Alexa Ray Joel (Manhattan, https://www.newslibrary.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_sort=YMD_date%3AD&p_prod/Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky, U.S.), article published December 31, 1985. Born "about 11:45 pm Sunday"; December 29 fell on a Sunday in 1985."Brinkley, Joel Parents of 'Uptown Girl'". Los Angeles Times. December 30, 1985. p. 2. The 6½-pound girl, as yet unnamed, was born in a Manhattan hospital at about 11:45 pm Sunday, said the spokeswoman, Geraldine McInerney. 29 de desembre de 1985)"Brinkley, Joel Parents of 'Uptown Girl'". Los Angeles Times. December 30, 1985. p. 2. The 6½-pound girl, as yet unnamed, was born in a Manhattan hospital at about 11:45 pm Sunday, said the spokeswoman, Geraldine McInerney.Joel and his 'uptown girl' have a girl". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. December 31, 1985. p. A3. Model Christie Brinkley has given her husband – singer-songwriter Billy Joel – something new to sing about, a 6½-pound daughter, a spokesman for the family said Monday. és una cantant, pianista i compositora estatunidenca. Es coneix sobretot per ser la filla del cantant Billy Joel i de la model Christie Brinkley.Joel and his 'uptown girl' have a girl". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. December 31, 1985. p. A3. Model Christie Brinkley has given her husband – singer-songwriter Billy Joel – something new to sing about, a 6½-pound daughter, a spokesman for the family said Monday. https://web.archive.org/web/20081229143342/http://dreamcatchercalendars.com/travelogue/blog/?p=208/February 10, 2009. Archived from the original on December 29, 2008. () https://www.msn.com/es-es?refurl=%2fcelebrities%2fcelebrity-photos%2fchristie-brinkley%2f%3fgallery%3d21220%26photo%3db648b767-2633-4596-953c-af450c179da5/ from photos section of movies.msn.com (archive) showing Joel at the age of two years with parents; photo dated June 27, 1988. El seu segon nom Ray es deu a l'admiració de son pare pel cantant Ray Charles, amb el que va gravar la cançó "Baby Grand". https://www.billyjoel.com/news/new-billy-joel-qa-are-lyrics-leningrad-true-history-and-would-you-please-play-piano-man/ seattlepi.com (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer), December 3, 1986 (retrieved July 21, 2009) (archive).Mrowicki, Matt,/https://www.chorusandverse.com/content.php?id=20060619A/interview (archive), Chorus and Verse, June 2006. Ha actuat en nombrosos esdeveniments benèfics i esdeveniments de moda de la ciutat de Nova York.
Joventut A través de la seva mare, té un mig germà, Jack Paris Brinkley (né Taubman, nascut el 2 de juny de 1995) i una germanastra, Sailor Brinkley Cook (nascut l'1 de juliol de 1998). http://nymag.com/fashion/models/cbrinkley/christiebrinkley/model profile (archive), New York magazine, undated profile was downloaded March 9, 2011. Joel també té dues germanastres per part del seu pare anomenades Della Rose (nascuda el 12 d'agost de 2015) i Remy Anne (nascuda el 22 d'octubre de 2017). https://web.archive.org/web/20151126080357/https://news.yahoo.com/billy-joel-welcomes-baby-171308467.html/Yahoo! News. August 12, 2015. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015.
El seu pare va escriure la seva cançó de 1993 "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" per a ella. És la seva autoproclamada cançó preferida que ha escrit. https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sbt/date/2006-11-17/segment/01/CNN, November 17, 2006.Schlansky, Evan/https://americansongwriter.com/alexa-ray-joel-q-a//American Songwriter, May 1, 2007. La seva cançó de 1989, "The Downeaster Alexa", porta el títol d'un vaixell que va posar el seu nom, però tracta sobre les lluites dels pescadors de Long Island.Ragogna, Mike,/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/emlife-is-goodem-conversa_b_785374/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HuffPost/7November 18, 2010. També es fa referència a la cançó del seu pare de 1989 "Leningrad" (amb lletra: "... Va fer riure a la meva filla, després ens vam abraçar..."), en la qual "Ell" es refereix a un home rus que es va convertir en un pallasso de circ. després d'estar a l'Exèrcit Roig.Joel, Billy/https://www.billyjoel.com/song/leningrad/and/https://www.billyjoel.com/biography/ for 1987 concert date (archive), both from billyjoel.com, both downloaded and archived March 26, 2011. More specifically, see/https://www.billyjoel.com/news/new-billy-joel-qa-are-lyrics-leningrad-true-history-and-would-you-please-play-piano-man/BillyJoel.com, September 7, 2011.
