Oyster no longer his world
The Piano Man is movin' out.
Four years after purchasing an estate with picturesque views of Oyster Bay Harbor on New York's Long Island, the 57-year-old singer has listed the place for sale with a prominent real estate firm.
Joel, who paid $22.5 million for the property in 2002, now has an asking price of $37.5 million. For that, a buyer will get a 40,000-square-foot brick, gabled house containing five bedrooms with three full baths, three half-baths and eight fireplaces on 14.26 acres with 1,550 feet of shoreline on Oyster Bay. A guest cottage and a pool house by the beach are included.
Joel's spokeswoman, Claire Mercuri, told Newsday: "Billy is a Long Islander and still maintains a property in Sag Harbor.' She declined further comment.
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Other amenities include a gym, music room, wine cellar, outdoor pool, bowling alley and tennis courts, and a domed-roof indoor pool room, which has been converted into a space for Joel's grand piano.
Davis gets his due
The King of Cool, Miles Davis, was posthumously inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Thursday.
The event was attended by musicians and members of the Davis family, including his son, Erin, and daughter, Cheryl.
While living icons have had their handprints immortalized on the sidewalk gallery outside the Guitar Center on Sunset Boulevard, a bronze bust of Davis will be put on display outside the store instead. Davis died in 1991 at age 65.
Davis first picked up the trumpet at age 13 and made his recording debut in 1947. He was renowned for morphing his cool jazz into fusion and experimental sounds that later gave way to jazz funk and hip-hop grooves. His many legendary albums include "Round About Midnight,' "Birth of the Cool' and "Kind of Blue.'
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