He writes a number of his own songs some of them have also been recorded by other singers including Teresa Carpio, with whom he recorded an album and has given joint concerts, most recently in 2007. Lam has remained popular in Hong Kong for three decades. He also recorded two versions of the Billy Joel song "Uptown Girl" in Cantonese.
His first Cantonese album, having the same name, was also released in the same year. Lam was the lead singer for a band called "Jade" until he went solo with his first English album "Lam" in 1976. He lived in England, where he studied at Dover College, and the United States (in Oakland, California) for many years before returning to Hong Kong. Lam studied at the Diocesan Boys' School in Kowloon, Hong Kong. She wrote: ‘Now I understand the buzz you get from performing.George Lam Chi Cheung (born October 12, 1947), also known professionally by his surname Lam, is a Hong Kong-based veteran Cantopop singer and actor of Xinhui area origin. Years later, Sleep wrote in The Guardian: “She loved the freedom dancing gave her. The pair danced a short dance routine to Billy Joel’s classic hit, to huge applause from the lucky audience. Sleep later said of the moment: “I said to Princess Diana – this will never work, Ma’am. In December 1985 at a VIP event held at London’s Royal Opera House, the event occurred at the annual Friends of Covent Garden.Īs a surprise for her husband, Diana appeared on stage with dancer Wayne Sleep.
Are Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley still together?Ĭhristie Brinkley, Alexa Ray Joel and Billy Joel in 2010.The song's video shows Billy and his backup singers working as car mechanics.Ĭhristie arrives in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce, as Billy and his mates dance around her.Ī poster of Brinkley can also be seen in the garage, as well as on a billboard above the garage advertising 'Uptown cosmetics'.īy the end of the video, Billy and Christie ride off on a motorcycle. Christie Brinkley appeared in the music video.He later said: "The fact that I can attract such a beautiful woman as Christie should give hope to every ugly guy in the world!"īilly has also said that the song was inspired by the music style of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Read more: Billy Joel's greatest songs ever, rankedīoth women were two of the most famous supermodels of the 1980s.
The song was initially written about his relationship with model Macpherson, but it ended up also being about his soon-to-be wife, Brinkley. Speaking to radio DJ Howard Stern, Billy Joel revealed that he originally titled the song 'Uptown Girls', and it was created at a time when he found himself surrounded by Christie Brinkley, Whitney Houston and his then-girlfriend Elle Macpherson.
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