“I'd always envisioned 'The Big Beat' leading off 'The Tale of the Tape' with the biggest drumbeat the rock world had ever heard. I knew I had something good... but I had no idea just how good.”

American rock musician, singer, and songwriter

Billy Squier is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter. He rose to prominence in the early 1980s and is known for a run of hit songs that helped define mainstream rock in that period. His best-known songs include "The Stroke," "Lonely Is the Night," "My Kinda Lover," "In the Dark," "Rock Me Tonite," "Everybody Wants You," "Emotions in Motion," "Love Is the Hero," and "Don't Say You Love Me." His best-selling album, 1981's Don't Say No, is regarded as a landmark of arena rock, linking the polish of power pop with the harder edge of rock.