Billy Joel's big moments in March: Christie Brinkley marriage, 'Glass Houses' released, more
March 5
Credit: Sony Music / Art Maillet
March 5, 1978: Billy Joel kicks off the European leg of his "The Stranger" tour in Amsterdam.
March 7
Credit: AP
March 7, 1975: Billy Joel plays Calderone Concert Hall in Hempstead. Here, New York Yankees Bobby Murcer, left, Jim Spencer and Ron Guidry meet The Piano Man at Madison Square Garden on June 27, 1980.
March 10
Credit: Sony Music
March 10, 1980: "Glass Houses" is released.
March 14
Credit: Bruce Gilbert
March 14, 2014: Billy Joel performs at Madison Square Garden.
March 15
Credit: AP / Kathy Willens
March 15, 1999: Billy Joel is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
March 20
Credit: NBC / Theo Wargo
March 20, 2014: Billy Joel joins Jimmy Fallon during a taping of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan.
March 21
Credit: Fox
March 21, 2012: Top 10 "American Idol" finalists perform Billy Joel songs.
March 22-26
March 22-26, 1980: Billy Joel plays Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Here, he plays in concert in New York on Oct. 16, 1986.
March 23
Credit: AP / Ron Frehm
March 23, 1985: Billy Joel marries model Christie Brinkley on a yacht in the Hudson River.
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