In most cases, the start of a career is crucial to long-term musical success. Mess up that opportunity and it’s difficult to right the ship and grab the public’s attention when they’ve moved on to ...

For those of you unfamiliar, Cold Spring Harbor is Joel’s 1971 debut solo album, and it features early tracks such as “Tomorrow Is Today”, “She’s Got A Way”, “Everybody Loves You Now”, and “Turn ...

Billy Joel’s ‘Turnstiles’ turns 50 this week, celebrating the album that reconnected the artist with New York and laid the foundation for his breakthrough success with ‘The Stranger’.

One of the most cogent pieces of pop music analysis in recent memory is not an essay, or a review, or a magazine cover story, but a 2023 tweet from writer Matthew Perpetua, who broke Billy Joel's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Billy Joel’s 2025 hasn’t gone exactly as planned. The piano man was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Following the premiere of HBO’s Billy Joel: And So It Goes, the ...

Even if Billy Joel had a lighthearted side in his songs, there were more than a few dark chapters he wanted to explore as ...

Billy Joel is opening up about what he really thinks of The BeatlesWhite Album. In an interview with Bill Maher for his Club Random podcast on Monday, July 21, the "Vienna" musician reflected on the ...

Billy Joel has branded The White Album by The Beatles a "collection of half-assed songs". The Piano Man was clearly not a fan of the legendary rock band's 1968 self-titled double album - which ...