For almost 20 years, BIll German published the Rolling Stones fanzine Beggars Banquet. In a newly updated version of his memoir, German tells readers what it was like to hang out with "The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World."
It was 42 years ago today that Billy Joel scored his first Number One single when "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" hit the top spot for the first of two weeks. The song, which was the second single pulled from his multi-platinum, six-week chart-topping Glass Houses album, followed the set's lead single, "You May Be Right" a major hit that peaked at Number Seven. Prior to "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me," the closest Billy had gotten to Number One were a pair Top Three hits 1978's "My Life" and the previous year's "Just The Way You Are" which did hit Number One on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. In the following years, although Billy Joel scored 16 more Top 20 singles, he only returned to Number One twice more first with 1983's "Tell Her About It" and 1989's "We Didn't Start The Fire." In 1979 when Billy Joel was composing the songs for the following year'
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