Billy Squier

Billy Squier (born May 12 1950) is a rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock and power ballad hits in the early 1980s. He is probably best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 release "Don't Say No"

Billy Squier (born May 12 1950) is a rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock and power ballad hits in the early 1980s. He is probably best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 release "Don't Say No". Other hits include "In The Dark", "Rock Me Tonite" and "Everybody Wants You".

Originally he performed with The Sidewinders, a band that premiered during the early 1970s. He played with members inlcuding Mike Reed, Henry Stern and Bryan Chase. Squier left them to form the band Piper, which released a couple of albums in the mid '70s, ( Piper and Can't Wait ) but broke off soon after. Upon reviewing the debut release entitled Piper, Circus magazine touted it as the greatest debut album ever produced by an American rock band. He then persued a solo career.