4th of July Tribute to America's Contribution to the Rock Era

This superstar from Hicksville, Long Island didn't start out that way.  He was a pretty good boxer to begin with, then played piano bars in smoky bars a long ways from the limelight.  But he caught on, at first with this song in 1974 that eventually became a classic, then went on to become one of the most accomplished artists of the Rock Era.  Here is Billy Joel: