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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home.

Billy Joel

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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
New York City
New York
William Martin Joel
William Martin Billy Joel
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William M. Joel
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