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Vocalist
The Resume
(May 9, 1949- )
Recorded 'Piano Man,' '52nd Street,' 'Glass Houses,' 'Turnstiles,' 'The Stranger,' 'Songs in the Attic,' 'The Bridge,' 'River of Dreams,' Nylon Curtain,' 'Storm Front,' 'Captain Jack,' 'New York State of Mind,' 'Only the Good Die Young,' 'Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,' 'My Life,' 'Big Shot,' 'Good Night Saigon,' 'Allentown,' 'Uptown Girl,' 'Pressure' and 'We Didn't Start the Fire'
Fought in 22 amateur boxing matches
Why he might be annoying
Every so often, he gets fed up with music and retires.
He constantly complains about people scalping his tickets and people selling unofficial T-Shirts and souvenirs.
He plays the accordion.
He wrote 'Just The Way You Are' for his wife, then divorced her for model Christy Brinkley.
He then married and divorced Christy Brinkley
He smokes.
He drinks.
He suffers from depression.
He was once arrested for burglary, but was cleared of all charges.
He was denied his high school diploma because of his behavior (he was a gang member).
He crashed his car three times in a two year period (April 2004).
He re-entered rehab (March 2005).
At age 66, he married 34 year old Alexis Roderick - his 4th marriage (July 4, 2015).
Why he might not be annoying
'52nd Street' was the first commercially released compact disc.
He enjoys lecturing at colleges where he explains the origins of his songs.
He is an accomplished pianist.
He received an honary diploma from Hicksville High School when he was 43 (June 24, 1992).
His father survived Dachau concentration camp.
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Year In Review:
For 2021, as of last week, Out of 127 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 127 Votes: 42.52% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 316 Votes: 46.52% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 248 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 202 Votes: 61.39% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 165 Votes: 51.52% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 124 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 70 Votes: 41.43% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 152 Votes: 55.92% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 81 Votes: 45.68% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 156 Votes: 47.44% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 379 Votes: 36.41% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 187 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 204 Votes: 43.63% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 371 Votes: 40.43% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 980 Votes: 47.76% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 861 Votes: 48.20% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1023 Votes: 46.33% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2251 Votes: 49.36% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 4838 Votes: 47.35% Annoying
Featured in the following Annoying Collections:
- 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief
- 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard (Ranked: 46)
- About.com's 20 Most Outrageous Celebrity Weddings of 2004 [Nina Callaway]
- Accordionists
- America: A Tribute to Heroes [September 21, 2001]
- American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Ranked: 1981)
- American Music Award of Merit (Ranked: 1999)
- Bedroom Eyes
- BetUS.com's Next 9 Celebrities Most Like to Be Arrested [2005] (Ranked: 4)
- Billboard Century Awards (Ranked: 1994)
- Billboard Top Album of the Year (Ranked: 1979)
- Billboard's Top Tours [2009] (Ranked: 8)
- Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire'
- Blender Magazine's 50 Dumbest Rock-Star Extravagances [December 2005] (Ranked: 26)
- Blender Magazine's 50 Hottest Rock & Roll Couples of All Time [November 2003] (Ranked: 32)
- Blender Magazine's 50 Worst Songs [Performers-May 2004] (Ranked: 41)
- Blender Magazine's/VH-1 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever Performers (Ranked: 44)
- Born Half-Jewish
- Celebrity Boxers
- Celebrity New York Met Fans
- Celebrity New York Yankee Fans
- Concert for New York City [October 20, 2001]
- Coolest Jews in Hollywood
- Droopy Eyes
- E!'s 101 Even Bigger Celebrity Oops! [2005] (Ranked: 14)
- E!'s 101 Juiciest Hollywood Hookups [2003, 51-75] (Ranked: 69)
- E!'s 101 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment [2004] (Ranked: 81)
- Fairly Odd Parents References
- Goatees
- 'Golden Girls' References
- Grammy for Album of the Year (Ranked: 1980)
- Grammy for Best Pop Male (Ranked: 1980)
- Grammy for Best Rock Male (Ranked: 1981)
- Grammy for Record of the Year (Ranked: 1979)
- Grammy for Song of the Year (Ranked: 1979)
- Harmonica Players
- Horatio Sanz Impersonations
- Horseshoe Haircut
- Howard Stern Attended My Wedding
- Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together [November 2, 2012]
- I am a Bronxite
- I am a Long Islander
- I am an Atheist
- I am Bar Mitzvah Music
- I am Religiously Ambiguous
- I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [H-K]
- I Attended Billy Joel-Kate Lee's Wedding [October 2, 2004]
- I Attended Donald Trump-Melania Knauss' Wedding [January 22, 2005]
- I Attended Howard Stern-Beth Ostrosky's Wedding [October 3, 2008]
- I Became a Dad in 1985
- I Checked into Rehab
- I Checked into The Betty Ford Center
- I Covered a Beach Boys Song
- I Covered an Elvis Song
- I Did Not Graduate High School [J-M]
- I Drive a Mercedes Benz [Other than the G500]
- I Drive an Electric/Hybrid Car
- I Gained a Lot of Weight/Fame Adds Pounds
- I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[J-L]
- I Have Asthma
