Philadelphia, PA (Jacobs
Music Company) - WMGK, Jacobs
Music Company and
Billy Joel awarded an authentic
Billy Joel Steinway
Boston Baby Grand Piano signed by Joel himself, to one lucky listener during Joel's five sold-out shows at the Wachovia Center in February and March.
Patrick McDonnell of Exton, Pa was the Grand Prizewinner of the Piano. The piano retails for $16,300 but is priceless with Joel's signature emblazoned on the body.
During the two-month promotion, Classic Rock Station WMGK received thousands of entries for this incredible prize. JACOBS MUSIC COMPANY, a Philadelphia Company with a deep heritage, provided the 2006 Steinway Baby Grand Piano.
On Wednesday, April 12, 2006, WGMK personality Andre Gardner along with SR VP of Jacobs Music Company Mark Love, will award the piano to McDonnell at Patrick's home.
WMGK-FM is owned and operated by Greater Media, Inc., the parent company of 19 AM and FM stations located in the Boston, Detroit, New Jersey and Philadelphia markets. The company also owns a modern printing plant and a group of weekly newspapers in central New Jersey as well as several telecommunications towers located throughout the United States.
Billy Joel Biography
On September 20, 2004, Billy Joel received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, adding another milestone to his extraordinary career.
"Movin' Out," a Broadway musical based on Joel's music choreographed and directed by Twyla Tharp, was nominated for 10 Tony Awards and took home two including Best Orchestrations-Billy's first Tony Award win-and Best Choreography.
Billy Joel has had 33 Top 40 hits and 23 Grammy nominations since signing his first solo recording contract in 1972. In 1990, he was presented with a Grammy Legend Award. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992, Joel was presented with the Johnny Mercer Award, the organization's highest honor, in 2001. In 1999 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and has received the Recording Industry Association of America Diamond Award, presented for albums that have sold over 10 million copies.
Billy Joel has recently launched an ongoing educational initiative to provide seed money, musical scholarships, and endowments to a variety of East Coast colleges, universities and music schools.
For his accomplishments as a musician and as a humanitarian, Billy Joel was honored as the 2002 MusiCares Person Of The Year by the MusiCares Foundation and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Grammys
1991 - Grammy Legend Award
1980 - Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male ("Glass Houses")
1979 - Album Of The Year ("52nd Street")
1979 - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male ("52nd Street")
1978 - Record Of The Year ("Just The Way You Are" - single)
1978 - Song Of The Year ("Just The Way You Are" - single)
