![]() ![]() “We’re running, running with the wheels for fortune/Turning water, water into wine/Making love the bottom line/Finding peace, peace in our time. And could he ever play the saxophone!Įddie will be missed, but fortunately for us, his music will live on. ![]() He gave it his all despite it being a small venue. That night, we enjoyed a full set, complete with all the hits we loved and a few surprises, too. Several hundred people and I got to witness Money in his element. In 2001, Money came to our local Sturges-Young Auditorium for an intimate concert, thanks to the efforts of Sturgis resident Lance Grieder. Eddie Money Songs 1 Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby (Single Version) 80s Pop Hits 2 Take Me Home Tonight The Best Of Eddie Money 3. “Walk On Water” and “Peace In Our Time” remain favorites of mine. This song let us know we weren’t alone in a yearning to go back to times when things seemed simpler and carefree. His songs began to take on a new dimension - they became deeper and filled with feelings and meaning. Who can forget Ronnie Spector’s guest vocals on the hot track? As much as I’d like to credit Eddie for its success, she made that song. I can remember hearing that song constantly. “Take Me Home Tonight” was a smash hit that summer. I loved it.Īs years went on and my tastes in music blossomed, Eddie came back bigger than ever with his “Can’t Hold Back” album in 1986. “Think I’m In Love” and “Shakin’” were just as cool to me as John Cougar’s “Jack & Diane” and “Hurts So Good.” Eddie was a rocker with a sound good enough to please pop fans. 16 classic rockers by the Money Man with photographs, full lyrics, a brief biography and a discography. I was intrigued to know he was a New York City police officer before he became a successful recording artist. Eddie Money Singles Fall In Love Again, 54, 1992 Ill Get By, 21, 1991 Heaven In The Back Seat, 58, 1991 Peace In Our Time, 11, 1989 Let Me In, 60. Item Number: HL.14009916 ISBN 0825617642. Sure, I was all about Michael Jackson, Foreigner, Journey, The Police, Diana Ross, Olivia Newton-John and some others, but Eddie had a pretty cool story. It was in listening to Kasem I learned so much about the singers I was admiring on the radio everyday. In 1982, I was 10 and an avid listener of Casey Kasem’s “Weekly Top 40” countdown. ![]() My brother, Danny, had recorded them off the radio with his tape player and played them constantly. I grew up in the ’80s, a decade I’ll always proclaim “the best ever for music.” Eddie’s music was a staple in our household after the hits “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets To Paradise” surfaced in the late ’70s. It’s important to note he kept a vibrant touring schedule right up until he was not physically able to meet the demands of road life. It was known earlier this summer the singer was being treated. Singer Eddie Money lost his battle with stage 4 esophageal cancer late last week. Music is often there when others may not be. They are just people like you and me, but for some of us, they can feel almost like family. Am I going to live a long time? Who knows? It’s in God’s hands.When I hear news about a singer’s death, I get sad. I want people to know that cancer has come a long way and not everybody dies from cancer like they did in the Fifties and Sixties. “What I don’t want to do is … keep the fact that I have cancer from everybody,” Money said. Money suffered a series of health problems in recent years, and revealed in August that he was battling stage 4 esophageal cancer in a promo for the upcoming season of Real Money, a TV series about the rocker’s life. ![]() We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music.” “It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. “The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning,” the family said in a statement to Rolling Stone. Eddie Money, the singer-saxophonist whose string of hits include “Baby Hold On,” “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Home Tonight,” died Friday in Los Angeles at the age of 70. ![]()
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