119-422: Corey Hart may refer to: Corey Hart (singer) (born 1962), Canadian musician Corey Hart (album) , a 1996 album Corey Hart (baseball) (born 1982), American baseball player See also [ edit ] Carey Hart , American motocross rider Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
238-518: A Comet (We Rollin')", was the first time Hart has performed or written in the hip hop genre. He also reworked his 1984 hit, "Sunglasses at Night", into a new interpretation called "Night Visions" with Chicago-based DJ production team Papercha$ er. The single was released in October 2013. In April 2014 Hart released an EP, Ten Thousand Horses , on Tunes; the recording features duets with Jane Siberry and Masse, as well as previously unreleased tracks and
357-534: A Fantasy " (No. 36, November 1980). "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", Joel's first Billboard number-one single, spent 11 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and was the seventh biggest hit of 1980 according to American Top 40. His five sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in 1980 earned him the Garden's Gold Ticket Award for selling more than 100,000 tickets at the venue. Glass Houses won
476-654: A Jewish family, the son of merchant and manufacturer Karl Amson Joel , and educated in Switzerland . Billy's father had created a highly successful mail-order textile business, Joel Macht Fabrik. Escaping the Nazi regime , Howard and his family emigrated to Switzerland. Billy's father sold his business at a fraction of its value in order to emigrate. The family reached the United States via Cuba , because immigration quotas for German Jews prevented direct immigration at
595-418: A No. 34 hit in the U.S. Upset that "Piano Man" had been significantly cut for radio play, Joel wrote "The Entertainer" as a sarcastic response: "If you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit, so they cut it down to 3:05." Although Streetlife Serenade was viewed unfavorably by critics, it contains the notable songs "Los Angelenos" and " Root Beer Rag ", an instrumental that was a staple of his live set in
714-598: A career in music. He recalled: That one performance changed my life ... Up to that moment I'd never considered playing rock as a career... (W)hen I saw four guys who didn't look like they'd come out of the Hollywood star mill, who played their own songs and instruments, and especially because you could see this look in John Lennon 's face—and he looked like he was always saying: '--- you!'—I said: 'I know these guys, I can relate to these guys, I am these guys. This
833-544: A comeback in Canada in the late 1990s, Hart again came to a personal crossroads. All I had ever wanted or known since I was a boy was to be creating music. But I couldn't continue to record or tour if I aspired to be a 24/7 father to our children. The two worlds simply collide. At the end of the millennium, Hart once again fell largely silent as he and Masse married and relocated to Nassau, Bahamas , to focus on raising their young family. He returned to Montreal in late 2002 for
952-407: A copy of the script with an invitation for a screen test – a flattered Hart declined, preferring to focus on music instead of acting. Fellow Canadian Michael J. Fox eventually starred in the hit film. During the mid-1980s, Hart was approached to record several songs for films. He mostly declined, preferring to write and record his own material; however, he did record the song "Hold On", written for
1071-418: A crucial English exam after playing a late-night gig the evening before. Although Joel was a comparatively strong student, at the end of his senior year, he did not have enough credits to graduate. Rather than attend summer school to earn his diploma, Joel decided to begin a music career: "I told them, 'To hell with it. If I'm not going to Columbia University , I'm going to Columbia Records , and you don't need
1190-480: A day later at a private event for longtime fans. In August he performed at Atlantic Fest in Newfoundland, his first return to the province in nearly 30 years. A single, "Another December", was released on YouTube November 29, 2018. The song was focuses on Hart's mother and the accompanying video features photos of her with family interspersed among present-day footage of Hart walking through Montreal. The video
1309-478: A firm staple of his live shows, and " Vienna ", also one of Joel's personal favorites and as of 2022 one of his most streamed songs on the internet. Rolling Stone later ranked The Stranger the 70th greatest album of all time. Joel released 52nd Street in 1978, naming it after Manhattan's 52nd Street , which, at the time of its release, served as the world headquarters of CBS/ Columbia . The album sold over seven million copies, propelled to number one on
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#17327982984321428-529: A futuristic, Orwellian society, helped propel the popularity of the track. Hart toured the United States and Canada extensively in 1984 and early 1985, first as a supporting act for Culture Club , April Wine , Thomas Dolby , Hall & Oates and Rick Springfield , then later as a headline performer. First Offense was nominated for Best Album of the Year at that year's ADISQ Awards in Hart's native Quebec, where
1547-457: A growing maturity ... He's come a long way from singing about wearing 'Sunglasses at Night'. Fields of Fire earned Hart several nominations at the 1987 Juno Awards, in the categories of Best Male Vocalist of the Year, Best Album Graphics (done by Hart's partner Erika Gagnon), and Single of the Year for "Can't Help Falling in Love". The singer was also nominated for Best Male Artist and Album of
1666-520: A high school diploma over there'." In 1992, he submitted essays to the school board in lieu of the missed exam. They were accepted, and he was awarded his diploma at Hicksville High's annual graduation ceremony 25 years after leaving. Influenced by early rock & roll and rhythm & blues artists, including Elvis Presley and The Everly Brothers , Joel favored tightly structured pop melodies and down-to-earth songwriting. After seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show , Joel decided to pursue
1785-511: A hit in her native Quebec during the summer of 2011. To mark the launch, she and Hart engaged the media on a short promotional tour of major Canadian markets in May 2011. A second single, "Silence", was released in January 2012 to Canadian radio and a third single from the album, "Port Au Prince", debuted in May 2012. Starting in 2011, Hart began to increase his visibility on social media, appeared in
