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 ...

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 ...

Billy Joel may have been making ends meet in the early 1970s, but he considers this album a leap forward in his professional ...

Billy Joel was at a pivotal moment while recording his iconic album The Stranger, and it took the encouragement of a legendary ’70s female rocker to include what would become one of the LP's most ...

While disco, funk, rock and soulful pop dominated the charts in the 1970s, Billy Joel quietly rose above the trend and ...

When Billy Joel was putting together his 1977 album The Stranger, there was one song he wasn’t sure about releasing. In the studio, he got some sage advice and ended up including the track on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Music icon Billy Joel surprised fans with a special Christmas gift on Dec. 24, unveiling a never-before-seen video of himself ...

Billy Joel's 1977 magnum opus, "The Stranger," is hailed by many as an album that defined the New York experience with its sound. But Joel wasn't the only sound in town at the time, as the City that ...