Billy Joel

Billy Joel is a rock musician responsible for reviving interest in piano-led rock along with Elton John, doing so in the seventies. He was reviving a style commonly associated with artists such as Little Richard or Fats Domino. He was greatly successful, with numerous certified albums including The Stranger going diamond. His greatest hits went double diamond. He had numerous hit singles, many certified. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He received the Kennedy Center Honors. Despite his immense success he was not inducted until his third year of eligibility, a shame. Joel was a part of the charity supergroup USA for Africa. He was inducted by Ray Charles. His song The Longest Time is noted for having been done in an a capella style.