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The Ballad of Billy the Kid

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"The Ballad of Billy the Kid"
Single by Billy Joel
from the album Piano Man
B-side"If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)"
ReleasedApril 1974
Recorded1973
Length5:35
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Billy Joel
Producer(s)Michael Stewart
Billy Joel singles chronology
"Travelin' Prayer"
(1974)
"The Ballad of Billy the Kid"
(1974)
"The Entertainer"
(1975)

"The Ballad of Billy the Kid" is a 1974 song by Billy Joel. It is the third single from his second studio album Piano Man. It was a concert staple from 1974 to 1979 and was used on his 1981 live album Songs in the Attic. It did not chart on any of the singles charts.

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