008).
She’s Always a Woman: Love Songs (2011)
Live at Shea Stadium. The Concert (2011)
A Matter of Trust: The Bridge to Russia (2014)
Billy Joel DVDs:
Live At Yankee Stadium 1990 (2000)
The Ultimate Collection (2001)
Greatest Hits, Volume III (2002)
The Essential Video Collection (2002)
Elton John & Billy Joel: Face to Face. Live in Japan 1998. (2008)
Live from Long Island (2008)
Live at Shea Stadium (2011)
Biographical data
Julius Joel (born 1830 in Colmberg, Germany, † October 22, 1916 in Ansbach, Germany) married to Sara Joel, née Schwab (born August 4, 1857 in Uehlfeld, Germany, † August 10, 1939 in Nuremberg, Germany)
Flora Schwab (born January 15, 1873 in Uehlfeld; deported to Theresienstadt (today’s Czech Republic) in 1942 and lost without trace
Karl Amson Joel, (born November 20, 1889 in Colmberg, † November 4, 1982 in London, England) married to Meta Joel, née Fleischmann (born August 30, 1893 in Oberlangenstadt, Germany, † September 10, 1971 in Nuremberg)
Helmut Julius “Howard” Joel (born June 12, 1923 in Nuremberg, † March 7, 2011 in Vienna, Austria)
Leon Joel (born January 28, 1888 in Colmberg; on September 4, 1942, deported fr
om Drancy, France, to Auschwitz concentration camp (today’s Poland) and lost without trace, married to Johanna Joel, née Samuel (born October 25, 1893 in Königshofen, Germany; on September 4, 1942, deported from Drancy to Auschwitz concentration camp and lost without trace)
Günter Joel (born February 3, 1929 in Ansbach; moved to the USA)
Gertha Samson, née Fleischmann (born February 12, 1892 in Oberlangenstadt, Germany; on March 24, 1942, deported from Nuremberg to the Izbica ghetto (today’s Poland), declared dead on May 8, 1945)
Hilde Samson (born October 1, 1925, in Bamberg, Germany; on March 24, 1942, deported from Nuremberg to the Izbica ghetto, declared dead on May 8,1945)
Lotte Samson (born June 8, 1922, in Bamberg; on March 24, 1942, deported from Nuremberg to Izbica ghetto, declared dead on May 8, 1945)
Anne Judith Joel (born October 14, 1947 in New York, USA; lives on Long Island, USA)
William Martin “Billy” Joel (born May 9, 1949 in New York; lives on Long Island, in New York and Miami, USA)
Charles Alexander Joel (born August 5, 1971 in London; lives in Vienna)
Alexa Ray Joel (born December 29, 1985 in New York; lives on Long Island and in New York)
Carla Lee Joel (born May 11, 2014 in Hamburg, Germany)
Della Rose Joel (born 12 August 2015 in New York)
Rosalind Joel, née Nyman (born February 15, 1922 in New York; † July 13, 2014 on Long Island)
Audrey Joel, née Garrick (born February 27, 1938 in Blackheath, England; lives in Vienna)
Christie Brinkley (born February 2, 1954 in Monroe/Michigan, USA; lives in New York)
Katie Lee Joel, née Lee (born September 14, 1981 in Huntington/West Virginia, USA; lives on Long Island and in New York)
Ha Young Lee (born June 1, 1975 in Seoul, Korea; lives in Vienna)
Alexis Roderick Joel (born 1982, lives on Long Island and in New York)
Steffen Radlmaier is Editor-in-Chief of the arts section of the Nürnberger Nachrichten newspaper. He has had numerous books published, including Mein Song, Texte zum Soundtrack des Lebens [My Song, Lyrics to the Soundtrack of Life] (2005), and Der Nürnberger Lernprozess. Von Kriegsverbrechern und Starreportern [The Nuremberg Learning Process – A Story of War Criminals and Star Reporters] (2001). In 1997 he was awarded the 1st RIAS Radio Prize for his radio feature Wäschehändler, Weltbürger und ein Weltstar – Billy Joel und seine Familiengeschichte [Clothes Manufacturer, Cosmopolitan and a Superstar – Billy Joel and His Family History].
John Marshall is a singer-songwriter from Cholsey, England. He holds a bachelor’s degree in German studies from Bristol University and a master’s degree in European literature from Oxford University. He currently lives in Nuremberg, Germany.
Billy Joel and his fans, PR-Foto
The grave of the Joel-family at the Jewish cemetery in Nuremberg · © Steffen Radlmaier