1904-517: A live rehearsal performance of U2 's 1992 single " One ". The video was released on YouTube in November. Roy released an EP in Canada in 2016, Mr. Optimist Blues , featuring several songs written by Hart. In 2016 Hart he performed in Quebec for a national television audience during celebrations on June 24 and again during a local comedy festival on June 26. In October 2016, Hart was honoured with
2023-585: A new English language album. Hart co-produced and wrote five songs for Masse's gold-selling Circle of One , which was released in Canada in 1994 and marked the first time Hart had written and produced songs for an artist other than himself. This also led to their relationship as husband and wife and parents to four children. Hart was previously married to photographer/graphic designer Erika Gagnon from 1990 to 1994, and Masse to cinematographer Sylvain Brault from 1993 to 1994. Following his work with Masse, Hart signed
2142-488: A new contract with Sony Music Canada and in 1996 released an eponymous CD Corey Hart . The album was co-produced by Humberto Gatica and contained some of Hart's most introspective work, spurred by his personal life changes. Sparked by the success of "Black Cloud Rain" which reached No. 2 on the Canadian Top 40, Corey Hart went platinum in Canada. The video for "Black Cloud Rain" was directed by Javier Aguilera,
2261-604: A non-single album track, and Best Anglophone Quebec Artist at the ADISQ Awards. In 1997, fellow Canadian Celine Dion released her Let's Talk About Love album, which featured the theme from the film Titanic , " My Heart Will Go On ". Also on the album were two songs written and co-produced by Hart: the Canadian Top 40 hit " Miles to Go (Before I Sleep) " and "Where Is the Love". As documented in Dion's concert DVD Au cœur du stade , Dion's team reached out to Hart based on
2380-544: A period of serious upheaval in his business affairs. In August 1989, just before the album was released, Joel dismissed his manager (and former brother-in-law) Frank Weber after an audit revealed major discrepancies in Weber's accounting. Joel subsequently sued Weber for US$ 90 million, claiming fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, and in January 1990, Joel was awarded US$ 2 million in a partial judgment against Weber; in April,
2499-522: A recording of the Shangri-Las' " Remember (Walking in the Sand) " but he is unaware of whether he played on the demo or master version. The released single included a co-producer credit for Artie Ripp , who later was the first to sign and produce Joel as a solo artist after Michael Lang , who had given Joel a monetary advance, passed Joel along to Ripp to focus his attentions elsewhere. In late 1965,
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#17327982984322618-596: A remake of the song "Without You" now called "Falling from Graceland". On June 3 that year Hart marked the 30th anniversary of the release of his first single "Sunglasses at Night" at a farewell concert, "One Night: Three Decades of Music" in Montreal, Canada at the Bell Centre . The concert was postponed several days because of an NHL playoff run at the time by the Montreal Canadiens . Also released at
2737-578: A second album on Sony, Jade , featuring a duet with partner Masse on the Jean-Jacques Goldman song " Là-bas ". The lead-off single "So Visible (Easy to Miss)" and follow-up release "Break the Chain" both charted in the Canadian Top 40, the singer gained yet another Juno Award nomination (for Best Male Vocalist of the Year) and Hart once again toured Canada in support of the album. After enjoying
2856-648: A single, " New York State of Mind " became one of Joel's best-known songs; Barbra Streisand recorded a cover and Tony Bennett performed it as a duet with Joel on Playing with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues . Other notable songs from the album include " Summer, Highland Falls "; " Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) " and " Prelude/Angry Young Man ", a concert mainstay. Columbia Records introduced Joel to Phil Ramone , who produced all of Joel's studio albums from 1977 to 1986. The Stranger (1977)
2975-652: A star on Canada's Walk of Fame. The induction ceremony gala was broadcast on CBC television, and in June 2017, Hart joined his fellow inductees including Jason Priestley and Darryl Sittler at the star unveiling in Toronto's Theatre District. In July 2017 Hart returned to Calgary as a performer at the Calgary Stampede , playing to a crowd of about 11,000 at Ft. Calgary's Oxford Stomp stage. He performed in Boston
3094-588: A suitable debut artist. He collaborated sporadically on individual songs with French-Canadian artists Garou and Wilfred Le Bouthillier in the mid-2000s, and performed with others including Meggie Lagacé on Quebec television. After an associate sent Hart a demo MP3 by little-known performer Marie-Christine Depestre, the singer, a Montreal native of Haitian descent, became Siena's first official signing. In May 2011, Marie-Christine released her debut CD, Walk in Beauty , in Canada on Hart's label. Hart executive produced
3213-540: A two-night stand of concerts with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra , performing songs from Corey Hart and Jade as well as older hits to the accompaniment of the MSO. In 2002, Seymour Stein of Sire Records reconnected with Hart. Stein offered Hart a boutique label with Sire/Warner Music Canada, Siena Records. The label, formed in 2003, went through several years of development while Hart pursued
3332-426: A variety of charity events, and launched an online store featuring previously unreleased recordings. In 2012, Hart's 30th year in the music industry, he collaborated with Canadian DJ 1Love on a remix of the song "Truth Will Set You Free" from Young Man Running. The single, "Truth Will Set U Free", was released globally to radio, and on Hart's website in June 2012 via Siena Records/Warner Music Canada. The song
3451-404: A young Mexican filmmaker. He toured across the country for the first time since the cancelled 1987 Fields of Fire tour, and subsequent singles from the album ("Tell Me", "Third of June" and "Someone") all reached the Canadian Top 40. Corey Hart also earned Hart more award nominations, including Juno nods for Best Male Vocalist of the Year and Best Producer for "Black Cloud Rain" and "Simplicity",
3570-553: Is a Canadian singer, musician and songwriter known for his hit singles " Sunglasses at Night ", " Never Surrender " and " It Ain't Enough ". He has sold over 16 million records worldwide and recorded nine US Billboard Top 40 hits. In Canada, 30 of Hart's recordings have been Top 40 hits, including 11 in the Top 10, over the course of over 35 years in the music industry. Nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1984, Hart
