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“Big Shot” By Billy Joel reminds me of younger days.

“Big Shot” was the second hit single from Billy Joel’s 1978 album 52nd Street. The song was released in early-1979, just as his other hit single from that same album, “‘My Life”, was peaking at #3. It would soon become his second top-twenty hit of 1979, peaking at #14.

A rumor that the song was based on a bad date with Bianca Jagger is not true. In an interview in 2006, Billy Joel said, “I read that the song Big Shot is said to be about a date I had with Bianca Jagger. I never had a date with Bianca Jagger.”

“You May Be Right”  by Billy Joel.  Watch the piano man rock out in this one.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxNOCl7S7lU

 ”You May Be Right” is a single written and performed by rock singer Billy Joel from his 1980 album Glass Houses. The song reached #7 on the US charts, but failed to chart in the UK unlike his preceding and succeeding singles “All for Leyna” (UK #40) and “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” (UK #14). The song was used as theme song for the television show Dave’s World, as sung by Southside Johnny. “You May Be Right” and “All for Leyna” both last 4 minutes 15 seconds on the album, making them the longest songs on Glass Houses. “You May Be Right” is featured in disc 2 of Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits – Volumes I and II album.

The song was also performed by Garth Brooks on the live video This Is Garth Brooks recorded in Dallas, Texas and in Garth’s 1997 New York concert with Billy Joel as a special guest. The song has also been covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks, Keith Urban and the Rock Bottom Remainders.