It wasn’t long afterwards though that his parents packed up for greener pastures and moved the family to Levittown Long Island, a mecca for servicemen returning home from the war and at the time, the largest housing development in the country. In fact, he was born in none other than the Bronx, New York on May 9, 1949. Okay, he wasn’t originally from Oyster Bay, Long Island. I wouldn't mention him in the same breath as Bob Dylan or anything but there’s no denying the impact that Billy Joel has had on popular music during his career.įrom a town known as Oyster Bay, Long IslandĮxcerpt from Billy Joel’s song The Ballad of Billy The Kid Maybe you love him, maybe you hate him or maybe you just don’t care.
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