Eddie Money

Not to be confused with Eddie Mooney.

Eddie Money
Money in 2013
Born
Edward Joseph Mahoney

(1949-03-21)March 21, 1949[1][2]
New York City, U.S.
DiedSeptember 13, 2019(2019-09-13) (aged 70)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • multi-instrumentalist
Years active1970s–2019
Spouses
Margo Lee Walker
​
(m. 1984)​
Laurie Harris
​
(m. 1989)​
Children5
Musical career
OriginBerkeley, California
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • saxophone
  • keyboards
  • harmonica[2]
Labels
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Edward Joseph Money (né Mahoney; March 21, 1949 – September 13, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter who, in the 1970s and 1980s, had eleven Top 40 songs, including "Baby Hold On", "Two Tickets to Paradise", "Think I'm in Love", "Shakin'", "Take Me Home Tonight", "I Wanna Go Back", "Endless Nights", "Walk on Water", and "The Love in Your Eyes". Critic Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called him a working-class rocker.[3] In 1987, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Take Me Home Tonight".[4]

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  4. ^ Bertram, Scot (September 23, 2019). "Eddie Money, the Slightly Undersold Rock Artist". National Review. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2019.