Rock stars are a little different breed of cat, you know–always staying up late doing God knows what. “Layla,” of course, was Eric’s best friend George Harrison’s woman who Eric unceremoniously stole from his best friend George and George couldn’t complain because he’d been cattin’ around with other woman types himself. I’m sure the oft-told story of Eric Clapton’s all time monster hit “Layla” is included in this book about rock songs inspired by women.
That said, what you’ll find below is an interesting story about the Billy song from what sounds like an interesting book for those of us who never outgrow rock and roll. I’ve always been pretty much a Billy Joel fan, but I never much cared for “Uptown Girl,” the song or the video. "I was the nervous one! I was shaking in the wings.(In the top photo, Patti Boyd, the real-life “Layla,” whose eyes contain subliminal messages. "She couldn’t have danced it better," Sleep told Vulture. Our legs got higher and higher." In addition to high kicks, the dance also required double pirouettes, a lift, and a combination of jazz hip rolls-all of which Diana nailed. It was almost like a chorus line and a kick line. "We brought the house down with humor because they didn’t know what was coming next," Sleep said. In the end, that playfulness was key to the three-and-a-half minute dance. "But I soon realized she had a good sense of humor, and that we could have some fun with our height difference."
"My first thought was, she’s too tall to dance with me, I’ll be a laughing stock: I’m five-foot-two and she’s five-foot-eleven," Sleep told The Guardianin 2017. She thought, What were they doing in there? Blaring Billy Joel and laughing away?" But the duo had some issues to work out-namely their difference in height. "Anne Beckwith-Smith, one of Diana’s ladies-in-waiting, also knew about it," Sleep recalled.
In the weeks leading up to the performance, Diana and Sleep rehearsed at Kensington Palace, as well as Sleep's studio in Kensington. Tim Graham Getty Images Thanks to several secret rehearsals with Wayne Sleep, Diana nailed the dance. Diana knew she could play that role of sophistication." "There’s a lovely lady with a hat-she’s very chic and gets out of a car. "There was a music video that went with the song and she must’ve seen the video," Sleep said. " But she was insistent.she wanted it to be a surprise to her hubby for Christmas." Diana had even already picked out her outfit (a satin, below-the-knee dress) and the song she wanted to dance to: "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel. But she wants to ring you up because she has a special request to make.'"Ī few weeks later, Sleep met the princess in person, which is when Diana (who was dressed in a headband, pink leotard, tights, leg warmers, and jazz shoes) proposed their big gig: "I thought she must be crazy," Sleep told Vulture in the same interview. "And she responded, 'Oh, she’s so lovely and so keen. "One day, a few years into her lessons, I asked the dance captain, 'So, how is Diana doing?'" Sleep recalled in a recent interview with Vulture.
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But Sleep, an accomplished professional dancer and choreographer, was nearly always on tour, so he set her up with the captain of his dance company. In the early 1980s, Princess Diana first approached Wayne Sleep to see if he could give her dance lessons. The dance (and song choice, Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl") was entirely Princess Diana's idea. Midway through, Diana slipped out of the royal box and onto the stage to join Royal Ballet dancer Wayne Sleep for a duet they'd secretly choreographed to "Uptown Girl." It was an attempt to surprise Charles-and it did just that, though, as we see in The Crown's ninth episode (titled "Avalanche"), it apparently wasn't well-received by her then-husband.Īhead, everything we know about Princess Diana's show-stopping dance routine. In December 1985, Prince Charles and Diana attended a charity gala at the Royal Opera House in London. 40 Photos of Princess Diana Before She Was Royal
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