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Rabbitt was born to Irish immigrants Thomas Michael and Mae (née Joyce) Rabbitt in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, in 1941, and was raised in the nearby community of East Orange, New Jersey. [1] His father was an oil-refinery refrigeration worker, and a skilled fiddle and accordion player, who often entertained in local New York City dance ...
Billy Joe Walker Jr. (February 29, 1952 [1] – July 25, 2017) [2] was an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He composed singles for Eddie Rabbitt, including "I Wanna Dance with You", "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" and "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love".
Eddie Rabbitt, 56, American singer and songwriter, lung cancer. [36] Allen Wikgren, 91, American theologian and New Testament scholar. 8.
Milsap was born January 16, 1943, in Robbinsville, North Carolina. [2] A congenital disorder left him almost completely blind from birth. [2] Abandoned by his mother as an infant, he was raised in poverty by his grandparents in the Smoky Mountains until he was sent to the North Carolina State School for the Blind and Deaf in Raleigh, North Carolina, at age five.
The soundtrack album included many successful country music hits, and two of its songs reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1979: the title track "Every Which Way but Loose" by Eddie Rabbitt and "Coca-Cola Cowboy" by Mel Tillis; also included was "Behind Closed Doors" by Charlie Rich, which had reached the No. 1 spot on ...
The Best Year of My Life is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1984 under the Warner Bros. Records label, but the rights to the album have since been sold to Liberty Records. The album marked the end of Rabbitt's crossover success.
The song was written by Rabbitt, Even Stevens and David Malloy. "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" was released in November 1981 as the second single from the album Step by Step. The song went to number one for one week and spent a total of seventeen weeks on the country chart, becoming Rabbitt's tenth number one country single. [1] "
Although many of Rabbitt's successful songs were country-pop material, "Drivin' My Life Away" began his peak popularity as a crossover artist. The song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and set the stage for his biggest career hit: "I Love a Rainy Night," which reached the top on the country, Hot 100 and adult contemporary charts in early 1981.