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class="fn">Eddie Rabbitt</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Eddiepromo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rabbitt in 1990"><img alt="Rabbitt in 1990" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Eddiepromo.jpg/220px-Eddiepromo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Eddiepromo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="264" data-file-height="350" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Rabbitt in 1990</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Edward Thomas Rabbitt</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1941-11-27</span>)</span>November 27, 1941<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 7, 1998<span style="display:none">(1998-05-07)</span> (aged 56)<br /><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/Country_rock" title="Country rock">country rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_pop" title="Country pop">country pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truck-driving_country" title="Truck-driving country">truck-driving country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Singer</li> <li>songwriter</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Vocals</li> <li>guitar</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1964–1998</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Records" title="Liberty Records">Liberty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Edward Thomas Rabbitt</b> (November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was an American <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "<a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Rain" title="Kentucky Rain">Kentucky Rain</a>" for <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> in 1970 and "<a href="/wiki/Pure_Love_(Ronnie_Milsap_song)" title="Pure Love (Ronnie Milsap song)">Pure Love</a>" for <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> in 1974. Later in the 1970s, Rabbitt helped to develop the <a href="/wiki/Crossover_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crossover (music)">crossover</a>-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as "<a href="/wiki/Suspicions_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Suspicions (Eddie Rabbitt song)">Suspicions</a>", "<a href="/wiki/I_Love_a_Rainy_Night" title="I Love a Rainy Night">I Love a Rainy Night</a>" (a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_1981" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1981">number-one hit single</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>), and "<a href="/wiki/Every_Which_Way_but_Loose_(song)" title="Every Which Way but Loose (song)">Every Which Way but Loose</a>" (the theme from the <a href="/wiki/Every_Which_Way_but_Loose_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Every Which Way but Loose (film)">film of the same title</a>). His duets "<a href="/wiki/Friends_and_Lovers_(Gloria_Loring_and_Carl_Anderson_song)" title="Friends and Lovers (Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson song)">Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)</a>" with <a href="/wiki/Juice_Newton" title="Juice Newton">Juice Newton</a> and "<a href="/wiki/You_and_I_(Eddie_Rabbitt_and_Crystal_Gayle_song)" title="You and I (Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle song)">You and I</a>" with <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" title="Crystal Gayle">Crystal Gayle</a> later appeared on the soap operas <i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rabbitt was born to <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> <a href="/wiki/Immigrants" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigrants">immigrants</a> Thomas Michael and Mae (née Joyce) Rabbitt in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, in 1941, and was raised in the nearby community of <a href="/wiki/East_Orange,_New_Jersey" title="East Orange, New Jersey">East Orange, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ny_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ny-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was an oil-refinery refrigeration worker, and a skilled fiddle and accordion player, who often entertained in local <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> dance halls. By age 12, Rabbitt was a proficient <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a> player, having been taught by his scoutmaster, Bob Scwickrath.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his childhood, Rabbitt became a self-proclaimed "walking encyclopedia of country music". After his parents divorced, he dropped out of <a href="/wiki/East_Orange_High_School" title="East Orange High School">East Orange High School</a> at age 16.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Mae, explained that Eddie "was never one for school [because] his head was too full of music." He later obtained a high school diploma at night school.<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rabbitt worked as a mental hospital attendant in the late 1950s; but, like his father, he fulfilled his love of music by performing at the Six Steps Down club in his hometown. He later won a talent contest and was given an hour of Saturday night radio show time to broadcast a live performance from a bar in <a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-country_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-country-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964, he signed his first record deal with <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Records">20th Century Records</a> and released the singles "Next to the Note" and "Six Nights and Seven Days". Four years later, with $1,000 to his name, Rabbitt moved to <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a>, where he began his career as a songwriter.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his first night in the town, Rabbitt wrote "Working My Way Up to the Bottom", which <a href="/wiki/Roy_Drusky" title="Roy Drusky">Roy Drusky</a> recorded in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-spoke_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spoke-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To support himself, Rabbitt worked as a <a href="/wiki/Truck_driver" title="Truck driver">truck driver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soda_jerk" title="Soda jerk">soda jerk</a>, and fruit picker in Nashville.