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Joel David Weir visited the WYSO studios for a live session on Kaleidoscope and talked with music director Juliet Fromholt ...
Nonetheless, Joel had a goal in mind to write what he considered an authentic folk song. He pulled it off in 1989 with “The Downeaster ‘Alexa’”, in large part because he was personally ...
Billy Joel has built one of the deepest catalogues of any musician, but of all his songs, “Piano Man” may be the one that is most synonymous with the 75-year-old singer and songwriter.
City and Colour's Dallas Green shared of his contribution, "'All The Way Down the Line' is a quintessential Joel Plaskett song. A simple, gorgeous melody tied together with a beautiful sentiment ...
With a career spanning over five decades, Billy Joel's songs have become iconic. But which of his classics are still topping the charts in the streaming era? 07:00, Sun, Mar 2, 2025 Billy Joel’s ...
When it comes to writing love songs, it's fair to say Billy Joel knows his stuff. From "She's Always A Woman" to "Just The Way You Are", he's composed some of the most moving romantic hits of our ...
All four of these themes are present in our list of The Best Song From Every Billy Joel Album. Together, these 12 songs and their respective LPs — excluding his 2001 classical album Fantasies ...
Billy Joel knows all about an increasingly popular fan theory that suggests two of his "Piano Man" song characters are gay. And, the Grammy winner understand why fans think that. In the song ...
When Billy Joel released his fifth studio album, “The Stranger,” in 1977, the song “Vienna” flew mostly under the radar. It wasn’t one of the four singles released in North America ...
Even the least diehard Billy Joel fans are familiar with the song “Just The Way You Are”. Released in 1977 on the album The Stranger, the song did quite a bit for Joel’s career. It was his ...