Billy Joel and wife Alexis welcome second daughter Remy Anne

Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Billy Joel is now a father of three.

Last week, the "Piano Man" announced that his wife Alexis  Joel, maiden name Roderick, was pregnant with their second child in an interview with The Belfast Telegraph.

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“This one is pretty good,” he said of his 2-year-old daughter Della Rose. “She sleeps through the night. I hope the next one will.”

It was previously reported that the baby was due in November, but on Monday, an announcement his official site said his daughter was born Sunday.

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“Billy Joel and wife Alexis welcomed their second daughter, Remy Anne, on Sunday, October 22nd,” the announcement said. “Remy Anne Joel entered the world at 7:50PM weighing 7lbs, 3 oz. Billy Joel and his 31-year-old daughter, singer/songwriter Alexa Ray Joel, were both at Alexis’ side as she gave birth at New York University Hospital in New York. Alexis and Remy are doing well and everyone is thrilled.”

The couple welcomed daughter Della Rose in August 2015, a little more than a month after secretly tying the knot at Joel's Long Island Estate. Joel's oldest daughter, Alexa Ray, is Joel's daughter with model Christie Brinkley, his ex-wife.

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