Billy Joel almost didn't include "Just The Way You Are" on his 1977 album 'The Stranger', which became a commercial hit.

Billy Joel was married to his ex-wife Elizabeth Weber from 1973 to 1982. Here’s everything to know about Billy Joel’s first wife.

But Part 1, which is two hours and 27 minutes long, takes you right up through 1980, when Joel has already released his seventh album, “Glass Houses.” So I feel confident in reviewing it as a ...

Ripp produced Joel’s first album, “Cold Spring Harbor” (1971), which led off with “She’s Got a Way” (quite a first solo track), but to make sure that the songs fit a radio format, Ripp ...

After recording "The Stranger" in 1977, Joel and Weber sat in a room full of record label suits only to be told "It's nice," but the execs couldn't identify an obvious hit single among the album ...

In fact, it was the NYU alum who pushed Billy to choose the 1977 'mushy' ballad as the second single off his fifth studio album The Stranger - which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, won him ...

The film met a receptive audience that loudly cheered or applauded whenever the on-screen Joel notched a landmark album ("Turnstiles," "The Stranger") or scored a career victory (two Grammys for ...

Billy Joel, now seriously ill and canceling his concert tour, was celebrated at the Tribeca NYC premiere of an HBO documentary about his up-and-down life.