Christie Brinkley, who inspired ‘Uptown Girl,’ dances along to the hit at Billy Joel’s concert

“Uptown Woman” stays one in every of Joel’s greatest hits and featured Brinkley within the video, starring as a complicated, upper-class girl, whereas Joel performs a blue-collar mechanic. The duo was relationship on the time, and the track peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.

In a 2010 interview with Howard Stern, Joel confirmed the track was written about Brinkley, though he did say he wasn’t relationship her when he started writing it and the concept for the observe started after an opportunity encounter with Brinkley, Whitney Houston and Elle MacPherson, whom he was relationship on the time.

Brinkley and Joel married in 1985 and share daughter Alexa Ray Joel. The couple divorced in 1994.

Brinkley’s Instagram clip additionally featured her with daughter Sailor Brinkley Prepare dinner, whom she shares with ex-husband Peter Prepare dinner, whereas Joel carried out “Piano Man,” the Rolling Stones’ “Begin Me Up,” “We Didn’t Begin the Fireplace” and “The Longest Time.” Brinkley additionally shared footage of Alexa Ray singing “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” and serenading her father with Lulu’s “To Sir with Love.”

“Thanks for singing us a track @billyjoel and @alexarayjoel You’ve acquired us feeling alright! Only a few snippets from a magical night on the backyard!” Brinkley wrote, partly.

“I really feel prefer it’s the type of track that, I don’t know, one ought to sing to their hero. So it appears becoming: You’re my hero, Dad,” Alexa Ray mentioned to her father earlier than noting he’s additionally a hero to New York and saying, “That is for you.”

She then serenaded him whereas he sat on the piano.

Brinkley posted two different clips of Alexa Ray singing “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” and was clearly moved by the second, as Joel’s residency attracts to a detailed this 12 months.

“Earlier than @billyjoel ‘s historic residency at @thegarden turns into a memento that slowly fades away.. yet one more night time to recollect! Alexa Ray and her Pop in good concord on, Say Good Bye to Hollywood one final time on this nice enormous enviornment that Billy has changed into his personal cozy lounge,” she captioned the movies.

“After which as if that charming duo wasn’t sufficient, the tears welled up when she shocked her Dad with a serenade of To Sir With Love ( technical difficulties on my video so not pictured) however belief me it was sweetness personified. Billy was in his phrase,faklempt!”