3689-735: Is an inductee of both Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Canada's Walk of Fame , and is also a multiple Juno award nominee and winner, including the Diamond Award for his best-selling album Boy in the Box . He has also been honoured by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). Hart was born on May 31, 1962, in Montreal , Quebec ,
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3808-643: Is one of the best-selling albums in American music history , according to the RIAA. Coinciding with the Greatest Hits album release, Joel released a two-volume Video Album that was a compilation of the promotional videos he had recorded from 1977 to that time. Along with videos for the new singles off the Greatest Hits album, Joel also recorded a video for his first hit, "Piano Man", for this project. Joel's next album, The Bridge (1986), did not achieve
3927-614: Is what I'm going to do—play in a rock band'. At age 16, Joel joined the Echoes, a group which specialized in British Invasion covers. The Echoes began recording in 1965. Joel played piano on several records released through Kama Sutra Productions and on recordings produced by Shadow Morton . Joel played on a demo version of " Leader of the Pack ", which became a major hit for the Shangri-Las . Joel states that in 1964 he played on
4046-776: The Billboard Hot 100 ), " You May Be Right ", " Don't Ask Me Why ", and " Sometimes a Fantasy ". The Nylon Curtain (1982) stemmed from a desire to create more lyrically and melodically ambitious music. An Innocent Man (1983) served as an homage to genres of music that Joel had grown up with in the 1950s, such as rhythm and blues and doo-wop ; it featured " Tell Her About It ", " Uptown Girl ", and " The Longest Time ", three of his best-known songs. After River of Dreams (1993), he largely retired from producing studio material, although he went on to release Fantasies & Delusions (2001), featuring classical compositions composed by him and performed by British-Korean pianist Richard Hyung-ki Joo . Joel provided voiceover work in 1988 for
4165-578: The Disney animated film Oliver & Company , performing the song "Why Should I Worry?", and contributed to the soundtracks to several films, including Easy Money (1983), Ruthless People (1986), and Honeymoon in Vegas (1992). Joel returned to composing new music with the 2024 single “ Turn the Lights Back On ”. Joel has had a successful touring career, holding live performances across
4284-529: The Doo Wop Live . The song became a worldwide hit upon its release. The music video of the song, originally written about then-girlfriend Elle MacPherson , featured Christie Brinkley as a high-society girl who pulls her car into the gas station where Joel's character is working. At the end of the video, Joel's "grease monkey" character drives off with his "uptown girl" on the back of a motorcycle. When Brinkley went to visit Joel after being asked to star in
4403-530: The Piano Man track " You're My Home ". In 1974, Joel recorded his second Columbia album in Los Angeles, Streetlife Serenade . His manager at the time was Jon Troy, an old friend from New York's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood; Troy was soon replaced by Joel's wife Elizabeth. Streetlife Serenade contains references to suburbia and the inner city . It is perhaps best known for " The Entertainer ",
4522-487: The Reagan administration meant that "all of a sudden you weren't going to be able to inherit [the kind of life] your old man had." He also tried to be more ambitious in his use of the recording studio. Joel said that he wanted to "create a sonic masterpiece" on The Nylon Curtain . So he spent more time in the studio, crafting the sound of the album, than he had on any previous album. Production of The Nylon Curtain began in
4641-518: The USA for Africa " We Are the World " project in 1985. Following An Innocent Man , Joel was asked about releasing an album of his most successful singles. This was not the first time this topic had come up, but Joel had initially considered "Greatest Hits" albums as marking the end of one's career. This time he agreed, and Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and 2 was released as a four-sided album and two-CD set, with
4760-488: The 1970s. In late 1975, Joel played piano and organ on several tracks on Bo Diddley 's The 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll all-star album. Disenchanted with Los Angeles, Joel returned to New York City in 1975 and recorded Turnstiles , the first album he recorded with the musicians with whom he toured . Produced by James William Guercio (then Chicago 's producer), Turnstiles was first recorded at Caribou Ranch with members of Elton John 's band. Dissatisfied with
4879-518: The Beatles asking them how to get started in the music industry. In response, he received a pamphlet about Beatles merchandise. This later led to the idea of Joel conducting Q&A sessions around the world answering questions that people had about the music industry. Joel's next release, Songs in the Attic , was composed of live performances of lesser-known songs from the beginning of his career. It
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4998-616: The Budokan in Tokyo as well as arenas in other Japanese cities and the Ultra, a 13,000-seat venue outside Manila . Young Man Running received an ADISQ nomination for Album of the Year. In early 1989 Hart returned to songwriting in preparation for what would be his final album with EMI America, Bang! . Recorded in Los Angeles, the release debuted in early 1990 to positive reviews and airplay on MTV. Bang! shipped platinum in Canada and hit
5117-675: The CBS Jazz All-Stars, the Trio of Doom , Fania All-Stars , Billy Swan , Bonnie Bramlett , Mike Finnegan, Weather Report , and an array of Cuban artists including Irakere , Pacho Alonso , Tata Güines and Orquesta Aragón . His performance is captured in Ernesto Juan Castellanos's documentary Havana Jam '79 . 52nd Street was the first commercially released album on the then-new compact disc format, in 1982. The success of his piano-driven ballads like "Just
5236-678: The Canadian and US Top 40 ("Boy in the Box", "Everything in My Heart" and "Eurasian Eyes"). In the US, Boy in the Box peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and went platinum. Boy in the Box was nominated for a Juno Award as well as an ADISQ Award for Best Album, taking home a Félix for Hart in this category. "Never Surrender" won the Juno for Best Selling Single of 1985. Hart
5355-754: The Echoes changed their name to the Emeralds, and then to the Lost Souls. Joel left the band in 1967 to join the Hassles , a Long Island group that had signed with United Artists Records . Over the next year and a half, they released four singles and two albums ( The Hassles and Hour of the Wolf ). All were commercial failures. Joel and drummer Jon Small left the Hassles in 1969 to form the duo Attila , releasing an eponymous debut album in July 1970. The duo disbanded
