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Billy Joel is celebrating his daughter as she turns double digits!
The iconic singer, 76, shared a few rare photos on his Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 12, as he celebrated his daughter Della’s 10th birthday. In one photo, Joel was pictured sitting on a beach with his wife Alexis and their two daughters, Della Rose and Remy, 7.
The family of four sat together on a blue picnic bench in front of the ocean as a few pigs surrounded them. Joel also included a video of a much-younger Della running around their house looking for the “Piano Man.”
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“Happy 10th birthday Della Rose🌹,” Joel wrote in his caption. “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’ 🩷🌹🩷.”
Joel shares daughter Alexa Ray, 39, with ex-wife Christie Brinkley, and is dad to daughters Della and Remy with his wife Alexis, whom he married in 2015.
This past July, Joel spoke with PEOPLE for a cover story and revealed that he always knew fatherhood would be one of the most important chapters in his life.
“It means a lot to me, and I think that’s maybe part of the father thing,” Joel told PEOPLE. “I didn’t have a dad, so it was very important for me to be a dad.”
“I love all of my girls. And poetic justice, I had all girls, of course, but I’m really enjoying this a lot,” he said. “It’s something I was looking forward to all my life, and here I am.”
In the same interview, Joel shared that all three of his girls are musically inclined; Alexa has performed with Joel numerous times. Della and Remy, meanwhile, joined Joel on stage during the final show of his historic Madison Square Garden residency in July 2024, with Della even grabbing the mic during “My Life.”
“Poor things, they inherited the curse [of music],” Joel joked. “Sometimes it’s a blessing [being musically inclined]. Sometimes it can be a burden. I inherited it from my parents. My father was very musical, so was my mom. There’s a responsibility to it too.”