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was ultimately hired as a staff writer for the <a href="/wiki/Hill_%26_Range" title="Hill & Range">Hill & Range</a> Publishing Company for $37.50 per week.<sup id="cite_ref-star_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-star-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a young songwriter, Rabbitt socialized with other aspiring writers at Wally's Clubhouse, a Nashville bar; he said he and the other patrons had "no place else to go."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rabbitt became successful as a songwriter in 1969, when <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> recorded his song "<a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Rain" title="Kentucky Rain">Kentucky Rain</a>". The song went gold, and cast Rabbitt as one of Nashville's leading young songwriters. Presley also recorded Rabbitt's song "<a href="/wiki/Patch_It_Up" title="Patch It Up">Patch It Up</a>", which was featured in the concert film "Elvis: That's the Way It Is", and a lesser-known Rabbitt song called "Inherit the Wind" on the album <i>Back in Memphis</i>. While eating <a href="/wiki/Cap%27n_Crunch" title="Cap'n Crunch">Cap'n Crunch</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-milwaukee_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milwaukee-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he penned "<a href="/wiki/Pure_Love_(Ronnie_Milsap_song)" title="Pure Love (Ronnie Milsap song)">Pure Love</a>", which <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> rode to number one in 1974. This song led to a contract offer from <a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra Records</a>. </p><p>Rabbitt signed with Elektra Records in 1975. His first single under that label, "<a href="/wiki/You_Get_to_Me" title="You Get to Me">You Get to Me</a>", made the top 40 that year; and two songs in 1975, "<a href="/wiki/Forgive_and_Forget_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="Forgive and Forget (Eddie Rabbitt song)">Forgive and Forget</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/I_Should_Have_Married_You" title="I Should Have Married You">I Should Have Married You</a>", nearly made the top 10. These three songs, along with a recording of "Pure Love", were included on Rabbitt's 1975 <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rabbitt_(album)" title="Eddie Rabbitt (album)">self-named</a> debut album. The year 1976 saw the release of his critically acclaimed album <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Music" title="Rocky Mountain Music">Rocky Mountain Music</a></i>, which included Rabbitt's first number-one country hit, "<a href="/wiki/Drinkin%27_My_Baby_(Off_My_Mind)" title="Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)">Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)</a>". In 1977, his third album, <i><a href="/wiki/Rabbitt_(album)" title="Rabbitt (album)">Rabbitt</a></i>, was released, and made the top five on the Country Albums chart. Also in 1977, the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a> named Rabbitt "Top New Male Vocalist of the Year". By that time, Rabbitt had a good reputation in Nashville, and was being compared by critics to singer <a href="/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-milwaukee_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milwaukee-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, at <a href="/wiki/Knott%27s_Berry_Farm" title="Knott's Berry Farm">Knott's Berry Farm</a>, Rabbitt appeared at the Academy of Country Music Awards and sang several of his songs from <i>Rocky Mountain Music</i>. He won the Top New Male Vocalist of the Year award. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crossover_success">Crossover success</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Crossover success"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While still relatively unknown, Rabbitt toured with and opened for crossover star <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a>, and also for <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a> on a number of dates during her 1978 tour.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the 1978 release of <i>Variations</i>, which included two more number-one hits, Rabbitt released his first compilation album, <i>The Best of Eddie Rabbitt</i>. It produced Rabbitt's first crossover single, "<a href="/wiki/Every_Which_Way_But_Loose_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Every Which Way But Loose (song)">Every Which Way But Loose</a>", which topped country charts and reached the top 30 on both the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary, and was featured in the <a href="/wiki/Every_Which_Way_but_Loose_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Every Which Way but Loose (film)">1978 Clint Eastwood movie of the same name</a>. The song also broke the record for highest chart debut, entering at number 18. Rabbitt held this record alone until it was matched by <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a>'s 2005 single "<a href="/wiki/Good_Ride_Cowboy" title="Good Ride Cowboy">Good Ride Cowboy</a>." The record was broken in 2006 upon the number-17 chart entrance of <a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Once_in_a_Lifetime_(Keith_Urban_song)" title="Once in a Lifetime (Keith Urban song)">Once in a Lifetime</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rabbitt's next single, the <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a>-flavored "<a href="/wiki/Suspicions_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Suspicions (Eddie Rabbitt song)">Suspicions</a>" from his 1979 album <i><a href="/wiki/Loveline_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loveline (album)">Loveline</a></i>, was an even greater crossover success, reaching number one on Country charts, the top 15 on the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100, and number five on the Adult Contemporary charts.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was given his own television special on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, first airing on July 10, 1980, which included appearances by such performers as <a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By this point, Rabbitt had been compared to a "young Elvis Presley".