"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.

While famous singer-songwriters are certainly under no obligation to reveal what their most popular tunes are about, many legendary musicians do open up about their inspirations — and that's exactly ...

"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 ...