In honor of Billy Joel's 75th birthday, we've definitively ranked his best songs, from "Allentown" to "Zanzibar." Yes, "Piano Man" is in there, too.

5 Minor Billy Joel Hits We Tend to Forget. By. ... (1980) Joel famously argued in the song “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” that categorizing music is a pointless exercise.

17. "You May Be Right" (From Glass Houses, 1980). One of Joel's toughest rockers kicked off his 1980 album Glass Houses, his second No. 1 and first LP to be recorded after he reached superstar ...

This Billy Joel track is a picture of American life in the 1980s as the concept of the 'American Dream' clashed with the ...

In 1980, as punk and New Wave threaten to kill classic rock, Joel releases this dismissive response. Its retro-'50s sound and sarcastic lyrics (“Welcome back to the age of jive”) seem to say ...

That being said, we’re rounding up Joel’s 10 best songs among his Hot 100 hits. It’s a daunting task, to be sure, but if it means listening to all those hits once again, we’re more than up ...

Our preview of HBO’s new Billy Joel doc, which includes never-before-seen footage and personal interviews that trace his ...

Part 1 of HBO's two-part documentary traces Joel's life and career through 1980, testifying to the contradictions that fueled his incandescent pop. But Part 1, which is two hours and 27 minutes ...

In an interview from 2017, Billy Joel named the top five best Billy Joel songs; ... Released on the 1980 album Glass Houses, this song opens the album with the sound of breaking glass.

Billy Joel's 10 most popular songs ranked ... From the 1980 album Glass Houses, 'It's Still Rock and Roll to Me' showcases ...

Billy Joel turns 75: His 75 best songs, definitively ranked. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY. Thu, May 9, 2024 at 4:31 PM UTC. ... ‘Don’t Ask Me Why’ (1980) Billy Joel goes Latin!