Billy Joel - Media Performances

Media Performances

  • Has released multiple tour videos and compilation albums
  • Has been featured in multiple television documentaries and specials
  • The Midnight Special (1975) (Television) (Sang "Travelin' Prayer" and "The Ballad of Billy the Kid")
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1976) (Television)
  • Saturday Night Live in 1978, 1981, 1989, 1993
  • The Old Grey Whistle Test (1978) (London, England) (Television)
  • Musikladen (1978) (German television concert)
  • 20/20 (1980) (Television)
  • Multiple appearances on MTV
  • Today (June 1984) Introduces music video for "The Longest Time."
  • Late Night with David Letterman in 1986 and 1989, Late Show with David Letterman in 1993 (first musical guest on the show)
  • Oliver & Company (1988) (Provided both the voice and singing voice for the character Dodger in the Disney full-length animated feature.)
  • Sesame Street (1988) (Sang "Just the Way You Are" to Oscar the Grouch, and "The Alphabet Song" with the kids)
  • During the 1994 Grammy Award Show, Joel extended his performance of "The River of Dreams" by stopping the song partway through, looking at the celebrity audience with a grin while pretending to check his watch and saying, "valuable advertising time going by...dollars...dollars...dollars..." which was met with laughter from the audience. He then resumed playing the song. This was done in response to Frank Sinatra being cut off on television while giving an acceptance speech when given a lifetime achievement Grammy.
  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997) (Television)
  • Behind the Music (1997) (Television)
  • VH1 Storytellers (1997) and VH1 Video Time Line (1998)
  • 60 Minutes (April 26, 1998) Interviewed by Steve Kroft.
  • Inside the Actor's Studio (1999) (Bravo Network)
  • Mad About You: "Murray at the Dog Show" (1999) (NBC Television) (Appeared as himself; wrote the music for the song "Lullabye For You" which was featured in the episode. Paul Reiser wrote the lyrics.)
  • Piano Grand! A Smithsonian Celebration (2000) (Joel served as host and performer; aired on PBS; released on DVD)
  • Performed the national anthem at multiple sporting events, and was the first to sing it at two Super Bowls
  • America: A Tribute To Heroes and The Concert for New York City (2001)
  • Movin' Out (2002), is a musical based on twenty-four Billy Joel songs which was a smash hit on Broadway from 2002 to 2005 (last Broadway show was on December 11, 2005). Joel was composer, lyricist, and orchestrator and won a Tony Award for Best Orchestrations. The musical is really a dance performance choreographed by famed choreographer Twyla Tharp, with Joel's songs sung by Michael Cavanaugh.
  • The 2003 Tony Awards (Television) (Performed "New York State of Mind")
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2005) (Television) (Performed "Miami 2017" and "Only the Good Die Young")
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2005) (NBC) (Performed "Everybody Loves You Now" and "Vienna")
  • The Today Show in 2005 and 2006
  • The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch (2006) (CNBC)
  • American Chopper (2006) ("The Billy Joel Bike") (Television, DVD)
  • The Oprah Winfrey Show (March 24, 2008) (Appeared with wife, Katie, and performed "Only the Good Die Young")
  • The South Bank Show (July 13, 2008) (Joel discussed his career)
  • The Howard Stern Show (November 16, 2010) (Sirius XM) (Interview and musical performance)

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