Alexa Joel és coneguda per la seva pròpia composició melòdica i ha assenyalat que la seva educació musical li va donar una "visió interior única del procés d'escriptura de cançons", i queJoel va dir que als 15 anys, estava acabant cançons completes amb acompanyament de piano i escrivint poesia.
Carrera El 2005, als 19 anys, Joel va muntar una bandaDeming, Mark,/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alexa-ray-joel-mn0002046853/All Music Guide, AMG (later https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic)/presented with attribution to AMG by/https://www.billboard.com/artist/alexa-ray-joel/ and without attribution to AMG by MTV.com (archive), late 2006. i va fer el seu primer espectacle en directe a Maxwell's a Hoboken, Nova Jersey, El 2006, Joel va tocar a prop de 100 espectacles, inclosa una gira de Hard Rock Cafe. finalitzat el maig de 2006.Waddell, Ray/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2236976520061024/Reuters attributing to "Reuters/Billboard," October 22, 2006.
Esbossos Joel va publicar i va distribuir de manera independentMadison, Tjames (sic),/http://www.livedaily.com/news/10748.html/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveDaily/(succeeded by Soundspike.com), September 21, 2006. l'EP de sis cançons Sketches l'agost de 2006. https://people.com/people/article/0,26334,1542997,00.html/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_(magazine)/magazine, October 8, 2006. Joel va explicar:Joel va dissenyar i il·lustrar la portada del CD, l'embalatge i les insercions que incloïen el seu escrit a mà.Worley, Gail/https://www.livingroomny.com/artist/alexa-ray-joel/ LivingRoomNY interview, after October 16, 2008, performance at Hammerstain Ballroom. Els esbossos també van incloure una versió pop/rock de "Don't Let It Bring You Down" de Neil Young.
Després d'esbossos Joel va actuar al New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (abril de 2007), https://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/billy-joel-s-daughter-makes-solo-debut/4122948/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistdirect/article published April 25, 2007. Photo: nojazzfest.com/http://www.nojazzfest.com/multimedia/?directory=2007/4_27-29¤tPic=52 al Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival de 2007 (juny de 2007) https://www.bonnaroo.com/schedule/2007/06/16/stages.aspx/of the 2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival (archive) i a l'Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival (setembre de 2007).Brooks, Albert (photographer),/http://www.albanyjazz.com/albertbrooks/2007riverfrontjazzfestival.html/albanyjazz.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York/September 8, 2007.
Joel va actuar a l'escenari amb el seu pare durant el 2008 Rainforest Foundation Fund Benefit Concert al Carnegie Hall el 8 de maig de 2008. https://www.msn.com/es-es?refurl=%2fcelebrities%2fcelebrity-photos%2fbilly-joel%2f%3fgallery%3d21220%26photo%3d27ed2ad3-85c5-48bf-aeea-ef91eae8a319/from photos section of movies.msn.com (archive), event date: May 8, 2008,/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest_Foundation_Fund Altres esdeveniments benèfics en què ha actuat Joel inclouen el concert benèfic "Save Sag Harbor" (2008),Tuma, Debbie/https://www.tribpub.com/gdpr/nydailynews.com/New York Daily News, August 31, 2008. el benefici "Stage For The Cure" per al càncer pediàtric (Nova York, 2008), http://www.highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=492&o=1/Highline Ballroom (New York), October 2, 2008. un benefici per a " The Art of Elysium" (artistes per a nens greument malalts; The Hamptons, 2009), https://www.instyle.com/instyle/parties/party/0,,20292229_20647025,00.html/ InStyle, July 20, 2009. un benefici per a Habitat for Humanity (Long Beach, Nova York, 2010), https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/alexa-ray-joel-k16782/newsday.com, event date June 12, 2010. el benefici del "Dia del dret a jugar" (Sag Harbour, Nova York, 2010),Stirling, Jay,/https://www.righttoplay.com/usa/news-and-media/Pages/NewsBlog.aspx?ID=45/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_To_Play/ website, August 16, 2010, publication date for August 14, 2010, event. i la Fundació Eric Trump beneficien per a l'Hospital de Recerca Infantil St. Jude (Nova York, 2010). https://www.erictrumpfoundation.com/?nd=2010afterparty/EricTrumpFoundation.com, September 14, 2010. També ha donat suport als drets dels animals, inclòs l'Animal Haven's Speakeasy Bash (Nova York, 2012).
