I had been touring.
We had done a promotional concert in Philadelphia
at this radio station,
and I played the song Captain Jack,
which was a new song.
The radio station recorded it,
and they continued to play it
because they got requested by people calling in
to play that song about Captain Jack.
And it was the most requested song
in the radio station's history.
And the local record promotion guys,
they reported back to Columbia Records,
there's all these people calling in for this song
by this guy named Billy Joel.
Nobody knows who he is or where he is.
We got the first phone call from Clive Davis.
So I had a meeting with Clive,
and Clive expressed an interest in signing me
to Columbia Records.
Well, good evening.
We are miraculously cross town once again
at Sigma Sound Studios, and I'm Ed Schock.
I'd like to welcome all of you here in the studio
and all of you at home to WMR's live radio concert number 11.
So now let's welcome Billy Joel.