;-)Posted on 10/03/2004 5:05:38 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds
Singer Billy Joel has married his 23-year-old fiancée Kate Lee in a ceremony at his Long Island home, Columbia Records confirmed on Saturday. It is the third marriage for Joel, 55, best known in the UK for his 1983 chart-topper Uptown Girl.
The singer-songwriter's teenage daughter, Alexa Ray, by his second wife and former model Christie Brinkley, also attended the sunset ceremony.
Lee, a TV restaurant critic, began dating the singer last year.
Joel has had more than 24 hit singles in the US, in a career that has spanned more than 30 years.
His song Piano Man, which was released in 1973 and became a hit the following year, became his signature tune in the US.
Walk of Fame
Last month the singer, who is also a classically-trained pianist and composer, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Joel's name was inscribed on a plaque in front of the Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.
"I had not considered this when I wrote Say Goodbye to Hollywood," he said at the ceremony in September. "It looks like I'm always going to be here."
Joel, who formed his first band at 14, has said he was inspired to a musical career after seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
He went on to sell more than 100 million records around the world, winning six Grammy awards and being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
His Hollywood star was unveiled outside the theatre where Movin' Out, the Tony Award-winning musical based on Joel's songs, is currently being performed.
;-)Geez...the first time I saw Billy Joel in concert, his new wife hadn't been born yet...and Jimmy Buffett was the warm-up act.
Ahhh,$$$love$$$.
The man gets some great, um, companionship, and the woman gets set for life.
I guess Bill has more fortune to give away.
It looks like his daughter in the foreground, but I'll Leave a Tender Moment Alone.
billy joel goes in the same category as pearl scam, dixie pigs, bruce springding, and john melonhead (to name a few)who i will never support again. F-THEM.
I think he's a young 55 and she looks like a very mature 22. It's probably an equal match.
She looks like a young Anna Nicole with dark hair!
Well, I'm sure she did her parents proud.
The parents are younger than Joel I think!
Hey Billy is that a tan or booze rash?
Now there is a M.I. in the saddle waiting to happen!
Is his wife older than his daughter?
I hope he let's her drive.
One piece of advice for Billy's new bride : YOU do the driving !
Go for it Billy, just remember to stock up on Viagra, and let her do the driving.
Oh, yeah.
His daughter is a teenager - just a kid. His wife is woman. ;-)
No, she looks like Christie Brinkley with dark hair! Look at her face!
Great minds think alike huh ? Beat me by 17 seconds !
If it's an equal pairing in emotions, intellect, and maturity, I don't think age much matters - except to other people.
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