Eddie Money
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| Birth name | Edward Joseph Mahoney |
| Born | March 21, 1949[1] New York City, New York, United States[2] |
| Origin | Berkeley, California, United States |
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| Years active | 1974–present |
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| Website | eddiemoney |
Edward Joseph Mahoney (born March 21, 1949), known professionally as Eddie Money, is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who had success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums.
Biography
Eddie Money was born Edward Mahoney into a large Irish Catholic family in Brooklyn and raised in Massapequa on Long Island. His father, grandfather, and brother were members of the New York City Police Department and Eddie was an NYPD trainee.[3] As his interest in music intensified, he eventually ended his law enforcement career in favor of becoming a full-time musician. He moved to Berkeley, California, and became a regular at city clubs, where he secured a recording contract with Columbia Records. In the late 1970s, he charted with singles such as "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise".[4] Money continued his successes and took advantage of the MTV music video scene in the early 1980s with his humorous narrative videos for "Shakin'" and "Think I'm in Love," but his career began to decline after an unsuccessful album in 1983, accompanied by his struggles with drug addiction.
Money made a comeback in 1986 and returned to the mainstream rock spotlight with the album Can't Hold Back. The album's Ronnie Spector duet "Take Me Home Tonight" reached the Top 10, as did the hit "I Wanna Go Back." Money followed the album with another Top 10 hit, "Walk on Water" (1988), but his Top 40 career ended following the #21 placement of "I'll Get By" in 1992. During the 1990s and 2000s, Money continued to release numerous compilation albums as well as albums featuring new material.
He joined a 12-step program in 2001 and has said of his addiction that he "came to the realization that I didn't really need [it] for my quick wit."[5]
Today, he still tours regularly, often accompanied by other prominent rock acts from the 1970s and 1980s, and has made several television appearances on American sitcoms.[2] He played himself in season 4, episode 23 of the sitcom, The King of Queens.[6]
Since 1992, Money has traditionally opened the summer concert season for DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan.[7] In 2010, Money performed a medley of his hit singles during the halftime performance at the Liberty Bowl.[8] In 2012, he appeared in a GEICO insurance commercial, in which he owns a travel agency where he sings "Two Tickets to Paradise" to a family who wants tickets for a vacation.[9]
Personal life
Money has been married to his wife Laurie since 1989.[10] They have four sons and one daughter, Jesse Money.
Discography
Studio albums
- Eddie Money (1977)
- Life for the Taking (1978)
- Playing for Keeps (1980)
- No Control (1982)
- Where's the Party? (1983)
- Can't Hold Back (1986)
- Nothing to Lose (1988)
- Right Here (1991)
- Love and Money (1995)
- Ready Eddie (1999)
- Wanna Go Back (2007)
References
- ^ "History". eddiemoney.com. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ a b "Eddie Money". IMDb.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ^ Beals, Melba. "Ten Years After He Threw the Book at Him, a Besieged Judge Finds He Can Bank on Rocker Eddie Money". People.com. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Music, News, and Info – Billboard.com
- ^ Serena Kappes (January 15, 2003). "Eddie Money now clean and sober". People/CNN. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "The King of Queens: Season 4, Episode 23: Eddie Money (13 May 2002)". IMDb.com. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ "Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk FREE Friday Night Bands on the Beach". Beachboardwalk.com. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Snyder, Whitney (January 2, 2010). "Eddie Money's Liberty Bowl Halftime Show Performance VIDEO: 'Two Tickets To Paradise'". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ "GEICO Two Tickets to Paradise Commercial – Happier Than Eddie Money Running a Travel Agency". YouTube. August 24, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ "Eddie Money". People Magazine. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Eddie Money at AllMusic
- Template:VH1 artist
- Eddie Money at Rolling Stone at the Wayback Machine (archived March 12, 2008)
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- 1949 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American singers
- 20th-century American singers
- American male singers
- American people of Irish descent
- American rock singers
- American rock guitarists
- American male guitarists
- Musicians from Brooklyn
- People from Plainedge, New York
- New York City Police Department officers
- Musicians from Berkeley, California
- Singers from California
- 20th-century American guitarists
- 21st-century American guitarists
- Guitarists from California
- Guitarists from New York (state)