Billy Joel's hit "We Didn't Start the Fire" topped the charts and outlined major events for baby boomers. But there's more to it.

Bardot was one of the 59 people mentioned by name in Billy Joel's 1989 single, "We Didn't Start the Fire" Just three of those 59 people, cited as newsy figures from the first 40 years of Joel's life, ...

With his hit song “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Billy Joel managed to cover 40 years of history in roughly four minutes, beginning with Harry Truman’s presidency in the late 1940s and concluding with ...

On this day (December 9) in 1989, Billy Joel topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” The song retained the top spot for two consecutive weeks. Since its release, it has given ...

We didn’t start the list. But music fans continue to track the 59 people named in Billy Joel’s 1989 pop hit, “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” The death of French actress Brigitte Bardot on Sunday trimmed ...