Billy Joel wrote ‘Piano Man.’ Billy Joel is the Piano Man. Joel was the most prominent singer/songwriter of the late ’70s and early ’80s. He has a prolific knack for hooks and melodies that some compare to the Beatles and Elton John. His concerts have been his most popular draw, selling out stadiums all over the country. Tickets to a Billy Joel concert are perfect for a date or bringing the whole family, as his music reaches all generations.

Joel grew up in Hicksville, New York, where he discovered his love of music playing the piano. His first band was the Echoes, who covered all the British band songs of the ’60s; the second was the Hassles, who released two albums; and the short-lived Attila was his third. Cold Spring Harbor, Billy Joel’s first solo album, was released in the early ’70s and didn’t get a lot of notice.