![]() According to Biography, "One year, for Weber's birthday, Joel wrote her the song 'Just the Way You Are,' and after he played it for her she said, 'Do I get the publishing, too?'" Not only did she end up getting the publishing rights, but she also got 50% of his earnings as his wife, on top of the cut as his manager. On Australian TV in 2006, Billy Joel said: 'The song was originally called 'Uptown Girls' not 'Uptown Girl.' I know its associated with Christie but when I started to write that song I had recently divorced prior to meeting her, all of the sudden I'm a rock star and divorced. 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's not difficult to connect the dots of Joel's lyrics to what was happening in his personal life at the time. ![]() 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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