Newsday
TAKE 5: No stranger to TV
ANDY EDELSTEIN
July 20, 2008
Now that Billy Joel has played his two shows at Shea Stadium, there's
still another chance to catch him performing. On Wednesday at 9 p.m.,
WLIW/21 airs "Billy Joel: The Stranger Live," a 1978 performance that
was originally broadcast on the BBC. Here are five of Joel's memorable
TV moments:
March 1974 - His first national exposure is on "Don Kirshner's Rock
Concert." He performed "Piano Man," "Somewhere Along the Line" and
"Captain Jack."
Feb. 18, 1978 - His first appearance on "Saturday Night Live" - on an
episode hosted by former "SNL" star Chevy Chase. Joel sang "Just the
Way You Are" and "Only the Good Die Young.
July 1983 - HBO airs "Billy Joel: A Television First," taped at Nassau
Coliseum at the close of a 36-city U.S. tour. HBO would later air Joel
concerts from Leningrad (1987) and Yankee Stadium (1990)
1983 - "Uptown Girl" music video: In what is arguably his most
memorable music video, Joel played a mechanic with a crush on a
gorgeous woman, played by his then-girlfriend, model Christie
Brinkley.
Feb. 4, 2007 - Joel sings "The Star Spangled Banner" before Super Bowl
XLI in Miami. He becomes the first person to sing the national anthem
at two Super Bowls. (The other was Super Bowl XXIII in 1989.)
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