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Teddy Geiger (born John Theodore "Teddy" Geiger II on September 16, 1988 in Rochester, New York) is an American singer and songwriter. He plays the guitar, bass, piano, and drums.

Biography

Teddy Geiger began playing piano at the age of 6 years and guitar at 8. He wrote his first song, "Little Tommy Blackbird," at a very young age. At age 11 he wrote "Try Too Hard," which is on his album, Underage Thinking. He attended public schools in the Pittsford school district, receiving his high school education at McQuaid Jesuit High School through his Junior year and eventually graduating with the Pittsford Sutherland High School class of 2006 after a year of starting his career and receiving tutoring.

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Teddy Geiger, latest male in five years, on the cover of November 2006 issue of Seventeen Magazine.

First seen in national media as a finalist in VH1's In Search of the Partridge Family, Geiger toured with Hilary Duff, serving as the opening act on the summer 2005 "Still Most Wanted Tour". His first single, "For You I Will (Confidence)", was officially released in February 2006 and is available for download. The song received positive reviews; it was called "sweetly romantic" and said to contain "sophisticated lyrics".^[1] In the song, Geiger sings that he always wants what he can't have, but he always gives it a try, even though he knows he might not get what he wants or get it the way he wants it to be.] His debut album, Underage Thinking, was released on March 21, 2006, and peaked at number eight (#8) in the US Billboard 200 albums chart. Geiger had a small role on the short lived television series Love Monkey, which originally aired on CBS and was later moved to VH1. He played the young up-and-coming musician Wayne Jensen, starring alongside Tom Cavanagh and Jason Priestley. His song "For You I Will (Confidence)" was featured as the theme to the show on the later episodes. He saw his record sales increase with exposure on the morning and evening talk show television circuit.

The music video for his debut single "For You I Will (Confidence)" features Laguna Beach's Kristin Cavallari. The song is also nominated for "Best Love Song" in the 2006 Teen Choice Awards. He has already released a second single, "These Walls", which began receiving steady radio airplay in September 2006 and was later released as a music video. In July 2006, it was announced that Geiger would be on the cover of Seventeen Magazine in the fall. In early October, Teddy became the first male on the cover of the magazine in five years.^{[verification needed]}

His debut album Underage Thinking won the award for 'Best Album of the Year' at the annual MusiqTone MusiqAwards. He was also nominated for 'New Artist of the Year' but lost to Panic! at the Disco.^[2]

Teddy Geiger's fans have routed themselves from all over the world, familiarly known as "Tedheads", whom have produced numerous fan sites in dedication to Teddy. From the smaller gigs back home at Rochester, New York, to tours footed in Australia and Japan, these so-called Tedheads have given Teddy support with his music, and he notes "My fans are very important to me. Without Tedheads, I wouldn't be...Ted!".

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Discography

Albums

Year	Cover	Album	Chart positions ^[3]
Year	Cover	Album	US 200	Top Internet	CAN
2005	File:Teddygeigerstepladder.jpg	Step Ladder 1st EP Released: 2005	—	—	—
2006		Underage Thinking 1st studio album Released: March 21, 2006 Re-release: October 10, 2006	8	8	59
2006		Snow Blankets the Night 2nd EP Released: December 12, 2006 iTunes exclusive	—	—	—

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions ^[4]							Album
Year	Single	US 100	US Pop	US Main	US Digi	US Adult	AUS	NZ	Album
2006	"For You I Will (Confidence)"	29	19	18	17	10	12	24	Underage Thinking
2006	"These Walls"			34		32	50		Underage Thinking

Album appearances

Year	Title	Album
2006	"Gentlemen"	Aquamarine soundtrack
2006	"You'll Be in My Heart"	DisneyMania 4
2006	"For You I Will"	Now That's What I Call Music! 22
2006	"These Walls"	Now That's What I Call Music! 23

Television appearances

Date(s)/Year	Show
2004	VH1's In Search of the Partridge Family TV Series .... Finalist for Keith Partridge
2006	Beautiful People Season 1 Finale
2006	Love Monkey
March 23, 2006	Good Morning America, MTV's Total Request Live, Late Show with David Letterman
April 21, 2006	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
June 20, 2006	Rove Live
June 22, 2006	The AFL Footy Show
July 20, 2006	America's Got Talent
September 7, 2006	MTV's Total Request Live
February 10-11, 2007	Video Hits First
February 24, 2007	Much Music's 20 Hottest Guys

References

External links

Fansites

[1] "For You I Will (Confidence)" review

[2] Musiqtone Awards

[3] Album chart positions in the U.S.

[4] Single chart positions in:
The U.S.

Australia

New Zealand

[5] The U.S.

[6] Australia

[7] New Zealand

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-'''Teddy Geiger''' (born '''John Theodore "Teddy" Geiger II''' on [[September 16]], [[1988]] in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York]]) is a shitty guitarist. He sucks balls and cannot play the guitar, bass, piano, and drums to save his life.
+'''Teddy Geiger''' (born '''John Theodore "Teddy" Geiger II''' on [[September 16]], [[1988]] in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[singer]] and [[songwriter]]. He plays the guitar, bass, piano, and drums.
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