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eddie_Rabbitt_%26_Crystal_Gayle_1981-11-13_ticket.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Eddie_Rabbitt_%26_Crystal_Gayle_1981-11-13_ticket.jpg/220px-Eddie_Rabbitt_%26_Crystal_Gayle_1981-11-13_ticket.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Eddie_Rabbitt_%26_Crystal_Gayle_1981-11-13_ticket.jpg/330px-Eddie_Rabbitt_%26_Crystal_Gayle_1981-11-13_ticket.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Eddie_Rabbitt_%26_Crystal_Gayle_1981-11-13_ticket.jpg/440px-Eddie_Rabbitt_%26_Crystal_Gayle_1981-11-13_ticket.jpg 2x" data-file-width="932" data-file-height="558" /></a><figcaption>A ticket stub to an Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle joint performance in 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>Rabbitt's next album, <i><a href="/wiki/Horizon_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Horizon (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Horizon</a></i>, reached platinum status and contained the biggest crossover hits of his career, "<a href="/wiki/I_Love_a_Rainy_Night" title="I Love a Rainy Night">I Love a Rainy Night</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Drivin%27_My_Life_Away" title="Drivin' My Life Away">Drivin' My Life Away</a>." Rabbitt developed "Rainy Night" from a song fragment he penned during a 1960s thunderstorm. "Drivin'" recalled Rabbitt's tenure as a truck driver, and was inspired by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>'s song "<a href="/wiki/Subterranean_Homesick_Blues" title="Subterranean Homesick Blues">Subterranean Homesick Blues</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-obit_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His popularity was so great at this point that he was offered his own variety television show, which he respectfully declined, saying "It's not worth the gamble."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The release of his 1981 <i><a href="/wiki/Step_by_Step_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Step by Step (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Step by Step</a></i> album continued Rabbitt's crossover success as all three singles reached the top 10 on both Country and Adult Contemporary charts. The <a href="/wiki/Step_by_Step_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="Step by Step (Eddie Rabbitt song)">title track</a> became Rabbitt's third straight single to reach the top five on the Country, Adult Contemporary, and <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 charts. The album ultimately reached gold status, Rabbitt's last album to do so. Rabbitt teamed up with another country pop crossover star, <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" title="Crystal Gayle">Crystal Gayle</a>, on "<a href="/wiki/You_and_I_(Eddie_Rabbitt_%26_Crystal_Gayle_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="You and I (Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle song)">You and I</a>", which was included on his 1982 album <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_Romance_(album)" title="Radio Romance (album)">Radio Romance</a></i>. The duet reached number one on the <i>Billboard</i> Country chart and became a pop smash, peaking at number seven and number two, respectively, on the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. It was used as a love theme for a couple on the <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap opera</a> <i><a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song "You Put the Beat in My Heart" from Rabbitt's second compilation, <i>Greatest Hits - Volume II</i> (1983), was his last crossover hit, reaching number 15 on the Adult Contemporary chart. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_career">Late career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Late career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1980s, Rabbitt moved further from crossover-styled music. His 1984 album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Year_of_My_Life" title="The Best Year of My Life">The Best Year of My Life</a></i> produced a number-one country hit and three more top-10 country hits, but none had crossover success. The illness and subsequent death of his son put his career on hold following the 1985 <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Records</a> release <i><a href="/wiki/Rabbitt_Trax" title="Rabbitt Trax">Rabbitt Trax</a></i>, which included the number one "<a href="/wiki/Friends_and_Lovers_(Gloria_Loring_and_Carl_Anderson_song)" title="Friends and Lovers (Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson song)">Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)</a>", a duet with country pop star <a href="/wiki/Juice_Newton" title="Juice Newton">Juice Newton</a>. Like "You and I", the song was used as the theme for a soap opera, <i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Our_Lives" title="Days of Our Lives">Days of Our Lives</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rabbitt returned from his hiatus in 1988 with the release of <i><a href="/wiki/I_Wanna_Dance_With_You" class="mw-redirect" title="I Wanna Dance With You">I Wanna Dance With You</a></i>, which despite somewhat negative reviews<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> produced two number-one songs, a cover of <a href="/wiki/Dion_DiMucci" title="Dion DiMucci">Dion's</a> "<a href="/wiki/The_Wanderer_(Dion_song)" title="The Wanderer (Dion song)">The Wanderer</a>" and the album's title track. Additionally, "<a href="/wiki/We_Must_Be_Doin%27_Somethin%27_Right" title="We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right">We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right</a>" entered the top 10, although the album's final single "<a href="/wiki/That%27s_Why_I_Fell_in_Love_with_You" title="That's Why I Fell in Love with You">That's Why I Fell in Love with You</a>" stalled at number 66. Rabbitt's <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a> album <i><a href="/wiki/Jersey_Boy" title="Jersey Boy">Jersey Boy</a></i> was reviewed positively, as was its single "<a href="/wiki/On_Second_Thought_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="On