Joel i el seu pare van interpretar la cançó "Baby Grand" en una recaptació de fons per a les eleccions de Barack Obama al Hammerstein Ballroom el 16 d'octubre de 2008.Rush, George and Hutchinson, Bill./https://www.tribpub.com/gdpr/nydailynews.com// New York Daily News, October 17, 2008.
Joel va debutar el seu senzill "Invisible" a The Wendy Williams Show l'octubre de 2009,Web pages from wendyshow.com/https://www.wendyshow.com/2010/01/06/alexa-ray-joel// with embedded/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH_kwfNbak/of Joel's debut vocal performance of "Invisible"; and/https://www.wendyshow.com/2010/01/06/alexa-ray-joel-invisible/ (flash player) vocal performance of "Invisible"; and/https://www.wendyshow.com/2010/01/06/invisible/includes video of Joel explaining story behind "Invisible." la cançó es va descriure com una "balada impulsada pel piano... sobre una mala ruptura".Gamboa, Glenn.http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;JSESSIONID=D5ECE20C8984F1264FEE.2887?site=newsday&view=music_item&feed:a=newsday_10min&feed:c=music&feed:i=1.1557902&nopaging=1/newsday.com, October 30, 2009.
miniatura|180px|Joel el 2018 El senzill d'Alexa Joel, "Notice Me", publicat el 24 de maig de 2010, http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/06/22/nicole-richie-probation-extended-one-year/hollywoodnews.com , June 22, 2010. va ser catalogat com a "Hit-Bound song" al canal de ràdio per satèl·lit Sirius XM Hits 1 l'agost de 2010.See voting box at right side of page at archive of sirius.com/siriusxmhits1 website, archived on August 8, 2010 Newsday va descriure el senzill com a "intel·ligència sense preocupacions" i "riffs de guitarra inflables i un cor instantàniament humiliable" que va fer que el treball de Joel "sonés com Regina Spektor creuat amb Katy Perry".Gamboa, Glenn/http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;JSESSIONID=BC17DAAEDC827B4EA770.2887?site=newsday&view=entertainment_item&feed:a=newsday_10min&feed:c=entertainment&feed:i=1.2005632&nopaging=1/newsday.com, June 10, 2010. "Notice Me" és la primera col·laboració de Joel amb el productor, Tommy Byrnes i el seu primer des que va signar amb Long Beach, l'empresa de gestió de Nova York OCD Music Group/The Hang Productions. http://www.ocdmusicgroup.com/thpsite.html/"The Hang Productions" (archive), "About Us" tab and "Artists" tab. Joel va descriure el vídeo "Notice Me" com l'ús de la moda per mostrar tant un aspecte modern com un look retro vintage.
Joel va fer residències a la ciutat de Nova York, inclosa l'Oak Room de l'Hotel Plaza (finals de 2010-2011,Gamboa, Glenn./https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/review-alexa-ray-joel-the-oak-room-1-10-11-c75575/Newsday.com, January 11, 2011. va dir que va afegir un "ambient contemporani"Gallagher, Brian Thomas/https://web.archive.org/web/20110107111635/http://www.observer.com/2011/culture/alexa-ray-joel-oak-room/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Observer/, January 4, 2011. al "local amb història") i el Café. Carlyle a l'hotel Carlyle (abril de 2014).Holden, Stephen (April 2, 2014)./https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/arts/music/alexa-ray-joel-is-grounded-in-the-pop-tradition.html/The New York Times./https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/things-to-do/from the original on March 16, 2015.
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