Billy Joel and his wife, Alexis, are celebrating the birthday of their daughter Della Rose, who turned 10 on Tuesday, August 12. In honor of Della Rose’s big day, the couple posted a heartfelt message to her on Billy’s social media pages.
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“Happy 10th birthday Della Rose,” the note begins, along with a rose emoji. “We are so proud of your sweet nature, empathy for others and endless love. You see everything through caring eyes. We could not ask for anything more. We all love you beyond measure. How did we get to 10 years already? It seems like just yesterday you were running around the house looking for ‘Piano Man.’”
Accompanying the message is a photo of Billy, Alexis, Della, and her younger sister, Remy, on a beach. The apparent vacation pic also features a few wild pigs surrounding the Joel clan. In addition, the post features an adorable home video of Della when she was several years younger, capturing her searching the house for her dad, whom she calls, simply, “Piano Man.”
More About the Home Video
The video, which was shot by Alexis, begins with her asking her young daughter, “Who are you looking for?”
“I was looking for Piano Man,” Della answers.
Her mom then asks, “Where is he?”
Della responds, “I was looking for him by his motorcycles.”
Alexis follows with, “But now where do you think he is?”
Della says, “Upstairs,” and explains that she heard her dad making coughing noises there.
The child then begins walking up a short flight of stairs as Alexis follows her. Della then turns the corner into a room, and we hear her exclaim, “Hi, Piano Man!”
As Alexis gets to the top of the stairs, we hear Billy answer, “Hi, singing girl!” as he sits at a table in front of a laptop.
More About Della Rose Joel
As mentioned earlier, Della is the oldest of Joel’s two daughters with Alexis. Their younger daughter, Remy, will be eight in October 2025. Billy also has a 39-year-old daughter, Alexa, with his second wife, supermodel Christie Brinkley.
Della is indeed a singing girl, as are Alexa and Remy. Della has joined her dad numerous times to sing with him at his concerts. Her first public “performance” with “Piano Man” was at the age of three at a December 2018 concert at Madison Square Garden, where she joined her dad onstage as he sang his 1980 hit “Don’t Ask Me Why.” You can watch fan-shot video of a shy Della’s “showbiz debut,” as Billy described it, on YouTube.
In the new documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, Joel discusses the musical ability that seems to run in his family.
“[Della] can pick out melodies on a piano without even knowing how to play the piano,” he notes in the film. “It’s part of the DNA. It’s history.”
Billy Joel: And So It Goes is available for viewing now on HBO Max.