Second Thought (song)">On Second Thought</a>", Rabbitt's last number-one hit. The album also included "<a href="/wiki/American_Boy_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="American Boy (Eddie Rabbitt song)">American Boy</a>", a patriotic tune popular during the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and used in <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a>'s 1996 presidential campaign. </p><p>Rabbitt was among the many country singers who suffered a dramatic decline in chart success beginning in 1991. That year, he released <i><a href="/wiki/Ten_Rounds_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Ten Rounds (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Ten Rounds</a></i>, which produced the final charting single of his career, "<a href="/wiki/Hang_Up_the_Phone" title="Hang Up the Phone">Hang Up the Phone</a>". Following that release, he left Capitol Records to tour with his band Hare Trigger. </p><p>In 1997, Rabbitt signed with <a href="/wiki/Intersound_Records" title="Intersound Records">Intersound Records</a>, but was soon diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a>. After a round of <a href="/wiki/Chemotherapy" title="Chemotherapy">chemotherapy</a>, he released the album <i><a href="/wiki/Beatin%27_the_Odds_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Beatin' the Odds (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Beatin' the Odds</a></i>. In 1998, he released his last studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_from_Rabbittland" title="Songs from Rabbittland">Songs from Rabbittland</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musical_styles">Musical styles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Musical styles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rabbitt used innovative techniques to tie country music themes with light rhythm and blues-influenced tempos. His songs often used <a href="/wiki/Reverberation" title="Reverberation">echo</a>, as Rabbitt routinely sang his own background vocals. In a process called the "Eddie Rabbitt Chorale", Rabbitt compensated for what <i>Billboard Magazine</i> described as a "somewhat thin and reedy voice" by recording songs in three-part harmonies.<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His music was compared to <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a>, particularly the album <i>Horizon</i>, which was noted as having an Elvis-like sound. Rabbitt remarked that he liked "a lot of the old Memphis sounds that came out of <a href="/wiki/Sun_Records" title="Sun Records">Sun Records</a>" during the 1950s, and that he "wanted to catch the magic of a live band."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He credited such wide-ranging artists as <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steely_Dan" title="Steely Dan">Steely Dan</a>, Elvis Presley, and <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> with influencing his works.<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When putting together an album, Rabbitt tried to make sure he put in "ten potential singles...no fillers, no junk." He remembered listening to albums as a child and hearing "two hits and a bunch of garbage."<sup id="cite_ref-star_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-star-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rabbitt believed that country music was "Irish music" and that "the minor chords in [his] music gave it that mystical feel."<sup id="cite_ref-people_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he did not strive to produce pop music, his songs helped influence the direction of country music, leading to the Urban Cowboy era during the 1980s. Critic Harry Sumrall of the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Mercury_News" class="mw-redirect" title="San Jose Mercury News">San Jose Mercury News</a></i> said that Rabbitt was "like a hot corn dog: nothing fancy, nothing frilly. You know what you're getting and you like it...never a country purist, Rabbitt nonetheless makes music that is plain and simple, with all of the virtues that make good country good. [His songs] might be brisk, but they are also warm and familiar, like the breeze that wafts in over the fried artichokes."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the early 1990s, Rabbitt voiced criticism of <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">hip hop music</a>, particularly <a href="/wiki/Rapping" title="Rapping">rap</a>, which he said was sending a negative message to youth. He stated that the music was "inciting a generation" and that it had helped to contribute to the high rates of teenaged pregnancy, high-school dropouts, and rapes during this period.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Rabbitt arrived in Nashville during the late 1960s, a friend gave him a pet chicken. Rabbitt said he had "an affinity for animals", and he kept the bird for a while before giving it to a farmer.<sup id="cite_ref-spoke_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spoke-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his Nashville days in the early 1970s, Rabbitt had a pet monkey, Jojo. Before his <i>Rocky Mountain Music</i> tour, the monkey bit Rabbitt, leaving his right arm in bandages.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1976, Rabbitt married Janine Girardi,<sup id="cite_ref-obit_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-enc_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enc-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whom he called "a little thing about five feet tall, with long, black beautiful hair, and a real pretty face."<sup id="cite_ref-people_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had previously written the songs "Pure Love" and "Sweet Janine" for her.