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Eddie Money (born Edward Joseph Mahoney, March 21 1949) is an United States|American rock music|rock singer-songwriter who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 chart-topper|hits and music recording sales certification|platinum albums. His musical style is characterized by his recognizable vocals and catchy melodies, and his numerous MTV music videos throughout the 1980s.

After following in his father's footsteps and training to be a police officer in the late 1960s <ref>[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20076678,00.html Ten Years After He Threw the Book at Him, a Besieged Judge Finds He Can Bank on Rocker Eddie Money]</ref>, Money began to take an interest in music, and eventually gave up his law enforcement career altogether in favor of becoming a musician. He moved to Berkeley, California and became a regular at area clubs, where he eventually got enough attention to secure a recording contract with Columbia Records. Later in the decade, he experienced numerous charting singles such as "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise". Money continued his successes and took advantage of the MTV music video scene in the early 1980s with his humorous narrative videos for "Shakin'" and "Think I'm in Love (Eddie Money song)|Think I'm In Love", but his career began to fail him after several unsucc... read all