5474-644: The Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male. It also won the American Music Award for Favorite Album, Pop/Rock category. The album's closing song, "Through The Long Night" ( B-side of the "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me" single), was a lullaby that featured Joel harmonizing with himself in a song he says was inspired by The Beatles ' " Yes It Is ". In a recorded Masterclass at the University of Pennsylvania , Joel recalled that he had written to
5593-577: The Japanese Top 20 two weeks into its release. The first single, "A Little Love", hit the US Top 40 in early 1990 and featured another video by Meiert Avis. Bang! also reunited Hart with Ruby Turner and featured drummer Kenny Aronoff ( John Cougar Mellencamp ) on drums and percussion. Despite the success of the first single (a Top 10 hit in Canada), Bang! was less successful than previous albums in
5712-625: The Mar Y Sol compilation album Mar Y Sol: The First International Puerto Rico Pop Festival . Nevertheless, interest in his music grew. During the spring of 1972, the Philadelphia radio station WMMR -FM began playing a concert recording of " Captain Jack ", which became an underground hit on the East Coast . Herb Gordon, a Columbia Records executive, heard Joel's music and introduced him to
5831-556: The Montreal show was Hart's autobiography, Chasing the Sun: My Life in Music , which details behind-the-scenes stories of Hart's life and includes about 500 photos. Hart then put his career mostly on hold to focus on parenting and family. However, shortly thereafter he was invited by Shania Twain to appear as part of Prince Edward Island 's August 30 Founder's Week celebration. This was Hart's first visit to that province. During
5950-604: The Sony PlayStation 2 . The song title is also a clue to the mystery in Lior Samson's debut novel, Bashert . Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Nicknamed the " Piano Man " after his signature 1973 song of the same name , Joel has had a successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s. From 1971 to 1993, he released 12 studio albums spanning
6069-620: The US Billboard Hot 100, also earning Hart an ASCAP Award as one of the most played songs of 1985. "Never Surrender" was the No. 2 song in the year-end Canadian charts in 1985, finishing second to the Northern Lights charity single " Tears Are Not Enough " in which Hart had also participated, alongside veteran Canadian artists Gordon Lightfoot , Neil Young , Joni Mitchell and Bryan Adams . Subsequent singles all charted in
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#17327982984326188-596: The US. It featured the US Top 20 hit single "I Am By Your Side", as well as the Canadian No. 1 single " Can't Help Falling in Love ", originally performed by Elvis Presley . This was the first recorded cover version of a song Hart had released. The song was also a top 10 hit in the Philippines and Japan. Critics generally agreed that Fields of Fire displayed a new, more mature direction in Hart's songwriting. With his third album, this young Canadian exhibits
6307-469: The US; EMI also failed to nominate Hart for any Juno Award categories that year. Hart was released from his contract with the company in August 1990. EMI later released a collection of Hart's singles on a compilation album, Singles in 1991. Hart did secure a nomination for Best Male Artist at the 1990 ADISQ awards. Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein approached Hart at this juncture and eventually signed him to Sire shortly thereafter. What followed
6426-430: The US; he considered the people uneducated and materialistic. He settled in Vienna , Austria, and later remarried. Joel has a half-brother, Alexander Joel , born to his father in Europe, who became a classical conductor there and was the chief musical director of the Staatstheater Braunschweig from 2001 to 2014. Joel reluctantly began taking piano lessons at age four at his mother's insistence. His teachers included
6545-437: The United States and quadruple platinum in Canada. First Offense initially received a modest response upon its Canadian release. It was only after garnering US success in the summer of 1984 that he became well-known in his native Canada. First Offense also featured guitarist Eric Clapton on the record's closing track, "Jenny Fey". Jon (Astley, producer) felt there was one song Eric Clapton would really like. So just out of
6664-413: The United States). All three singles charted in the Canadian Top 40. "Baby When I Call Your Name" and "92 Days of Rain" were accompanied by videos, the latter helmed by Hart's first director, Rob Quartly. The first song on the album, "Back in the Hand", summed up the prior decade in a celebration of feeling back in control of his musical career. Hart received a Juno nomination for 1992 Best Male Vocalist of
6783-421: The Way You Are", "She's Always a Woman" and "Honesty" led some critics to label Joel a " balladeer " and " soft rocker ". He thought these labels were unfair and insulting, and with Glass Houses , Joel tried to record an album that proved that he could rock harder than his critics gave him credit for, occasionally imitating and referring to the style of new wave rock music that was starting to become popular. On
6902-437: The Way You Are"—written for Joel's first wife, Elizabeth Weber —was inspired by a dream and won Grammy awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year . On tour in Paris, Joel learned the news late one night in a hotel room. It also featured " Scenes from an Italian Restaurant ", an album-oriented rock classic, which has become one of his best-known songs. It is one of Joel's favorite of his own songs, which has become
7021-444: The Year for 52nd Street . Joel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006. He received the 2001 Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and was recognized at the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors . Billy Joel was born on May 9, 1949, in The Bronx . When he was a year old, his family moved to Hicksville, New York in
7140-586: The Year and Best Selling Single for "Everything in My Heart". In 1984 and 1985 Hart toured extensively in North America and Japan in support of Boy in the Box : Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, the Budokan in Tokyo, the Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome and the Forum in Montreal. He appeared frequently on Good Rockin' Tonite (Canada), Friday Night Videos and MTV (US), and Music Life (Japan), and toured Europe and Australasia. Fields of Fire , Hart's third album release, came out in fall 1986 and went double platinum in Canada and achieved gold status in
