One could even argue that some of his greatest hits would've never been written without the heartbreak stemming from his three high-profile marriages and subsequent divorces.īilly Joel told biographer, Fred Schruers, that his first wife, Elizabeth Weber, inspired the songs, "She's Got a Way" and "She's Always a Woman." Thanks to Weber's calculating - conniving might be a more apt word - business sense, she went on to manage Billy Joel during their nine-year marriage.ĭuring Joel's nine-year marriage to Weber, there were plenty of red flags that two were not meant to be.
It was released on September 29, 1983, on his ninth studio album, An Innocent Man (1983). Uptown Girl is a Billy Joel classic that can be found on 1983’s An Innocent Man. The lyrics describe a working-class ' downtown man' attempting to woo a wealthy ' uptown girl'. It's not difficult to connect the dots of Joel's lyrics to what was happening in his personal life at the time. Princess Dianas Dance Partner Remembers Their Uptown Girl PerformanceI was the nervous one I was shaking in the wings. ' Uptown Girl ' is a song written and performed by the American musician Billy Joel. All you need is about five minutes with Billy Joel's discography to see that he has an unquenchable lust for falling in love.
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