14 Facts About Liberty DeVitto

Liberty DeVitto is best known for his work as a drummer for singer-songwriter Billy Joel's recording and touring band.

Liberty DeVitto has been a session drummer on recordings of other artists.

Liberty DeVitto is credited as a drummer on records which have sold a combined total of 150 million units worldwide.

Liberty DeVitto's father was a police officer in the New York Police Department.

Liberty DeVitto taught himself to play the drums after seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964.

Liberty DeVitto was influenced as a teenager by rock drummer Dino Danelli.

Liberty DeVitto got his big break in the music business when he was hired to play drums for Billy Joel in the mid-1970s.

Liberty DeVitto used studio musicians for the recording and different guys out on the road.

Liberty DeVitto told Doug that he wanted to move back to New York and find a permanent band he could record and tour with on a regular basis.

On May 19,2009, Liberty DeVitto filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan claiming that Joel and Sony Music owed him over 10 years worth of royalty payments.

Liberty DeVitto has never been given songwriting credit on any of Joel's songs.

Liberty DeVitto's lawyer said that he does not know exactly how much Liberty DeVitto is owed, and that Joel's record sales are subject to an audit.

In 2003, Liberty DeVitto signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underserved public schools throughout the United States.

Liberty DeVitto has personally delivered instruments to children in the program, performed at benefit events for the cause and sits on the organization's Honorary Board of Directors.