SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME 42nd ANNIVERSARY AWARDS CEREMONY CELEBRATES SONGWRITING LEGENDS

Inductees John Bettis, Garth Brooks, Leon Russell, Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly and Allen Toussaint. Along with honorees Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Hal David, Drake, Chaka Khan and Ervin Drake.

In our new video from the Billy Joel "Questions & Answers" lecture series, Alec Baldwin asked Billy about the impact his mother had on his music career. In his answer, Billy credited his mother with being the reason he took piano lessons. The video, which was filmed after a screening of "The Last Play At Shea" documentary at the Hamptons International Film Festival, also features a funny interruption.

Billy Joel's "Allentown," the song that briefly put the Queen City on the lips of people nationwide in 1982, is getting the city another shot of attention for its use in a critical scene of the new movie "The Hangover, Part II."

A profanely rewritten version of the song is included on the film's soundtrack on Warner Bros. records, and various versions of it on YouTube have gotten more than 300,000 views.

At the Hamptons International Film Festival last year, Alec Baldwin hosted a Q&A session with Billy following a screening of "The Last Play At Shea" documentary film. During the Q&A, Alec was asked about his favorite Billy Joel song. You can see their answer in the latest video from our Billy Joel "Questions & Answers" lecture series!

In the latest video from our Billy Joel "Questions & Answers" lecture series, a few young fans asked Billy about his favorite moment in Mets history. The Q&A took place following a screening of "The Last Play At Shea" at the Hamptons International Film Festival.