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Rock musician best known for his work with the piano. Some of his work mingled in the resurgence of interest in fifties pop culture of the late seventies to early eighties. It's Still Rock and Roll to Me mocked agents' attempts at keeping artists up to date. Big Shot was written in a style Joel thought Mick Jagger would use. We Didn't Start the Fire chronicles all the major events in his life up until that point. The Longest Time is done in a doo wop acapella style with only Billy providing vocals.
Parody[]
Weird Al Yankovic parodied Joel with the song Ode to a Superhero.
Genres[]
Pop Rock
Rockabilly Revival
Songs[]
Piano Man
We Didn't Start the Fire
Uptown Girl
She's Always a Woman
The Longest Time
Just the Way You Are
Only the Good Die Young
You May Be Right
Big Shot
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
Influences[]
Bill Haley and His Comets
Elvis Presley
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Chubby Checker
Bob Dylan
The Beatles