Billy Joel may not play the Lehigh Valley these days. But he still sings about Allentown. It’s no surprise. The Piano Man’s documented ties to the region run deep. A late 1973 show at The Roxy ...

ABRAHAM: Even Billy Joel agreed when the song came out back in 1982 it's not about Allentown specifically but a state of mind. We're not moving out or giving up, he said. We're going to try.

This Billy Joel track is a picture of American life in the 1980s as the concept of the 'American Dream' clashed with the ...

Singer Billy Joel is shown in concert on Oct. 1987. When Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk walked into his surprise birthday party at City Hall, his staff surprised him with a singalong to a song he ...

Billy Joel released 'Allentown,' the gold-selling Top 20 second single from 'The Nylon Curtain,' in November 1982.

Billy Joel had a hit with "Allentown" in 1982 and helped put the city on the map for music fans.But more than 40 years later, the mayor of the eastern Pennsylvania city said he could do without ...

Each installment of the look at the iconic musician, currently recovering from a brain disorder that caused him to cancel ...

For Billy Joel's 75th birthday, here are his 75 best songs: ... ALLENTOWN. Of Joel’s several city-songs (from “Goodnight Saigon” to “Leningrad”), this one feels the most authentic.

Billy Joel plays at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem on Dec. 27, 1982, a few months after "Allentown" was released on the album "The Nylon Curtain." The Bethlehem Globe-Times reported the Lehigh Valley ...

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Forty years ago, Billy Joel's hit song "Allentown" fell off the charts after almost five months on the Billboard 100, and it left a legacy.

Billy Joel may not play Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley these days. But he still sings about Allentown. It’s no surprise. The Piano Man’s documented ties to the region run deep. A late 1973 ...