Eddie Rabbitt
Eddie Rabbitt ( born November 27, 1941 as Edward Thomas Rabbitt in Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA; † 7 May 1998 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country music singer and songwriter, who in the 1980s several number had 1 hits.
Eddie Rabbitt grew up in New Jersey. As a teenager, he began playing guitar and composing first songs. His livelihood, he played with odd jobs and appearances in clubs around. In 1968, he moved to Nashville, where he first worked as a songwriter. After Roy Drusky had taken one of his title, he got a job at a music publisher.
The breakthrough as a songwriter succeeded in 1970, when Elvis Presley Kentucky Rain and Ronnie Milsap with Pure Love reached number one. Kentucky Rain was even gilded.
Career
In the same year signed a record contract with Elektra Rabbitt label. His first single made it into the charts. Forgive And Forget 1975, and I Should Have Married You were able to place in the top 10, a year later he succeeded with Drinkin ' My Baby (Off My Mind ), the first number - one hit. From the Academy of Country Music, he was awarded Best Male Young Singer. This was followed by another top - 10 finishes, to him in 1978 a series of three consecutive number - one hits succeeded, including Every Which Way But Loose, the theme song of the Clint Eastwood feature film The Man from San Fernando. Many of his pieces listed in the pop charts. Because of its proximity to popular music he found in the country music scene, however, is not always recognized.
His winning streak continued in the 1980s. Especially in the first half of the decade high sales figures were achieved. High prices in the pop charts reached Rocky mountain music, I love a rainy night and drivin 'my life away. His compositions were still in demand. He has won awards as a country, pop and crossover musicians. 1982 reached his duet with Crystal Gayle number one on the country charts. In the same year he moved to the Warner label and three years later to RCA. It get him continue to top hits such as 1986, the duet Both To Each Other ( Friends and Lovers ) by Juice Newton. In the late 1980s he turned to more traditional country music. The days of Country - Pops were over. He had his last number - one hit in 1990 with On Second Thought. He appeared on more then a few times in the middle area of the charts and focused then on tours and concert performances.
Eddie Rabbitt 1997 fell ill from lung cancer. He died on 7 May 1998. During the same year he was inducted posthumously into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Cover versions
1977 took Jürgen Drews under the title barefoot through the summer a German -language version of Rocky mountain music and thus reached # 6 on the German single charts.