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Howard asked Billy how he wrote his biggest hits, starting with “Allentown,” so Billy said it was originally named after Long Island’s sleepy Levittown: “Living here in Levittown. He never looked in the fridge.”īilly laughed that he was on such a high after Paul’s visit, he didn’t remember hiding the meat until a few days later: “And I’m looking around my house like, ‘What’s that smell?'” The Story of His Hits He and Paul listened to music and talked about their touring days: “And that went on for few hours and then he left. “I had to literally hide the salami,” he said. In preparation for Paul’s visit, Billy remembered his strict vegetarian diet and began hiding all the meat from his refrigerator around his house. And he had been dabbling in classical-style music. “It’s too early in the morning.” Jamming With Sir Paulīilly told the crew about the time he’d had Paul McCartney over to jam–or at least to share what they’d been working on: “I had written some piano pieces. “She was 19.”īilly then played a little bit of “Uptown Girl.” “It’s supposed to sound like Frankie Valli but it doesn’t,” he laughed. Howard wondered how serious Billy had been with Elle. I was dating Elle.”īilly said the song was originally titled “Uptown Girls,” and was about multiple girls. “I wasn’t even dating Christie when I started writing the song.
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“That story’s been around since ‘Uptown Girl’ came out. He wanted to know if the Piano Man’s chart-topper “Uptown Girl” was about his relationship with supermodel Elle Macpherson or supermodel Christie Brinkley.īilly said it was about both women. Billy Joel stopped by to promote his new movie, “The Last Play at Shea,” but first Howard had a burning question.