American Songwriter

The 4 Best Songs on Billy Joel’s ‘The Stranger’ Never Got the Chart Credit They Deserved

Chart performance can be a fickle thing, and no album exemplifies this unreliability quite like Billy Joel’s The Stranger. Released on September 29, 1977, Joel’s fifth album was by far his most ...
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I Watched The New Billy Joel Documentary As A Lifelong Fan, And I Had No Idea This One Person Was Such A Big Part Of His Success

One of my first and most cherished music memories is riding in the backseat of my dad’s car when he first picked up Billy Joel’s “River of Dreams” back in 1993. After listening to the title track (and ...
American Songwriter

Billy Joel’s Bittersweet Pick for His All-Time Best Song Might Surprise You, Sour Notes and All

When a musician has a career as lengthy and prolific as pop-rock icon Billy Joel, narrowing down their catalogue to a single “best” track is no small feat. The casual listener might assume Joel would ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

10 Must-Hear Tracks From ‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’ Soundtrack

It's been a terrific time to be a Billy Joel fan in 2025. The new HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, which premiered in July, offered a two-part, five-hour deep dive into his career - an ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Joel Released a Seven-Hour, 155-Track Digital Playlist. These Are Our Ten Favorite Songs

Billy Joel fans have been super-served over the past week with the release of the two-part, five-hour documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, and a 155-song companion digital playlist that runs for ...