7259-531: The Year at that year's ADISQ Awards. Once more Hart launched a world tour in support of the record. He performed sold-out concerts in Japan and made promotional appearances in Europe from fall 1986 through mid-1987. However, Hart's tour had to be halted prematurely in July 1987 after the then 25-year-old singer collapsed backstage from exhaustion after a concert in Canada. After nearly four years of constant touring and recording, he took some time off for rest and recuperation. Hart returned to songwriting, leading to
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#17327982984327378-422: The Year. He then took a break from writing and touring (" Jane Hawtin Live", 1997). He released one single, a cover of Edith Piaf 's "Hymn to Love", in 1994. Hart presented an award at the Juno Awards of 1993 in Toronto with Julie Masse , a fellow nominee with two platinum selling albums in Quebec, Julie Masse and À Contre Jour . Upon seeing them together, Masse's manager suggested that Hart work with her on
7497-535: The album and wrote the bulk of the CD's songs Walk in Beauty features a cameo performance by music legend Stevie Wonder on the cover track "Keep on Runnin'" as well as a modern reworking of Hart's "Sunglasses at Night", reworked as "Girl in Shades" for Marie-Christine. Hart had refrained from granting interpolation rights to the song for over 25 years, despite requests by Sean P. Diddy Combs and Nelly Furtado . The CD also featured original compositions by Marie-Christine and its debut single, "Totally Random", became
7616-427: The album cover, Joel is pictured in a leather jacket, about to throw a rock at a glass house (referring to the adage that "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"). Glass Houses spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard chart and yielded the hits " You May Be Right " (No. 7, May 1980), " It's Still Rock and Roll to Me ", (No. 1, July 1980), " Don't Ask Me Why " (No. 19, September 1980) and " Sometimes
7735-480: The attention of Columbia Records after a live radio performance of " Captain Jack " became popular in Philadelphia , prompting him to sign a new record deal with the company, through which he released his second album, Piano Man (1973). After Streetlife Serenade (1974) and Turnstiles (1976), Joel achieved his critical and commercial breakthrough with The Stranger (1977). It became Columbia's best-selling release, selling over 10 million copies and spawning
7854-479: The blue he sent him the song, and lo and behold Eric Clapton was on the phone saying he wanted to play on it and asking how I would mind if he did. I didn't. Eric was the classic gentleman. Here I was, this Canadian kid in England with big-time producers doing my first album and Clapton tells me, 'It's such a pretty song, so easy to play. The type of thing I'd write myself'. The Juno-award-winning video for " Sunglasses at Night " (directed by Rob Quartly), which featured
7973-550: The bright lights, flipped his electric piano and snapped a microphone stand while continuing to sing. He later apologized for the incident. The album КОНЦЕРТ (Russian for "Concert") was released in October 1987. Singer Pete Hewlett was brought in to hit the high notes on his most vocally challenging songs, like "An Innocent Man". Joel also did versions of The Beatles' classic " Back in the U.S.S.R. " and Bob Dylan 's " The Times They Are a-Changin ". It has been estimated that Joel lost more than US$ 1 million of his own money on
8092-463: The charts by the hits " My Life " (No. 3), " Big Shot " (No. 14) and " Honesty " (No. 24). A cover of "My Life" by Gary Bennett became the theme for the television sitcom Bosom Buddies . 52nd Street also won Grammy awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male and Album of the Year. In 1979, Joel traveled to Havana, Cuba to participate in the historic Havana Jam festival March 2–4, alongside Rita Coolidge , Kris Kristofferson , Stephen Stills ,
8211-473: The company. Joel signed a recording contract with Columbia in 1972 and moved to Los Angeles; he lived there for the next three years. For six months he worked at The Executive Room piano bar on Wilshire Boulevard as "Bill Martin". During that time, he composed his signature song " Piano Man " about the bar's patrons. Despite Joel's new contract, he was legally bound to Family Productions. Artie Ripp sold Joel's first contract to Columbia. Walter Yetnikoff ,
8330-454: The country, including Elton John, James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt . Most of that audience took a long while to warm up to Joel's energetic show, something that had never happened in other countries he had performed in. According to Joel, each time the fans were hit with the bright lights, anybody who seemed to be enjoying themselves froze. In addition, people who were "overreacting" were removed by security. During this concert Joel, enraged by
8449-406: The court dismissed a US$ 30 million countersuit filed by Weber. The first single for the album, " We Didn't Start the Fire ", was released in September 1989 and it became Joel's third—and most recent—US number-one hit, spending two weeks at the top. Storm Front was released in October, and it eventually became Joel's first number-one album since Glass Houses , nine years earlier. Storm Front
8568-509: The fall of 1971, touring with his band, consisting of Rhys Clark on drums, Al Hertzberg on guitar, and Larry Russell on bass guitar, throughout the mainland United States and Puerto Rico, opening for such artists as the J. Geils Band , The Beach Boys , Badfinger and Taj Mahal . Joel's performance at the Puerto Rican Mar y Sol Pop Festival was especially well-received; and although recorded, Joel refused to have it published on
8687-464: The fall of 1981. However, production was temporarily delayed when Joel was involved in a serious motorcycle accident on Long Island on April 15, 1982, severely injuring his hands. Still, Joel quickly recovered from his injuries, and the album ended up being delayed by only a few months. In 1982, Joel embarked on a brief tour in support of the album. From one of the final shows of the tour, Joel made his first video special, Live from Long Island , which
8806-408: The following October when Joel began an affair with Small's wife, Elizabeth. The pair later married. Joel signed a contract with the record company Family Productions, with which he recorded his first solo album, Cold Spring Harbor , named for a hamlet on his native Long Island . Ripp states that he spent US$ 450,000 developing Joel; nevertheless, the album was mastered at too high a speed and