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had three children, Demelza,<sup id="cite_ref-enc_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enc-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Timmy, and Tommy. Timmy was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Biliary_atresia" title="Biliary atresia">biliary atresia</a> upon birth. The condition required a <a href="/wiki/Liver_transplant" class="mw-redirect" title="Liver transplant">liver transplant</a> for survival and he underwent one in 1985, but the attempt failed and he died. Rabbitt temporarily put his career on hiatus, saying, "I didn't want to be out of the music business, but where I was more important." Tommy was born in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rabbitt felt his responsibility as an entertainer was to be a good role model and he was an advocate for many charitable organizations, including the <a href="/wiki/Special_Olympics" title="Special Olympics">Special Olympics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Easterseals_(U.S.)" title="Easterseals (U.S.)">Easter Seals</a>, and the American Council on Transplantation, of which he served as honorary chairman. He also worked as a spokesman for the <a href="/wiki/Muscular_Dystrophy_Association" title="Muscular Dystrophy Association">Muscular Dystrophy Association</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Cerebral_Palsy" title="United Cerebral Palsy">United Cerebral Palsy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ny_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ny-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rabbitt was a registered <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> and let Bob Dole use his song "American Boy" during Dole's 1996 presidential campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rabbitt was also a fan of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i> and visited the set during the show's <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_(season_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 5)">fifth season</a> in 1991–92.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rabbitt died on May 7, 1998, in Nashville from <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a> at the age of 56. He had been diagnosed with the disease in March 1997 and had received radiation treatment and surgery to remove part of one lung.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His body was interred at Calvary Cemetery in Nashville on May 8, 1998. </p><p>No media outlets reported the death until after the burial at the family's request. The news came as a surprise to many in Nashville, including the performer's agent, who "had no idea Eddie was terminal" and had talked to him often, remarking that Rabbitt "was always upbeat and cheerful" in the final months of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he was widely believed to have been born in 1944 (this year can still be found in older publications and texts), at the time of his death, he was revealed to have been born in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_songwriter">As a songwriter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: As a songwriter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Organization</th> <th>Award </th></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td><i>Music City News</i> </td> <td>Country Songwriter of the Year </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Broadcast_Music_Incorporated" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast Music Incorporated">BMI</a></i> </td> <td>Robert J. Burton Award<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ("Suspicions") </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td>BMI </td> <td>Song of the Year ("Suspicions") </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> </td> <td>Nominated for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best Country Song">Best Country Song</a> ("Drivin' My Life Away") </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>BMI </td> <td>Three Million-Air award ("I Love a Rainy Night") </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>BMI </td> <td>Two Million-Air award ("Kentucky Rain") </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Songwriters_Foundation" title="Nashville Songwriters Foundation">Nashville Songwriters Foundation</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame">Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td>ACM Honors </td> <td>ACM Poet's Award </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_recording_artist">As a recording artist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: As a recording artist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Grammy Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1222442308">.mw-parser-output .awards-table td:last-child{text-align:center}</style> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/22nd_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="22nd Grammy Awards">1980</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Every_Which_Way_but_Loose_(song)" title="Every Which Way but Loose (song)">Every Which Way but Loose</a>" </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Male_Country_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance">Best Male Country Vocal Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/23rd_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="23rd Grammy Awards">1981</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Drivin%27_My_Life_Away" title="Drivin' My Life Away">Drivin' My Life Away</a>" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/24th_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="24th Grammy Awards">1982</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Step_by_Step_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="Step by Step (Eddie Rabbitt song)">Step by Step</a>" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Music_Awards">American Music Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: American Music Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1222442308"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Awards_of_1980" title="American Music Awards of 1980">1980</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suspicions_(song)" title="Suspicions (song)">Suspicions</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Award_for_Favorite_Country_Single" title="American Music Award for Favorite Country Single">Favorite Country Single</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Awards_of_1982" title="American Music Awards of 1982">1982</a> </td> <td>Eddie Rabbitt </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Award_for_Favorite_Pop/Rock_Male_Artist" title="American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist">Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Academy of Country