i liked all music. >> joel's father left the family when billy was 8, but armed with influences ranginge moment, billy, you thought this could be a career not just a hobby? >> one of my teachers told me that i should consider becoming a professional musician. it was my chorus teacher in high school. i was cutting class one day. i would go to the music room, and i was trying to play czerkawski's first piano concerto. ♪♪ and at the goes, you don't really know that piece, do you? no, i don't. i'm just doing it by ear. i said, please don't report me.u join my music history class, i won't say anything. i said, deal. >> joel played in local bands before stepping out on his own and becoming a star with a 1973 sopping written from his observations while singing in a piano lounge. that's from that era when you were in l.a., right? >> bill martin at the keyboard, it was wilshire and western, a neighborhood bar, it paid the rent for a while. ♪ for the longest time ♪ >> over two decades joel wrote and recorded 12 albums. ♪♪ selling more than 160 million records. ♪♪ earning six grammys and a spot in

we've created the billy joel room. am i? i have my own room. i am such a girly girl. i love pink. they surprised me with this wall. all of howard's and my misfits, our resident cats. i love the shy ones the best. you just need to feel safe. my husband howard is my partner in everything that i do. his love for animals is one of the main reasons i fell in love with him. and as of now i think over 2,000 animals have come through our home that we've fostered and nurtured and found forever homes for. clear the shelters is so important to me, and i feel so honored to be a part of it. now is the time to adopt. >> they need a taylor swift room. i'm sure she'll be all in with that. our thanks to beth stern. >>> coming up on "today", our popular series "inside the game" is back. you may not know the name rich delgado, but he is a legend. he helped become the nfl's behind the scenes go-to guy. you want to meet him. thanks for starting your morning with "early today." i'm frances rivera. hope you have a great wednesday and back up

>> brian: just in my head. >> rachel: have you ever had billy joel on the show. >> brian: i interviewednce. i don't think he liked me. we didn't hit it off. >> rachel: what? >> brian: i get the sense. brian. >> rachel: to know you is to love you. >> brian: wonderful thing to say on camera. >> rachel: i don't know who billy joel is. >> brian: i love jack keane and he's next. ♪ help unpause life when symptoms pause it. with a multivitamin plus hot flash support. daily zz for quality sleep. and enxtra for focus and clarity. centrum, powered by clinically studied ingredients. ♪ with fastsigns, create factory grade visual solutions to perfect your process. ♪ fastsigns. make your statement™. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ relax into a caribbean state of mind. visit sandals.com or call 1-800-sandals. sure, i'm a paid actor, and this is not a real company, but there is no way to fake how upwork can help your business. search talent all over the world with over 10,000 skills you may not have in house. more than 30% of the fortune 500 use upwork because this is how we work now. why do couples choose a sleep number smar

billy joel writes about his neck of the woods.l: allentown is a beautiful town and working class town and the people i met were awesome. pete: glad you talked to them. check in with our own will cain not on the couch this morning and more important duty and thinking about it, will, i just ordered starbucks and you're wearing green t-shirts and i'm wearing green socks and i've got a relaxing easy morning and i want to know how you're feeling and i've been in junior shoes before and it's fun, there's anticipation that's building and it's a great cause and have to have nerves running right now and you're about to jump in the drink and i hear it's a little dicey in the water this year. will: i know what's going on there. rachel is trying to order starbucks egg bites and joey is drink his preworkout and pete is trying to get de-calf coffee. i'm more nervous this year than last career and i don't know if it's because ignorance was bliss a year ago or the weather reports leading up to today and the navy seal swim in new york city. i'm sl

billy joel will be my guest.nday today" and saturday. >> right. >> right now, mr. roker, what are you looking at, buddy? >> i was looking at willie geist was it was so much having him in paris with us. again, all on nbc dime. we are looking at sunshine for today up and down the east coast, but we do have a flood threat in the mid-mississippi, the appalachians as well. the western third of the country just going to be gorgeous with plenty of sunshine. aat's what's going on >>> that's your latest weather. best time of the morning. >> i'm glad i can sit in for this. let's start with the nfl. guys, football is back. today the league is unveiling a new campaign for this season. it's called "this is football country," featuring some of the biggest stars of the sport, including the cleveland browns myles garrett, cowboys demarcus lawrence and philadelphia legends jason and kylie kelce. we, of course, have a "popstart" exclusive sneak peek. take a look. >> all day like -- >> all night like -- >> we and the boys like -- >

the spectacular olympics and we thought we'd come back in style with none other than the great billy joely's neck of the woods on the east end of long island with the legend himself billy joel checking out his boat and sitting down about half a century of music, joe. going through his entire catalog. >> unbelievable. >> the story behind his songs and how he dreamed up "piano man," all of it. a great conversation coming up with billy joel over there on nbc. >> who gets more big gets in the history of television that mr. willie geist? >> barbara walters. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. rs you're watching "morning ♪♪ joe." we'll be right back. ♪ when migraine strikes, do you question the tradeoffs of treating? ubrelvy is another option. it works fast to eliminate migraine pain. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. allergic reactions to ubrelvy can happen. most common side effects were nausea and sleepiness. ask about ubrelvy. shopify's point of sale system helps you sell at every stage of your business. with fast and secure payment. card readers you can rely on. and

the thing that's overwhelming is the billy joel song allen town. were you humming that at all.e allen town. >> rachel: no, i wasn't. >> brian: he wrote the song because he said those people felt abandoned and he goes you are never going to remember me. he says i will remember you. i'm going to write a song but. that was what was behind that song. >> rachel: i'm afraid to tell you lawyers. >> lawrence: hard hitting reporting this is what brian. >> rachel: take away. >> brian: relationship. >> rachel: try to be hard with brian. i'm afraid to tell him i don't know that song. >> steve: steam horn. rachel, it was brilliant. >> brian: that wasn't helpful. >> steve: starts with a steam horn. >> steve: ainsley is off today rachel in s. in. i don't have enough money coming out. they go i didn't have money. >> rachel: people talk about leftovers. having to get an extra job. do you know what was interesting? a lot of people who were sort of on the fence they would say i voted for joe biden i don't know what i'm going to do right now. >> lawrence: undecided. >> lawrence: one woman vote har

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