--- description: Joel and Roderick have been dating since 2009 and are expecting their first child title: Billy Joel Weds Girlfriend Alexis Roderick During Fourth of July Party image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1893749c774f665a/6988598f2dce0111cd9e475e/billy-joel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Billy Joel Weds Girlfriend Alexis Roderick During Fourth of July Party by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 5, 2015 1:49 PM CUT  Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick tied the knot at a surprise wedding on July 4, 2015 at their estate in Long Island, N.Y. Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick tied the knot at a surprise wedding on July 4, 2015 at their estate in Long Island, N.Y.Myrna Suarez—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 5, 2015 1:49 PM CUT Billy Joel married girlfriend Alexis Roderick in a surprise ceremony at the couple’s annual Fourth of July party. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo presided over Saturday’s nuptials at Joel’s Long Island estate, the singer’s spokeswoman Claire Mercuri said. The small group of family and friends at the party didn’t know the couple planned to exchange vows. Among those in attendance were Alexa Ray Joel, his daughter with his second wife, model Christie Brinkley, and actor Kevin James. Joel, 66, and Roderick, 34, have been dating since 2009 and are expecting their first child. This is his fourth marriage… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/billy-joel-weds-girlfriend-alexis-roderick-during-fourth-july-party-n386846?cid=par-time-article%5F20150705 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3945909/billy-joel-married/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3945909/billy-joel-married/"},"headline":"Billy Joel Weds Girlfriend Alexis Roderick During Fourth of July Party","datePublished":"2015-07-05T13:49:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:58:02.265Z","description":"Joel, 66, and Roderick, 34, have been dating since 2009 and are expecting their first child","url":"https://time.com/3945909/billy-joel-married/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1893749c774f665a/6988598f2dce0111cd9e475e/billy-joel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1893749c774f665a/6988598f2dce0111cd9e475e/billy-joel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Billy Joel Marries Alexis Roderick","caption":"Billy Joel Marries Alexis Roderick","creditText":"Myrna Suarez—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3945909/billy-joel-married/","name":"Billy Joel Weds Girlfriend Alexis Roderick During Fourth of July Party"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME's Top 10 Arena Rock Concerts","description":"TIME put on our concert tee, grabbed our tickets and threw our hands up in the air to find the 10 best arena rock concerts.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/O1WSv2y7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-08-15T13:09:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/O1WSv2y7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3945909/billy-joel-married/","duration":"PT4M20S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3945909/billy-joel-married/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```