5 Things to Know About Billy Joel’s 52nd Street Album Title
- The album is named after 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan.
- That street was a historic hub for jazz musicians from the Great Depression through the 1950s.
- Billy Joel chose the title to honor that jazz legacy.
- The street was once lined with clubs where legends like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie played.
- By 1978, when the album came out, most of those clubs had closed, making the title a tribute to a lost era.