“I Thought It Was Too Mushy”: Billy Joel Almost Axed This Hit From His Album—Until Linda Ronstadt Stepped In
Billy Joel revealed in an interview with Rick Beato that he almost left "Just the Way You Are" off his 1977 album The Stranger, believing the soft ballad was "too mushy." It was singer Linda Ronstadt, listening in the studio alongside Phoebe Snow, who convinced him the song was a hit and persuaded him to…