8925-404: The genres of pop and rock, and in 2001 released a one-off studio album of classical compositions. Joel is one of the world's best-selling music artists and the fourth-best-selling solo artist in the United States, with over 160 million records sold worldwide. His 1985 compilation album, Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II , is one of the best-selling albums in the United States . Joel
9044-607: The globe. In 1987, he became one of the first artists to hold a rock tour in the Soviet Union following the country's alleviation of its ban on rock music. Joel has produced 33 self-written Top 40 hits in the U.S., three of which ("It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", "Tell Her About It", and " We Didn't Start the Fire ") topped the Billboard Hot 100. Joel has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards , winning 6, including Album of
9163-590: The heart and intelligently too. Photographer Herb Ritts shot the cover and other photographs for the album. The video for "In Your Soul" featured location footage in New Mexico and Moab, Utah and was directed by Meiert Avis ( U2 , Bruce Springsteen ). Hart toured extensively in Japan and the Philippines in 1988, as well as in Canada's East Coast and Quebec where he spoke mostly in French. Hart again sold out
9282-649: The hit singles " Just the Way You Are ", " Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) ", " Only the Good Die Young ", and " She's Always a Woman ", as well as the concert staples " Scenes from an Italian Restaurant " and " Vienna ". 52nd Street (1978) was Joel's first album to peak at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 . Glass Houses (1980) was an attempt to further establish himself as a rock artist; it featured " It's Still Rock and Roll to Me " (Joel's first single to top
9401-466: The level of success of his previous albums, but it yielded the hits " A Matter of Trust " and " Modern Woman " (both No. 10) from the film Ruthless People , a dark comedy from the directors of Airplane! . The ballad " This is the Time " also charted, peaking at No. 18. On November 18, 1986, an extended version of " Big Man on Mulberry Street " was used on a Season 3 episode of Moonlighting . The Bridge
9520-414: The most of any album in Joel's catalog. The album was well received by critics, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine , senior editor for AllMusic, describing Joel as being "in top form as a craftsman throughout the record, effortlessly spinning out infectious, memorable melodies in a variety of styles." At the time that the album was released, WCBS-FM began playing " Uptown Girl " both in regular rotation and on
9639-428: The noted American pianist Morton Estrin and musician Timothy Ford. Joel says that he is a better organist than a pianist. As a teenager, Joel took up boxing so he could defend himself. He boxed successfully on the amateur Golden Gloves circuit for a short time, winning 22 bouts, but abandoned the sport shortly after his nose was broken in his 24th match. Although Joel's parents were Jewish, he did not grow up in
9758-599: The path to getting a recording contract. Hart's debut album, First Offense , was recorded at Revolution Recording Studios in Manchester , England, in the spring of 1982. It was produced by Jon Astley , then best known for his work with The Who , and Phil Chapman. Released in 1983, First Offense featured the US Billboard Top 10 hit song "Sunglasses at Night" (No. 7 ) and Top 20 follow-up single "It Ain't Enough" (No. 17 ). The album went gold in
9877-488: The president of CBS/Columbia Records at the time, bought back the rights to Joel's songs in the late 1970s, giving the rights to Joel as a birthday gift. Yetnikoff notes in the documentary The Last Play at Shea that he had to threaten Ripp to close the deal. Joel's first album with Columbia was Piano Man (1973). Despite modest sales, the album's title track became his signature song, ending nearly every concert. That year Joel's touring band changed. Guitarist Al Hertzberg
9996-549: The recent success of Corey Hart in Canada and asked if he would write and produce for her. He was also nominated for the Juno Award for Best Producer for the Dion tracks. Later in 1999 Hart performed live in the US for the first time since the late 1980s as Dion's guest in St. Louis, Missouri and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida . Hart collaborated with Dion again on "Prayer", from her 2002 CD A New Day Has Come . In 1998, Hart released
10115-583: The religion. "I was not brought up Jewish in any religious way. My circumcision was as Jewish as they got." He attended a Roman Catholic church with friends. At age 11, he was baptized in a Church of Christ in Hicksville . He now identifies as an atheist Jew . Joel attended Hicksville High School in Hicksville until 1967 but did not graduate with his class. He was playing at a piano bar to help support himself, his mother and sister, and missed
10234-521: The result, Joel re-recorded the songs and produced the album himself. " Say Goodbye to Hollywood " was a minor hit, covered by Ronnie Spector and Nigel Olsson . In a 2008 radio interview, Joel said that he no longer performs the song because singing it in its high original key "shreds" his vocal cords ; however, he did finally play it live for the first time since 1982 when he sang it at the Hollywood Bowl in May 2014. Although never released as
10353-461: The serious themes of The Nylon Curtain and struck a much lighter tone. An Innocent Man was Joel's tribute to R&B and doo wop music of the 1950s and 1960s and resulted in Joel's second Billboard number-one hit, " Tell Her About It ", which was the first single off the album in the summer of 1983. The album itself reached No. 4 on the charts and No. 2 in UK. It also boasted six top-30 singles,
10472-653: The show Hart did a cover version of local favorite Stompin' Tom Connors ' " Bud the Spud ". Also in 2014 Hart released an acoustic version of "Face Brave", a song written for and performed by Jonathan Roy . Roy, the son of hockey player Patrick Roy , appeared onstage with Hart in PEI as well as at the June 3 farewell concert in Montreal. At a private fundraiser in Fort McMurray, Alberta in November 2014, Hart, Roy and backup singer Kim Richardson (along with Hart's band) recorded
10591-485: The singer was also nominated for Best New Artist. First Offense won the Félix . Hart's second album was Boy in the Box , released in June 1985, which reached Diamond status in Canada (one million copies sold) by February 1986. It was the second album by a Canadian artist to do so. The album featured the hit single " Never Surrender " which spent nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 in Canada and peaked at No. 3 on