Music Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1222442308"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="13th Academy of Country Music Awards">1978</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">Eddie Rabbitt </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award_for_New_Male_Artist_of_the_Year" title="Academy of Country Music Award for New Male Artist of the Year">Top New Male Vocalist</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="14th Academy of Country Music Awards">1979</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award_for_Male_Artist_of_the_Year" title="Academy of Country Music Award for Male Artist of the Year">Top Male Vocalist of the Year</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/16th_Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="16th Academy of Country Music Awards">1981</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award_for_Entertainer_of_the_Year" title="Academy of Country Music Award for Entertainer of the Year">Entertainer of the Year</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Drivin%27_My_Life_Away" title="Drivin' My Life Away">Drivin' My Life Away</a>" </td> <td>Single Record of the Year </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="18th Academy of Country Music Awards">1983</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" title="Crystal Gayle">Crystal Gayle</a> and Eddie Rabbitt </td> <td>Top Vocal Duo of the Year </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Country_Music_Association_Awards">Country Music Association Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Country Music Association Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1222442308"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="1983 Country Music Association Awards">1983</a> </td> <td>Eddie Rabbitt and <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" title="Crystal Gayle">Crystal Gayle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Award_for_Vocal_Duo_of_the_Year" title="Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year">Vocal Duo of the Year</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rabbitt_discography" title="Eddie Rabbitt discography">Eddie Rabbitt discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Rabbitt&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ny-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ny_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ny_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03EFDC1131F93AA35756C0A96E958260">" Eddie Rabbitt, 56, Whose Songs Zigzagged From Pop to Country"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, May 9, 1998. Retrieved November 3, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blouch, Judd. "Rabbitt hops into Eisenhower Saturday," <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Penn State University">Penn State University</a>, September 23, 1981</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jennings, Rob. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nj.com/news/2022/11/how-growing-up-in-a-nj-city-shaped-one-of-country-musics-biggest-stars.html">"How growing up in a N.J. city shaped one of country music’s biggest stars"</a>, NJ Advance Media for <a href="/wiki/NJ.com" title="NJ.com">NJ.com</a>, November 27, 2022. Accessed November 12, 2023. "Rabbitt appears to have gotten his musical interest from his father, who played the fiddle and accordion. It is believed he attended East Orange High School but did not graduate."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-billboard-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-billboard_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-billboard_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-billboard_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-billboard_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Flippo, Chet. "Country Vet Rabbitt Dies," <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard Magazine">Billboard Magazine</a></i>, May 23, 1998</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-country-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-country_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Landon, Grelun and Irwin and Lyndon Stambler. <i>Country Music Encyclopedia</i>. 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"Eddie Rabbitt's hit tells of unknown mountains," <i><a href="/wiki/Wilmington_Morning_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilmington Morning Star">Wilmington Morning Star</a></i>, July 22, 1978</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-milwaukee-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-milwaukee_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-milwaukee_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Legro, Ron. "Two Country Charmers," <i><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Sentinel" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Sentinel">Milwaukee Sentinel</a></i>, August 12, 1977</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sutton, Lorna. "Rogers provides memorable show," <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spokesman-Review" title="The Spokesman-Review">The Spokesman-Review</a></i>, July 20, 1978</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110607001200/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1539069/keith-urban-single-makes-chart-history.jhtml">Keith Urban Single Makes Chart History</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>, August 21, 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Roland, Tom <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r93645">Loveline</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Eddie Rabbitt Special," <i><a href="/wiki/Kingman_Daily_Miner" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingman Daily Miner">Kingman Daily Miner</a></i>, July 4, 1980</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dudek, Duane. "Miss Newton and Rabbitt wow all ages," <i><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Sentinel" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Sentinel">Milwaukee Sentinel</a></i>, June 29, 1981</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-obit-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-obit_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_17-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_17-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_17-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWadey1998" class="citation news cs1">Wadey, Paul (May 19, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-eddie-rabbitt-1158448.html">"Obituary: Eddie Rabbitt"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Obituary%3A+Eddie+Rabbitt&rft.date=1998-05-19&rft.aulast=Wadey&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fobituaries%2Fobituary-eddie-rabbitt-1158448.