“We play it every show,” says Pat Farrell, 59, of New Hyde Park, who is a singer and piano player in Joel tribute band Cold Spring Harbor. “It’s also a very popular wedding song.

In a country where open expressions of sorrow can be interpreted as political, Peng Haitao's piano performance in public strikes a chord with many in China. Just one song, that's all a man from ...

“Piano Man,” perhaps legendary songwriter Billy Joel’s most famous song, is full of a cast of characters we’ve never met but know so well—from Paul, the real estate novelist, and ...