Eddie Money

Eddie Money
Money in 2013
Born
Edward Joseph Mahoney

(1949-03-21)March 21, 1949
DiedSeptember 13, 2019(2019-09-13) (aged 70)
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
Labels
Websitewww.eddiemoney.com

Edward Joseph Money ( Mahoney; March 21, 1949 – September 13, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter who had his greatest commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s. Money had eleven Top 40 singles, starting with "Baby Hold On" in 1977 and including the Billboard Top 10 hits "Take Me Home Tonight" (1986) and "Walk on Water" (1988). Critic Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called him a working-class rocker. In 1987, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Take Me Home Tonight".