Joel wrote the 1978 hit with the Rolling Stones frontman — and his first wife Bianca Jagger — in mind Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her ...
To discern the mood of Billy Joel’s 1979 hit “Big Shot,” you don’t have to get beyond the first 20 seconds of the song. It begins with a guitar riff that practically barks at its listeners, and when ...