On This Day, June 14, 1980: Billy Joel’s ‘Glass Houses’ lands at #1

On This Day, June 14, 1980 … 

Billy Joel landed at #1 with his seventh studio album, Glass Houses.

Influenced in part by new wave music, it featured, in Billy’s words, “bigger, louder, faster, shorter and punchier” material.

Four tunes off the album became Top 40 hits, including “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me,” which was Joel’s first#1 single. Other hits included “You May Be Right,” “Sometimes a Fantasy” and “Don’t Ask Me Why.”

Glass Houses remained on top of the charts for six weeks and went on to be certified seven-times Platinum by the RIAA.

It also earned Joel his fifth Grammy, winning Best Rock Male Vocal Performance.

Billy is set to wrap his 10-year residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden on July 25. He also has upcoming shows booked with Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart and Sting. A complete list of dates can be found at billyjoel.com.

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