Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: Even Stevens David Malloy Eddie Rabbitt

Producer: David Malloy

Dim, dim the lights, it'll be alright
Let me hold you tight tonight
The night is yours and mine
So, baby, take your time
You know you look so fine tonight, tonight

And every time we kiss like this
Don't you know you drive me crazy, baby
And every time you say you love me again
Well, my heart, my heart, my heart stops beating

Dim, dim the lights, it'll be alright
I wanna hold you tight tonight

And every time we kiss like this
Don't you know you drive me crazy, baby
And every time you say you love me again
Well, my heart, my heart, my heart stops beating

Dim, dim the lights, it'll be alright
I wanna hold you tight tonight
Why don't you dim, dim the lights

Why don't you dim, dim the lights
It'll be alright
I wanna hold you tight tonight

Edward Thomas Rabbitt was born November 27, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York to Irish immigrant parents. He was raised in East Orange, New Jersey. On his 35th birthday, he married Janine Girardi. They had three children. One daughter, Demelza, and two sons, Timmy & Tommy. Timmy was born with biliary atresia and died in childhood after a failed liver transplant intended to save his life. In March 1997, Eddie learned that he had lung cancer. He passed away on May 7, 1998. Rabbitt received several awards over the years. The Academy of Country Music Awards Top New Male Vocalist in 1977. Music City News Country Songwriter of the Year and BMI’s Robert J. Burton Award for “Suspicions” in 1979. 1980 brought BMI’s Song of the Year for “Suspicions.” In 1996 he pulled in BMI’s Three Million-Air Award and Two Million-Air Awards for “I Love a Rainy Night” and “Kentucky Rain”, respectively. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame the year of his death, 1998. Eddie’s final #1 hit came in 1989 with “On Second Thought”.

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