10710-412: The singer's fourth album release, Young Man Running . Featuring the US Top 40 hit "In Your Soul" (which reached No. 2 in Canada), The album included experienced backing musicians, in particular Ruby Turner , and was largely produced by Hart himself. His lyrics have always been serious-minded, but this time Hart's clever, obtuse artiness has given way to passages where he's actually speaking from
10829-462: The single release. Hart accepted the honour and performed live at the 2019 Juno Awards in London, Ontario, Canada on March 17, 2019. In the same year, he made a stunt appearance on the seventh season premiere of La Voix , performing his own hit song " Everything in My Heart " as a blind auditioner; he became an honorary member of Éric Lapointe 's team, and made a return appearance in the finale, but
10948-482: The songs in the order in which they were released. The new songs " You're Only Human (Second Wind) " and " The Night Is Still Young " were recorded and released as singles to support the album; both reached the top 40, peaking at No. 9 and No. 34, respectively. Greatest Hits was highly successful and it has since been certified double diamond by the RIAA , with over 11.5 million copies (23 million units) sold. It
11067-472: The soundtrack to 1987's Beverly Hills Cop II . Hart's 1985 single, "Eurasian Eyes" (from Boy in the Box ), was featured in the film 9½ Weeks and the final track from Fields of Fire , "Blind Faith", was featured in the January 16, 1987 episode of Miami Vice titled "Down for the Count, Pt. 2". In 2002, "Sunglasses at Night" was featured in the award-winning video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for
11186-542: The summer of 2012. IN September 2012, Hart performed to about 1.000 people at the CHUM FM "Back in the Day Bash" held at Toronto's Masonic Temple. Hart and his daughter Dante also appeared on CTV's "Marilyn Denis" chat show, where the singer performed his hit single "It Ain't Enough" live in the studio. Hart later co-wrote and performed on a track from Canadian recording artist K-OS' album BLack on BLonde . The song, "Like
11305-472: The time. In the United States, Howard became an engineer but always loved music. Billy Joel's parents met in the late 1930s at City College of New York at a Gilbert and Sullivan performance. He has said that neither of his parents talked much about World War II , which were such dark years; it was not until later that Joel learned more about his father's family. After Rosalind and Howard Joel divorced in 1957, Howard returned to Europe, as he had never liked
11424-539: The title Corey Hart . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corey_Hart&oldid=1250155904 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Corey Hart (singer) Corey Mitchell Hart (born May 31, 1962)
11543-565: The town of Oyster Bay on Long Island . He and his cousin Judy, whom his parents adopted, were raised in a section of Levitt homes. His mother, Rosalind (1922–2014), was born in Brooklyn to Jewish parents, Philip and Rebecca Nyman, who emigrated from England. Billy's father, Howard (born Helmut) Joel (1923–2011), a classical pianist and businessman, was born in Nuremberg, Germany to
11662-550: The trip and concerts, but he has said the goodwill he was shown there was well worth it. The animated film Oliver & Company (1988) features Joel in a rare voice acting role as Dodger, a sarcastic Jack Russell based on Dickens 's Artful Dodger . The character's design is based on Joel's image at the time, including his trademark Wayfarer sunglasses. Joel also sang his character's song "Why Should I Worry?". The recording of Storm Front , which commenced in 1988, coincided with major changes in Joel's career and inaugurated
11781-530: The trip in July 1987. The entourage was filmed for television and video to offset the cost of the trip, and the concerts were simulcast on radio around the world. Joel's Russian tour was the first live rock radio broadcast in Soviet history. The tour was later cited frequently as one of the first fully staged pop rock shows to come to the Soviet Union, although in reality other artists had previously toured in
11900-436: The video, the first thing Joel said to her upon opening his door was "I don't dance". Brinkley had to walk him through the basic steps he does in the video. Their work together on this video shoot sparked a relationship between the two which led to their marriage in 1985. In December, the title song was released as a single and it peaked at No. 10 in the U.S. and No. 8 in the UK, early in 1984. That March, " The Longest Time "
12019-427: The youngest of five children of Mina (née Weber) and Robert Hart, both Montreal natives. His paternal grandfather was a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, while Corey's mother was from a Romanian Jewish family. Hart's parents separated when he was 10 years old. Hart then lived with his mother and older brother Robbie in Montreal. He had an especially close relationship with his mother, to whom his first album First Offense
12138-448: Was Hart's first U.S. single in 20 years and Hart reunited with Meiert Avis for the video. "Truth" was originally penned for friends in the music business who were born gay, according to Hart, and disseminating the message of the song took on new resonance after 1Love approached him for permission to remix it. With the Canadian Top 40 success of "Truth Will Set You Free", Hart made appearances at Pride celebrations in Toronto and London over
12257-526: Was Hart's sole album for the label, Attitude & Virtue . Released in 1992, it appeared on the Top 40 in Canada, and featured several guest musicians including Jane Siberry , Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses , Terence Trent D'Arby and the return of Ruby Turner. Three singles were released from the album: "Baby When I Call Your Name" (released in Canada and the United States), "92 Days of Rain" (released in Canada) and "Always" (released in Canada and
12376-767: Was Joel's first album since Turnstiles to be recorded without Phil Ramone as producer. For this album, he wanted a new sound, and worked with Mick Jones of Foreigner . Joel is also credited as one of the keyboard players on Jones's 1988 self-titled solo album, and is featured in the official video for Jones's single "Just Wanna Hold"; Joel can be seen playing the piano while his then-wife Christie Brinkley joins him and kisses him. Joel also revamped his backing band, dismissing everyone but drummer Liberty DeVitto , guitarist David Brown, and saxophone player Mark Rivera , and bringing in new faces, including multi-instrumentalist Crystal Taliefero . Storm Front 's second single, " I Go to Extremes " reached No. 6 in early 1990. The album