- I Have Kidney Stones
- I Have Synesthesia
- I Inspired a Musical
- I Married in 1985
- I Married in 2004
- I Married in 2015
- I Married Way Above My League
- I Performed at Farm Aid I [September 22, 1985]
- I Performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert
- I Performed on Don Kirshner's 'Rock Concert' (1973-81)
- I Recorded a Diamond Album
- I Retired, Just Kidding
- I Ride a Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
- I Shared My Secrets on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- I Sing About a Year (Ranked: 2017)
- I Sing About Aging
- I Sing About Bob Dylan
- I Sing About James Dean
- I Sing About Los Angeles
- I Sing About Marilyn Monroe
- I Sing About Masturbation
- I Sing About Miami
- I Sing About My Instrument
- I Sing About New York
- I Sing About the Beatles
- I Sing About the New York Times
- I Sung on 'We Are The World - USA For Africa'
- I was Involved in a Car Accident in 2004
- I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
- I'm Depressed [Reportedly Uni-polar]
- Inside the Actor's Studio
- Invited to Donald Trump-Melania Knauss' Wedding [January 22, 2005]
- Jewish Rockers
- Jutalians
- Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 2013)
- Lycos' Top 12 Bill/William Searches [July 2001] (Ranked: 7)
- Mad About You - Guest Stars
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Covered My Song
- Mixed Breed (Mutts) Owners
- MusiCares Person of the Year (Ranked: 2002)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1978)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1980)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1989)
- My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1990's] (Ranked: 1993)
- My Music Was Used On An 'American Idol' Theme Night
- My Name is U.S. Currency
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1980)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1983)
- My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1989)
- My Song is Downloadable Content For Rock Band
- My Song is on Sony's 'Soundtrack for a Century'
- My Song Was Covered on Glee
- My Song was Temporarily Banned After 9/11
- My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
- New York Daily News' Top 10 Personalities - Enough Already! [1992] (Ranked: 10)
- New York Rockers
- Oops, I Recorded a Disco Song
- People's Choice Favorite Male Singer (Ranked: 1979)
- Pollstar's Top 40 Grossing Tours of all-time in North America [Through 2003] (Ranked: 33)
- Pollstar's Top 40 Grossing Tours of all-time in North America [Through 2003] (Ranked: 22)
- Pollstar's Top 40 Grossing Tours of all-time in North America [Through 2003] (Ranked: 37)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1990] (Ranked: 2)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1993] (Ranked: 6)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1994] (Ranked: 12)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1994] (Ranked: 6)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1995] (Ranked: 10)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1998] (Ranked: 13)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [1999] (Ranked: 20)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2002] (Ranked: 4)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2003] (Ranked: 9)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [2007] (Ranked: 12)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [Mid Year 2006] (Ranked: 3)
- Pollstar's Top Tours [Mid Year 2008] (Ranked: 42)
- PPL's Top 75 Songs Most Played in Public in Britain in the Last 75 Years [April 2009] (Ranked: 57)
- Profiles 1501-1750 (Ranked: 1685)
- Pug Owners
- Residents/Vacationers of Martha's Vineyard
- Residents/Vacationers of the Hamptons
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 1999)
- Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters (Ranked: 50)
- Rolling Stone's 50 Richest Rockers [2003] (Ranked: 39)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 101-200 [2020] (Ranked: 169)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 67)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 301-400 [Performers] (Ranked: 352)
- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 401-500 [Performers] (Ranked: 421)
- Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1975-79] (Ranked: 1977)
- Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1980-84] (Ranked: 1981)
- Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1985-89] (Ranked: 1989)
- Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1990-94] (Ranked: 1993)
- Sesame Street Guests
- Shea Stadium Concerts
- Slimed at the Kid's Choice Awards (Ranked: 1991)
- Stuff Magazine's Fugliest Rock Stars
- Super Bowl National Anthem Vocalists (Ranked: 2007)
- Super Bowl National Anthem Vocalists (Ranked: 1989)
- The Book of Rock Lists' 25 Worst Career Moves (Ranked: 5)
- The Chipmunks Covered My Song
- Tony Bennett's Duets [2006]
- Triumph the Insult Dog's 'I Keed' References
- TV Theme Song Singers
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Artists [2010] (Ranked: 51)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock (Ranked: 78)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Love Songs [Performers] (Ranked: 15)
- VH-1's 100 Greatest Videos (Ranked: 36)
- VH-1's 50 Sexiest Video Moments (Ranked: 33)
- VH-1's Behind the Music
- VH-1's Storytellers
- Voices of Disney
- We Opened for J. Geils Band
- Weird Al Yankovic Parodied My Song
- Weird Al Yankovic References
- Weird Al Yankovic's Fake Interviews
- World Series - National Anthem Singers (Ranked: 1986)
- World Series - National Anthem Singers (Ranked: 2000)
- World Series - National Anthem Singers (Ranked: 2015)
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