In the 1980s, Billy Joel was a piano-playing pop star and Christie Brinkley was one of the world's premiere supermodels. He wrote his hit song "Uptown Girl" about her, though she later admitted to Howard Stern she had no idea who he was when they first met at a party in St. Bart's with other famous faces, including Whitney Houston. They married in 1985 aboard a yacht in the Hudson River. Per the AP, the wedding had 200 guests.
The following year, Billy spoke about all the attention the marriage brought the couple in an interview with Rolling Stone. He bristled at the idea that he had "mellowed out," while also taking issue with the idea that he and Brinkley had some fabulous lifestyle. "it bothered us, because it made us seem as if we were these social butterflies, and we're not like that at all," he said. "We're pretty low-key people. We enjoy very simple things." Brinkley agreed, telling Sports Illustrated that they had to use fake names — Rocky and Sandy Shore — while checking into hotels so that they could avoid the paparazzi. "I had no idea what I was getting into," she said.
They divorced in 1994, but have remained close over the years. They have a daughter together, Alexa Ray Joel, who has followed in her father's musical footsteps. And of course, her parents are proud. When Social Life Magazine asked Brinkley to name her top musicians in 2019, she replied, "Alexa, Joni Mitchell, and Billy Joel."
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