The reinvention paid off. Glass Houses won Joel the 1981 Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, a stamp of approval on ...

On 1980, American singer-songwriter Billy Joel topped the charts with his seventh studio album, Glass Houses. The record ...

Even if Billy Joel felt like songwriting was akin to pulling teeth, some records stood out as being much more enjoyable than ...

The story behind the classic rock hit Billy Joel wrote to spite his critics.

The Billy Joel Symposium runs June 6 and 7 at The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame, 97A Main St., Stony Brook ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Billy Joel has been a major touring force for many years, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Finding lasting love was Billy Joel's No. 1 goal, so he kept trying till he got it right with fourth wife Alexis Roderick.

A biopic on Billy Joel's early years titled 'Billy and Me,' told from the viewpoint of his early manager, is on the way from director John Ottman.

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. Following the premiere of HBO’s Billy Joel: And So It Goes, the ...