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The Happy Accident That Broke Billy Joel’s Writer’s Block and Delivered His Most Unusual Single in 1982

UNIONDALE, NY - FEBRUARY 28: Billy Joel performs at Nassau Coliseum on December 11, 1977 in Uniondale, New York. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images) We all have an idea of what a Billy Joel song will sound like. It’ll have piano for sure and maybe a swingy melody. But, like any convention, that doesn’t encapsulate the entirety of his sound. He got experimental in the 1980s, trying to find a cure for writer’s block. He stumbled upon the answer hap…
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American Songwriter broke the news on Friday, July 31, 2026.
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