Billy Joel Turns Up At A Middle School Spring Recital

What's better than watching a group of young students singing Billy Joel songs? The man himself attending their performance.

That's exactly what happened when Joel,made a surprise visit at Finley Middle School's Wunsch Art Center in Glen Cove, New York, on Wednesday for Deasy Elementary School's spring concert, dubbed "The River of Dreams: A Billy Joel Tribute."

"We invited Billy Joel on a lark, but we didn't expect him to come," Deasy's principal, Nomi Rosen, told Newsday. "It was totally thrilling. We were all beside ourselves."

Without any fanfare, Joel drove his motorcycle 10 minutes from his Centre Island, New York, home to see the kids's show - and once there, tried to make himself as inconspicuous as possible.

"I asked him if he wanted to sit in front," explains Rosen. "But he said he would rather stay in the back so he wouldn't make the kids nervous." Smooth move, sir! Even more - he still isn't making a big deal. One of the parents at the school posted a video overnight.

Nicely done!

The same day, Billy dropped in on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, and sang Doo-Wop using an iPhone app.