Billy Joel Trivia

1. Which all-star guest did NOT appear on Billy's album "The Bridge"?

From Quiz William Joel But You Can Call Me Billy

Answer: Elton John

Billy and Elton John have toured together with dueling pianos on stage. Cyndi and Billy teamed up for "Code Of Silence" and Ray Charles recorded "Baby Grand" for the album.

From Quiz Billy Joel Opening Lines, Part 2

Answer: Only the Good Die Young

"Only the Good Die Young" is from the album, "The Stranger", released in 1977. A previous recording of it is featured on "My Lives", released in 2005.

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song : Allentown

Answer: Factories

Allentown is a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The iron industry resulted in the rapid expansion of the city in the 19th century.

From Quiz Say Goodbye To Hollywood

Answer: Turnstiles

"Turnstiles" was the follow-up album to "Streetlife Serenade," and preceded the multi-platinum album "The Stranger."

From Quiz Fractured Billy Joel

Answer: Only the Good Die Young

Some controversy followed "Only the Good Die Young" upon its release, as some found the song anti-Catholic. Some radio stations even banned the song. Billy Joel later stated the song wasn't so much anti-Catholic as it was pro-lust. He also pointed out the boy in the song trying to get his virgin girlfriend to go against her Catholic ways DIDN'T succeed in doing so.

From Quiz Billy Joel Opening Lines, Part 1

Answer: Piano Man

Perhaps his most famous song, from the album of the same name (1973).

From Quiz It's Still Rock & Roll To Me

Answer: Too wide

"What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing? Can't you tell that your tie's too wide?" The origins of the necktie began in 1618 during the Thirty Years' War. The French frontier included Croatian mercenaries who wore their traditional knotted neckerchiefs. The French designers created a copy that they called a cravat and it became a fashionable garment for both sexes throughout Europe. The modern necktie came into being in 1860 when the industrial revolution demanded neckwear that was easy to tie and comfortable enough to wear all day. These ties were long and thin. The widths of the ties began to increase after World War I and, along with very flamboyant colours and designs, this continued until the 1950s. The largest of these wide ties was 4.5 inches across. They began to slim down again in 1953 and by the early 1960's the average width was down to 1 inch and they were made of very dark, conservative colours. And just to add a pure piece of trivia: Striped ties in Britain use Regimental stripes that run from the left shoulder down to the right while the stripes on the original US ties ran from the right shoulder down to the left.

From Quiz Billy Joel Geography

Answer: Paris

"Somewhere Along the Line" is contained on Billy Joel's "Piano Man" album, released in 1973. It's a rather pessimistic song about how Father Time catches up with all of us in the end. The opening lyrics to the song read, "Well, it's a rainy night in Paris / And I'm sitting by the Seine / It's a pleasure to be soaking in the European rain..."

From Quiz Billy Joel Lyric Mania - Part Two

Answer: Soul & soul

"All About Soul" comes from "River Of Dreams" released in 1993

From Quiz Billy Joel's Milleneum Concert CD

Answer: Piano Man

"Piano Man" was Billy Joel's first hit and has been his trade mark for over thirty years.

From Quiz Billy Joel Lyric Mania

Answer: somebody

It comes from the song "Ain't No Crime".

From Quiz Billy Joel's "Cold Spring Harbour" Album

Answer: Laugh

The live version of "She's Got Away" is the better-known version, but personally I feel this one is better.

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song: "Piano Man"

Answer: Nine o'clock

"It's nine o'clock on a Saturday The regular crowd shuffles in" Songfacts.com states: "This was inspired by Joel's experiences playing at The Executive Room, a piano bar in Los Angeles. The characters in the song are based on real people Joel encountered working at The Executive Room".

From Quiz Billy Joel Lyrics

Answer: You May Be Right

From the album "Glass Houses" released 1980.

From Quiz This Is Billy Joel

Answer: William Martin Joel

Early in his career, Billy used his middle name and went by the name Bill Martin while working in a piano bar.

From Quiz Billy Joel Mania

Answer: You May Be Right

When I first heard this song, I didn't know the title, so I called it the "Electric Chair" song because the second verse goes. "Remember how I found you there, alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled. You were lonely for a man, I said take me as I am, 'Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while." See what I mean!

From Quiz It's Still Billy Joel to Me

Answer: 1949

Billy Joel was born as William Martin Joel on May 9th 1949 in the Bronx, New York but his family later moved to Levittown on Long Island.

From Quiz Billy Joel: Storm Front

Answer: a stranger

"The papers say she was seen in L.A. with a stranger. She found a perfect body with a Maserati right outside." are the lyrics. It's a song about, you guessed it, Christie Brinkley to whom Billy was married at the time. He was saying that all the newspapers and tabloids portrayed her a certain way and this was his song saying, "Hey, she's not really like that."

From Quiz Billy Joel: The Nylon Curtain

Answer: Going on strike

The exact lyric is: "Out in Bethlehem they're killing time, filling out forms, standing in line." The question asked, what AREN'T they doing in Bethlehem. They are doing all those things, except, going on strike.

From Quiz Billy Joel: Glass Houses

Answer: Saturday

In the first song on the album "You May Be Right", the very first two lines of the song state, "Friday night I crashed your party. Saturday I said I'm sorry." In perhaps a nod to the album title, the very first sound you hear on this song is glass breaking. It's kind of cool and attention getting and sounds awesome in headphones!

From Quiz Billy Joel

Answer: a melody & melody

And you've got us feeling alright!

From Quiz Billy Joel: "The Stranger"

Answer: a mask

There is a scary looking white mask sitting on the pillow next to Billy. The song "The Stranger" is about how we act differently in front of people but most of the time it isn't how we really are. So it's almost like we are putting on a mask for other people. The boxing gloves are on the cover but they are hanging on the wall, not on the pillow.

From Quiz The People in Billy Joel's Lyrics

Answer: Judy

"Why Judy Why" opens with the line "Of all the people in the world that I know, you're the best place to go when I cry."

From Quiz Finish Billy's Lyrics

Answer: a real estate novelist

From 'Piano Man', Record of the Year for 1972 and my favourite song EVER!

From Quiz The Lyric Legend that is Billy Joel!

Answer: close your eyes

This song is a lullaby from 'River of Dreams'.

From Quiz More Billy Joel

Answer: 9& nine

He plays on a Saturday.

From Quiz Billy the 'Piano Man'!

Answer: Alexa

She was given the middle name Ray, after Ray Charles.

From Quiz Easy Billy Joel Lyric trivia

Answer: Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)

I think just about everyone who has heard this song knows about its origin. Billy was having a conversation with his daughter Alexa at her bed time. She was at that age where she was asking those agonizing questions like, "What happens when you die?". This song was about how he responded to her.

From Quiz Billy Joel Lyrics and Songs

Answer: Allentown

The title reference was to Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was a blue-collar neighborhood in a time of an industrial boom. The song was not specifically about this town but, moreso, a metaphor for the industrial towns of the time.

From Quiz Billy Joel

Answer: May 9, 1949

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