Billy Joel

Billy Joel is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist whose classically informed musicianship helped define piano-led popular rock. His breakthrough album, *Piano Man* (1973), began a run of acclaimed records and enduring songs including “Just the Way You Are,” “Uptown Girl,” and “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” Joel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.