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEddie+Rabbitt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nash, Alanna <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ew.com/article/1998/05/22/remembering-eddie-rabbitt/">The Urban Cowboy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r93637">"I Wanna Dance With You"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dillon, Charlotte <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r93638">"Jersey Boy"</a> <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wetmore, Elaine <i>Daily Collegian</i>, September 28, 1981</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-people-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-people_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-people_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Allis, Tim and Bell, Bonnie <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20120048,00.html">Still Grieving After the Death of His Young Son, Eddie Rabbitt Finds Solace in Country Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/People_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="People Magazine">People Magazine</a>, April 17, 1989</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Likable Eddie Rabbitt is Right at Home at the Fair," <i><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Mercury_News" class="mw-redirect" title="San Jose Mercury News">San Jose Mercury News</a></i>, August 11, 1986</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Susman, Lori "Riverside Resort presents Eddie Rabbitt in concert", <i><a href="/wiki/Kingman_Daily_Miner" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingman Daily Miner">Kingman Daily Miner</a></i>, April 23, 1993</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beck, Marilyn. "Dickinson-Bacharach split confuses friends," <i><a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Petersburg Times">St. Petersburg Times</a></i>, September 20, 1976</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-enc-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-enc_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-enc_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnson, Anne <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3492300059.html">Rabbitt, Eddie</a> Contemporary Musicians, 1991</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"INDECISION '96", <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer" title="The Philadelphia Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a></i>, October 15, 1996</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Star Trek: The Next Generation - 25th anniversary</i> (2012).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Singer-Songwriter Eddie Rabbitt Dies at 60", <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, May 9, 2002</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Waddell, Ray <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4581658-1.html">Country Music Performer Eddie Rabbitt Dies</a>, <i>Amusement Business</i>, May 18, 1998</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SipZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KUcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3877,1180955&dq=eddie+rabbitt&hl=en">Names ... in the news - The Union Democrat, 11 May 1998</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Flippo, Chet. 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/Variations_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Variations (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Variations</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loveline_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Loveline (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Loveline</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Horizon_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Horizon (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Horizon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Step_by_Step_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Step by Step (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Step by Step</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Radio_Romance_(album)" title="Radio Romance (album)">Radio Romance</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Year_of_My_Life" title="The Best Year of My Life">The Best Year of My Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rabbitt_Trax" title="Rabbitt Trax">Rabbitt Trax</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Wanna_Dance_with_You" title="I Wanna Dance with You">I Wanna Dance with You</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jersey_Boy" title="Jersey Boy">Jersey Boy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ten_Rounds_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Ten Rounds (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Ten Rounds</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beatin%27_the_Odds_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Beatin' the Odds (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Beatin' the Odds</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_from_Rabbittland" title="Songs from Rabbittland">Songs from Rabbittland</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Eddie_Rabbitt" title="The Best of Eddie Rabbitt">The Best of Eddie Rabbitt</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Vol._II_(Eddie_Rabbitt_album)" title="Greatest Hits Vol. II (Eddie Rabbitt album)">Greatest Hits Vol. II</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Get_to_Me" title="You Get to Me">You Get to Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forgive_and_Forget_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="Forgive and Forget (Eddie Rabbitt song)">Forgive and Forget</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Should_Have_Married_You" title="I