Billy Joel

Billy Joel will play a surprise concert on Wednesday night (October 16th) at the 1,555-capacity Paramount Theater in Huntington, Long Island, according to Newsday.

It took Billy Joel more than half a decade and five albums to catch a break. 'Piano Man' was a Top 30 hit in 1974, but it didn't launch the singer-songwriter into any sort of career stratosphere. Then came 1977's 'The Stranger.'

Billy Joel released 'The Nylon Curtain' on Sept. 23, 1982.

Songs by Billy Joel and George Harrison are featured in new Gap ads -- performed by their kids.

Billy Joel has decided to publish his scrapped autobiography, The Book Of Joel.

Two classic rockers will receive 2013 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C. this December. Carlos Santana and Billy Joel were named as part of the group of five new honorees.

To honor the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, Billy Joel participated with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and a group of firefighters in a motorcycle ride in Manhattan. The route they took -- from a firehouse on W. 43rd St. down the West Side Highway to Ground Zero -- followed the path taken by Rescue 1, which lost half of its members, on that day 12 years ago.

By the time Billy Joel entered the studio for his 12th album, 'River of Dreams,' he had sold millions of records, toured the world, won Grammy Awards and had a wife and family. By all appearances, he seemed happy, fulfilled and poised for another two decades of success. Behind the scenes, however, he was struggling.

Finding a new lover sure can put a spring in your step, huh? Rarely has this phenomenon been more clearly demonstrated in rock history than with Billy Joel's ninth album, 1983's 'An Innocent Man,' which turns 30 years old today.

After Joel was photographed at a Florida restaurant with a glass of wine, his ex-wife has been trying to no avail to stage an intervention to help.