"Big Shot" by Billy Joel was inspired by a well-known musician. The Piano Man wrote the 1978 song with the Stones' frontman, Mick Jagger, and his first wife, Bianca Jagger, in mind.

To discern the mood of Billy Joel’s 1979 hit “Big Shot,” you don’t have to get beyond the first 20 seconds of the song. It begins with a guitar riff that practically barks at its listeners, and when ...

"I was thinking of Mick singing that to her," Joel said of his 1978 song "Big Shot," referring to the Rolling Stones frontman Despite rumors, the song was never about a bad date Joel had with Bianca ...