So, just how big a hit was Billy Joel’s “Piano Man?”
Number one hit? Nope.
Top ten, though, right? Nope.
Top twenty, at least? Nope.
Top 40? Yes, actually. It peaked at number 25.
That’s right. Billy Joel’s signature song that has sold over 6-million copies, never hit the top half of the Top 40. Go figure.
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Four white men stand around and murder a black man who is non-resistant and handcuffed. Unconscious, even. They walk the streets free days later.
A black man shoots wildly at police officers who broke into his home without announcing themselves as law enforcement. Defending his castle. No officer is even injured. He is instantly arrested and not released for nearly a week.
Keep kneeling to your “Mes’cans are rapists and criminals…well, some may be ok” Occupant.
Just keep kneeling.
Not all Mes’cans are rapists…some are child molesters.
Trump is misquoted above.
Getting back to “Piano Man,” I was very surprised. I would have gotten that single’s ranking so very, very wrong in a trivia contest: his go-to song; his nickname, his breakthrough album? Very strange.
I saw Billy Joel in concert decades ago. Great entertainer. The tee shirts I bought don’t seem to fit any more. Must have been made of space age shrinking materials, yeah, that sounds good.
I just cleaned out my old t shirts. Amazing how they all shrunk. We a need a scientist to explore why this happens.
Nah, scientists cost money. Just have IMAO get a grant to study shirt shrinkage over decades, while the government is throwing trillions away anyway. Use “Why do clothes shrink for no apparent reason?” as a SLOTD, cut and paste the answers, and voila, our report is prepared! If that’s too much trouble, we’ll just blame Bush or global warming.
Stairway to heaven? Classic. Don’t think it ever even cracked the Top-100!