After growing up in Maryland and relocating to Los Angeles for the Runaways era of her life, Joan Jett eventually moved to Long Island, having lived in Rockville Centre and Long Beach. Several of her music videos has been filmed on the Island, examples of which here and here. She was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Here is a link to some of the resources your local library in Nassau County can get you from Jett.
Billy Joel grew up in Hicksville and has been documented as living in Oyster Bay in recent years. His first solo album was named after the Long Island town known as Cold Spring Harbor. Among Joel's other ties to Long Island are performing at numerous local venues (e.g. Nassau Coliseum, The Paramount), penning "The Downeaster Alexa" about the plight of Long Island fishermen, and multiple band members of his being Long Island natives (e.g. Liberty DeVitto, Richie Cannata).
A commercially-released concert filmed by Joel on Long Island at the Nassau Coliseum in the early 1980s can be seen here. Information about an unannounced performance by Joel at Amagansett's Stephen Talkhouse can be found here. Some of Long Island venues which Joel performed at as an up-and-coming artist can be found here.
Here is a link to some of the resources your local library in Nassau County can get you from Joel.
Researched by Darren Paltrowitz, April 16, 2025. Updated on May 19, 2025.