Billy Joel has a new song coming next week. Before it arrives, revisit “The Stranger” and tracks by Juelz Santana, Dick Hyman and more. By Lindsay Zoladz When Billy Joel was working on what would ...

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When The New York Times pop music critic Lindsay Zoladz heard that Billy Joel was releasing a new single, it prompted her to return to some of his back catalog, including the 1977 album “The Stranger, ...