12495-716: Was Joel's last album to carry the Family Productions logo, after which he severed his ties with Artie Ripp. Joel has also stated in many interviews, most recently in a 2008 interview in Performing Songwriter magazine, that he does not think The Bridge is a good album. In October 1986, Joel and his team started planning a trip to the Soviet Union. There were live performances at indoor arenas in Moscow, Leningrad and Tbilisi . Joel, his family (including young daughter Alexa), and his full touring band made
12614-564: Was a preview for a new EP; the title track "Dreaming Time Again" was released January 16, 2019, with an accompanying video filmed in Havana , Cuba featuring Hart's teenage son, Rain. The EP was released in the spring that year in association with Warner Brothers Music Canada, and Hart set out on a cross-country tour, beginning in St. John's, Newfoundland on May 31. The Canadian Music Hall of Fame announced Hart's induction to its roster concomitant with
12733-430: Was a technical and commercial disappointment. The popular songs " She's Got a Way " and " Everybody Loves You Now " were originally released on this album, but went largely unnoticed until being released as live performances on Songs in the Attic (1981). Columbia released a remastered version of Cold Spring Harbor in 1983, with certain songs shortened or re-orchestrated. Joel began his Cold Spring Harbor tour in
12852-728: Was also nominated for the Composer of the Year award at both the Junos and the ADISQ awards, winning a Félix in this field. He also received nods in the Juno categories of Best Video for "Never Surrender" and Best Male Vocalist of the Year, as well an ADISQ nomination for Concert of the Year. Hart also won the Félix for the Quebec artist achieving the most success outside Quebec in the Anglophone market, along with Best Male Artist. The following year Hart received Juno nominations for Composer of
12971-407: Was also notable for its song " Leningrad ", written after Joel met a clown in the Soviet city of that name during his tour in 1987, and " The Downeaster Alexa ", written to underscore the plight of fishermen on Long Island who are barely able to make ends meet. Another well-known single from the album is the ballad " And So It Goes " (No. 37 in late 1990). The song was originally written in 1983, around
13090-447: Was an enormous commercial success, yielding four Top-25 hits on the Billboard charts: " Just the Way You Are " (No. 3), " Movin' Out " (No. 17), " Only the Good Die Young " (No. 24) and " She's Always a Woman " (No. 17). Joel's first Top Ten album, The Stranger reached number two on the charts and was certified multi-platinum, besting Simon & Garfunkel 's Bridge over Troubled Water as Columbia's previous bestselling album. "Just
13209-536: Was born in the Bronx in New York City and grew up on Long Island , where he began taking piano lessons at his mother's insistence. After dropping out of high school to pursue a music career, Joel took part in two short-lived bands, The Hassles and Attila , before signing a record deal with Family Productions and embarking on a solo career with his debut album, Cold Spring Harbor (1971). In 1972, Joel caught
13328-740: Was dedicated. Hart had little contact with his father, and this is reflected in some of his compositions, such as the 1998 song "Reconcile". Hart's first experience as a performing artist came at age 11 when he sang " Ben " for Tom Jones in Miami. He also recorded songs with Paul Anka in Las Vegas during this time period. In 1980, Hart represented Canada in the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo (along with singer Dan Hill ), marking his first public performance of original material. Back in Canada, Hart reached out to Billy Joel who
13447-545: Was not officially a competitor. In May 2020, Hart announced the release of a new version of his 1985 hit " Never Surrender ", with the lyrics updated to reflect a message of resilience and hope during the COVID-19 pandemic . Hart is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism. Hart was briefly considered for the role of Marty McFly in the 1985 film Back to the Future . Producer Steven Spielberg sent Hart
13566-558: Was on tour in the Montreal area at the time. Joel's backup band contacted him and Hart ended up recording several demos with them in Long Island, New York . Hart worked with several other Canadian studio musicians on demos before finally signing to the Aquarius Records label in 1982 at the age of 20. Several songs on his first album, including "The World Is Fire", reflect the rejections and difficulties Hart encountered along
13685-465: Was recorded at larger US arenas and in intimate night club shows in June and July 1980. This release introduced many fans, who discovered Joel when The Stranger became a smash in 1977, to many of his earlier compositions. The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard chart and produced two hit singles: "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (No. 17), and "She's Got a Way" (No. 23). It sold over 3 million copies. Although not as successful as some of his previous albums, it
13804-547: Was recorded at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on December 29, 1982. It was originally broadcast on HBO in 1983 before it became available on VHS. The Nylon Curtain went to No. 7 on the charts, partially due to heavy airplay on MTV for the videos to the singles "Allentown" and " Pressure ", both directed by Russell Mulcahy . Joel's next album moved away from
13923-754: Was released as a single, peaking at No. 14 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. That summer, " Leave a Tender Moment Alone " was released and it hit No. 27 while " Keeping the Faith " peaked at No. 18 in January 1985. In the video for "Keeping the Faith", Brinkley also plays the "redhead girl in a Chevrolet". An Innocent Man was also nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy, but lost to Michael Jackson 's Thriller . Joel participated in
14042-464: Was replaced by Don Evans, and bassist Larry Russell by Patrick McDonald, himself replaced in late 1974 by Doug Stegmeyer , who stayed with Joel until 1989. Rhys Clark returned as drummer and Tom Whitehorse as banjoist and pedal steel player; Johnny Almond joined as saxophonist and keyboardist. The band toured the U.S. and Canada extensively, appearing on popular music shows. Joel's songwriting began attracting more attention; in 1974 Helen Reddy recorded
14161-471: Was still considered a success by Joel. The next wave of Joel's career commenced with the recording of The Nylon Curtain . With it, Joel became more ambitious with his songwriting, which included highly topical songs like " Allentown " and " Goodnight Saigon ". Joel has stated that he wanted the album to communicate his feelings about the American Dream and how changes in American politics during
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