Should Have Married You">I Should Have Married You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Drinkin%27_My_Baby_(Off_My_Mind)" title="Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)">Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Music_(song)" title="Rocky Mountain Music (song)">Rocky Mountain Music</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Two_Dollars_in_the_Jukebox" title="Two Dollars in the Jukebox">Two Dollars in the Jukebox</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Can%27t_Help_Myself_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="I Can't Help Myself (Eddie Rabbitt song)">I Can't Help Myself</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Can%27t_Go_On_Living_Like_This" title="We Can't Go On Living Like This">We Can't Go On Living Like This</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hearts_on_Fire_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="Hearts on Fire (Eddie Rabbitt song)">Hearts on Fire</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Don%27t_Love_Me_Anymore_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="You Don't Love Me Anymore (Eddie Rabbitt song)">You Don't Love Me Anymore</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Just_Want_to_Love_You" title="I Just Want to Love You">I Just Want to Love You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Every_Which_Way_but_Loose_(song)" title="Every Which Way but Loose (song)">Every Which Way But Loose</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Suspicions_(song)" title="Suspicions (song)">Suspicions</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pour_Me_Another_Tequila" title="Pour Me Another Tequila">Pour Me Another Tequila</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gone_Too_Far_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="Gone Too Far (Eddie Rabbitt song)">Gone Too Far</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Drivin%27_My_Life_Away" title="Drivin' My Life Away">Drivin' My Life Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Love_a_Rainy_Night" title="I Love a Rainy Night">I Love a Rainy Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Step_by_Step_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="Step by Step (Eddie Rabbitt song)">Step by Step</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Someone_Could_Lose_a_Heart_Tonight" title="Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight">Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Know_Where_to_Start" title="I Don't Know Where to Start">I Don't Know Where to Start</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_and_I_(Eddie_Rabbitt_and_Crystal_Gayle_song)" title="You and I (Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle song)">You and I</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(with <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" title="Crystal Gayle">Crystal Gayle</a>)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Run_from_Love" title="You Can't Run from Love">You Can't Run from Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Put_the_Beat_in_My_Heart" title="You Put the Beat in My Heart">You Put the Beat in My Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nothing_Like_Falling_in_Love" title="Nothing Like Falling in Love">Nothing Like Falling in Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/B-B-B-Burnin%27_Up_with_Love" title="B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love">B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Best_Year_of_My_Life_(song)" title="The Best Year of My Life (song)">The Best Year of My Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Warning_Sign_(song)" title="Warning Sign (song)">Warning Sign</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She%27s_Comin%27_Back_to_Say_Goodbye" title="She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye">She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_World_Without_Love_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="A World Without Love (Eddie Rabbitt song)">A World Without Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Repetitive_Regret" title="Repetitive Regret">Repetitive Regret</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Friends_and_Lovers_(Gloria_Loring_and_Carl_Anderson_song)" title="Friends and Lovers (Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson song)">Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(with <a href="/wiki/Juice_Newton" title="Juice Newton">Juice Newton</a>)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gotta_Have_You_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="Gotta Have You (Eddie Rabbitt song)">Gotta Have You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wanna_Dance_with_You_(song)" title="I Wanna Dance with You (song)">I Wanna Dance with You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wanderer_(Dion_song)" title="The Wanderer (Dion song)">The Wanderer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Must_Be_Doin%27_Somethin%27_Right" title="We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right">We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_Why_I_Fell_in_Love_with_You" title="That's Why I Fell in Love with You">That's Why I Fell in Love with You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_Second_Thought" title="On Second Thought">On Second Thought</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Runnin%27_with_the_Wind" title="Runnin' with the Wind">Runnin' with the Wind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Lonely_Out_Tonite" title="It's Lonely Out Tonite">It's Lonely Out Tonite</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/American_Boy_(Eddie_Rabbitt_song)" title="American Boy (Eddie Rabbitt song)">American Boy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Born_and_Bred" title="Tennessee Born and Bred">Tennessee Born and Bred</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hang_Up_the_Phone" title="Hang Up the Phone">Hang Up the Phone</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rabbitt_discography" title="Eddie Rabbitt discography">Discography</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Rain" title="Kentucky Rain">Kentucky Rain</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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