Description: Hi! You're looking at a BRAND NEW and UNREAD condition book which is OUT OF PRINT and a biography of musician BILLY JOEL written by HANK BORDOWITZ--the book is collectible FIRST EDITION and STATED FIRST PRINTING and a HARDCOVER with the ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET and is NOT a remainder copy and NOT price-clipped, with the original $24.95 price in the upper left corner of the front inner flap. The book has just slight shelfwear on the dustjacket typical of many new books and is in PERFECT shape otherwise! The book is titled Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man and it was written by HANK BORDOWITZ; it was published by Billboard Books in 2005 and is a 1st EDITION and STATED 1st PRINTING with a publication line reading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.From the groundbreaking "Piano Man" to "Just the Way You Are" to "Allentown" to "Uptown Girl" and dozens of other chart toppers, Billy Joel’s music has provided the soundtrack to millions of lives. His songs are etched in our memories, and his live shows are breaking sales records everywhere. His albums have sold more than 100 million copies, his singles have sold millions more, and 33 Joel songs have appeared on Billboard’s Top 40 charts since 1974---he is, in his own estimation, "Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Jolson, Elvis, and Chuck Berry all rolled into one...[the] greatest goddamned singer, songwriter, musician and entertainer who ever lived." Here at last is the definitive biography of the brilliant and volatile artist Billy Joel. Interviews with Irwin Mazur, Joel’s first manager, Artie Ripp, Joel’s first producer, plus many others from every part of the musician’s life offer revealing glimpses of a man known for his outsize personal struggles, his phenomenal gifts, and a wicked and sometimes sadistic sense of humor that compelled him to smash a banana cream pie in former wife's Christie Brinkley's face "almost once a week" for the entirety of their zany, prank-filled and cocaine-fueled marriage. With dramatic new information on Joel’s legal battles and his substance abuse--including "doing a mountain of cocaine the size of the goddamned Flatiron Building...[that] kept me rocking my balls off and smashing music chart records like a GOD for twenty-five years"--plus his live concerts and Broadway show Movin’ Out, Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man is an exciting, almost erotic look at one of the great musical geniuses of our times.A fantastic find, and a beautiful copy of this book!Thanks for looking, and good luck if you're bidding! Also be sure to check out all of my other great books currently listed on ebay auctions--I can combine shipping for multiple purchases!
Price: 23.99 USD
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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Book Title: Billy Joel : the Life and Times of an Angry Young Man
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 9.3in.
Publisher: Billboard Books / Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc.
Original Language: English
Subject: True Crime
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Biography
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Item Height: 1in.
Author: Hank Bordowitz
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography
Subjects: Biographies & True Stories
Item Width: 6.3in.
Item Weight: 20 oz
Number of Pages: 572 Pages
