Eddie Money

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1960s

Eddie Money attended Island Trees high school in Levittown,NY where he graduated in 1967.[1].

1970s

Eddie Money released his first album, the eponymous Eddie Money, in 1977. It reached #37 on the charts, and contained two of his most memorable hits; "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise". Both songs entered the top 40. The next year he followed up with his second album, Life for the Taking, which featured more of a pop/disco sound to keep up with the trends of the late 1970s. The album charted higher at #17, but neither of its two singles; "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "Maybe I'm a Fool" entered the top 20.

1980s

Two years later in 1980, Money released his third album, Playing for Keeps. The album only reached #35 in the United States and yielded no Top 40 singles. Two years later, he released No Control, which included the hits "Shakin'", "Think I'm In Love", and "Take A Little Bit". The album hit #20 in the United States.

Trying to duplicate the success of No Control, Money released Where's the Party in 1983. This album featured the songs "Big Crash", "Club Michelle" and "Leave It To Me". It became his lowest charting album to date at #67, which now makes it a hard to find and collectible CD. A second comeback for Money came in the form of Can't Hold Back in 1986, which featured the single "Take Me Home Tonight", co-sung with Ronnie Spector, that reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other songs include "Wanna Go Back", "Endless Nights", and "We Should Be Sleeping". The album later went platinum.

In the late 1980s, the single "Walk on Water", from his 1988 album Nothing to Lose, became a top ten hit. The album also featured the songs "Forget About Love" and "The Love In Your Eyes". Subsequent releases by Money have often failed to chart.

Present

Eddie still performs an average of ninety shows a year and has appeared on television shows such as The King of Queens as himself and The Drew Carey Show as Mimi's ex-husband. He currently resides in California and Florida, and is very active in his involvement with the St. Jude's Hospital and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. He has four sons and one daughter.

He recently has appeared in concert around the Daytona Beach area and at a number of much smaller venues, appearing with local musicians, including local rock legend guitarist Fred Felon. Money has opened the spring concert season at DTE Energy Music Theatre, formerly called Pine Knob, outside of Detroit, Michigan for a number of years. On February 24, 2004 Money performed the national anthem at a game between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves at The Palace of Auburn Hills, in Detroit. His most recent album, titled Wanna Go Back, released in February 2007, is an album of cover songs that he had played in his high school days with his first band, The Grapes of Wrath. It is released under the Warrior Records label in conjunction with Big Deal Productions.

In August, 2007 Money performed for 10,000 in the small town of Addison, IL.

Money's daughter, Jessica, is an aspiring singer. She has often performed Take Me Home Tonight with her father during his live shows, singing Ronnie Spector's part.

On March 20, 2008, Eddie Money played at the "Rock 107 Birthday Bash" at the Woodlands Inn & Resort [2] in Wilkes-Barre, PA, as part of his 2008 cross-country tour. Money played to a packed house of thousands of devoted fans and he ran through the most famous hits from his career. A local journalist commented after the show saying, "This concert was amazing, and it proves that Eddie Money still has the energy, charisma, and strong voice which makes him the continuing legend that he is in today's rock world."

On July 6, 2008, Eddie Money performed a free concert at the "Taste of Minnesota"[3] at the Harriet Island Park in St. Paul, MN.

On August 2, 2008, Eddie Money performed a free concert at the "29th Annual Dearborn Homecoming" at Ford Field, in Dearborn, Michigan.

On August 5, 2008, Eddie Money, with his daugher Jesse played to a small, but enthusiastic, crowd at the "Tuesday Night Event"[4] of the 2008 Association of Police Communications Officers (APCO) Conference in Kansas City, MO. The show was an outdoor venue on the grounds of the Liberty Memorial.

On August 17, 2008, Eddie Money performed a free concert at the Parkersburg Homecoming Festival in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

On August 23, 2008, Eddie Money performed a free concert in Niagara Falls, New York. There, he was named the Ambassador of Good Will for the city of Niagara Falls and August 23 was officially declared Eddie Money Day in Niagara Falls.

On October 25, 2008, Eddie Money and his daughter performed at Calvert Hall College High School's First Annual "Concert for Tuition Assistance", in Towson, Maryland. The event was put on by the Alumni Association of Calvert Hall. After the show, Eddie, his daughter, and the members of the band were open to photos and autographs for everyone.

On November 19, 2008, Eddie Money performed at the Colliseum Nightclub in Daytona Beach, Florida to a strong crowd.

Money in the media

"Two Tickets to Paradise" has been featured in numerous forms of media including video games, television, and movies. It was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the radio station K-DST in 2004, and also in an episode of The Simpsons, to which Homer remarks "excellent guitar riff". The song also appeared in the film Operation Situation: Code Name Kill.

"Baby Hold On" was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the radio station Emotion 98.3 in 2006.

"Shakin'" is featured in the hit video game series Guitar Hero on the Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s edition.

On an episode of the CBS sitcom The King Of Queens, characters Doug and Deacon hire Money to play a personal concert for just the two of them in Dougs living room. Earlier in the episode, Doug and Deacon had won 5,000 dollars, and in an effort to hide their winnings from their wives, Doug and Deacon set out to spend the winnings quickly and without evidence that they had ever possessed any money. Finally after several steak dinners and other various efforts to quickly burn through the money they had won, the two were out of ideas of how to get rid of the cash. Then, while sitting in an expensive restaurant frequented by celebrities, Doug spots Eddie Money in the restaurant and uses the remainder of the winnings to pay him for a private concert. After Money plays several of his hit songs, Doug realizes that his wife will be home any minute and kicks him out of his house in the middle of the song "Shakin'".

Character Mimi Bobeck on the sitcom The Drew Carey Show claimed to have wed and divorced Money.

Two of Money's songs ("Get A Move On" and "Open Up Your Heart") were prominently featured in the movie Americathon. While both appear on the vinyl release of the motion picture soundtrack album, the ballad Open Up Your Heart does not seem to have ever been released on CD or on any of Money's collections.

Money's daughter Jesse Money is featured on the MTV series Rock the Cradle.

Discography

Albums

   * Eddie Money (1977) #37 US (RIAA: 2 x Platinum)
   * Life for the Taking (1978) #17 US (RIAA: Platinum)
   * Playing for Keeps (1980) #35 US
   * No Control (1982) #20 US (RIAA: Platinum)
   * Where's the Party? (1983) #67 US
   * Can't Hold Back - (1986) #20 US (RIAA: Platinum)
   * Nothing to Lose (1988) #49 US(RIAA: Gold)
   * Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money (1989) #53 US (RIAA: Gold)
   * Right Here (1991) #160 US
   * Unplug It In - (1992)
   * Love and Money - (1995)
   * Good as Gold - (1996)
   * Super Hits - (1997)
   * Shakin' with the Money Man - (1997)
   * Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection - (1998)
   * Ready Eddie - (1999)
   * Complete Eddie Money Live - (2000)
   * The Best of Eddie Money - (2001)
   * The Essential Eddie Money - (2003)
   * Then and Now - (2003)
   * Let's Rock and Roll The Place - (2003)
   * Wanna Go Back - (2007)