Piano Man

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Written by: Joel
Produced by: Michael Stewart
Released: Nov. '73 on Columbia
Charts: 14 weeks
Top spot: No. 25

Joel grew up playing in Long Island rock bands with names such as the Hassles, but a California hiatus pointed him in a more introspective direction. As a lounge pianist for six months under the name Bill Martin, he pecked out standards for lost souls. "It was all right," he told ROLLING STONE. "I got free drinks and union scale, which was the first steady money I'd made in a long time."

Appears on: Piano Man (Columbia)

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