Question: Which single by Billy Joel was released first, The Entertainer or Piano Man?

Context articles: The Entertainer (song)
Worse Comes to Worst
Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel
Piano Man (album)
Piano Man (song)
The Ballad of Billy the Kid
Captain Jack (Billy Joel song)
Travelin' Prayer
You're My Home
Kyle Martin (musician)

"The Entertainer" is a single by singer Billy Joel released as the only single from his 1974 album "Streetlife Serenade".
 The song peaked at #34 on the US charts, a Top 40 hit for Joel that year.
 The song is a cynical and somewhat satirical look at the fleeting fame of a musician and fickle public tastes ("Today I am your champion / I may have won your hearts / But I know the game / You'll forget my name / And I won't be here / in another year / if I don't stay on the charts"); this theme would be examined in the later song "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me".
 Another verse in the song references the shortening of Joel's song, "Piano Man", from 5 minutes and 38 seconds to 3 minutes and 5 seconds to fit a radio slot, referenced by the lyrics "It was a beautiful song, / but it ran too long / If you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit / So they cut it down to 3:05."
 Additionally, the timing printed on the label of the 7" release of "The Entertainer" was 3:05, although the actual 45 length was 3:11 (while the album length was 3:41).
 In the single version, Verse 3 (which starts at 1:02 in the album version) is edited out, and Verse 2 (which starts at 0:40) contains a steel guitar in its second half, which is actually featured in the second half of the "third" verse in the album version; indeed, on the single mix, the instrumental crescendo of the album version is anticipated by bringing the fuller instrumentation of Verse 3 under the vocals of Verse 2.
 As a result of this, the slightly emptier original instrumentation of Verse 2 (which includes a downward slide on the synth) and the vocals of Verse 3 are completely omitted, while the instrumentation of Verse 3 (featuring the steel guitar) does appear, but earlier.
"Worse Comes to Worst" is a single by singer Billy Joel released as the 2nd single from his 1974 album "Piano Man".
 It reached number #80 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel is a greatest hits album, by Billy Joel, originally released on 15 November 2004 on its own, but the album was re-released on 10 July 2006, with a DVD also in the package.
 The CD contains 18 of his biggest hits, and the DVD contains 10 videos (some of which are live).
Piano Man is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on November 9, 1973.
 Joel's first recording with Columbia Records, "Piano Man" emerged from legal difficulties with his former label, Family Productions, and became his breakthrough album.
 However, the Family Productions print logo was used until 1986.
"Piano Man" is the first single released by Billy Joel.
 It was released on November 2, 1973, and has been included on several subsequent albums.
 Joel's first major hit and his signature song, the song peaked at #25 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in April 1974.
 In 2016, the Library of Congress selected "Piano Man" for preservation in the National Recording Registry for its "cultural, historic, or artistic significance."
"The Ballad of Billy the Kid" is a Billy Joel song from the album "Piano Man".
 It was also issued as a single in the UK backed with "If I Only Had The Words (To Tell You)."
"Captain Jack" is a song by Billy Joel featured on his 1973 album "Piano Man" with a live version on his 1981 album "Songs in the Attic".
"Travelin' Prayer" is a single written and performed by singer Billy Joel, and released as the 3rd single from his 1973 album "Piano Man".
 The song is described as an urgent, banjo-fueled gem.
 It reached number #77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #34 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1974.
 It was a slightly bigger hit in Canada, where it reached #61.
"You're My Home" is a single by Billy Joel.
 It was originally on Billy Joel's 1973 album "Piano Man", and also appears on "Songs in the Attic" (1981), "The Ultimate Collection" (2000), "The Essential Billy Joel" (2001) and "12 Gardens Live " (2006).
Kyle Martin is a musician, piano player and singer from Sacramento, CA.
 He is best known for his role as the "Piano Man" in the Billy Joel/Twyla Tharp Broadway musical, "Movin' Out", during the 2007–2009 National Tour.