It took a while for Billy ... Joel spent the early part of the 1970s as a singer who wrote about what he knew: New York City, girls, love. He scored a minor but critical hit in 1973 with ‘Piano ...
Growing up in suburban Long Island, a keen ear for melody allied to his songs’ everyman perspectives made him one of the 80s ... Billy Joel on Radio 2, Nick Hasted looks back at the piano man ...