Billy Joel "Piano Man"

Billy Joel Piano Man, 1985.

Piano Man was the first single released by Billy Joel -- released on November 2, 1973. Piano Man has been released on several album, as it was his first major hit and is his signature song. Piano Man peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1974.

"Piano Man" is a fictionalized retelling of his experience as a piano-lounge singer at the Executive Room in Los Angeles, and Joel has stated that all of the characters depicted in the song were based on real people.

ORIGINAL VIDEO VERSION

Billy Joel Piano Man, 1973.

OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST

Billy Joel Piano Man, 1975.


The Old Grey Whistle Test was an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971 to 1987.