🎂 Birthday, age 74 in 2023 on May 9

One of the very few artists to have top ten hits in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

His album "52nd Street" (1978) was the first album to be released on compact disc in 1982.
His song "Just the Way You Are" (1977) is one of the most covered and radio-played songs of all-time.

Some of his countless hits are "Piano Man" (1973), "She's Always a Woman" (1978), "My Life" (1979), "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (1980, first US #1) "Allentown" (1982), "Uptown Girl" (1983, first UK #1), "Tell Her About It" (1983, US #1), "The Longest Time" (1983), "We Didn't Start the Fire" (1989), "Leningrad" (1989), "The Rivers of Dreams" (1993) and "All About Soul" (1993).