Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: Even Stevens Billy Joe Walker Jr. Eddie Rabbitt

Producer: Richard Landis

You are my true and loyal friend
You always tell me that I can
I might give up without you and never follow through
That’s why I fell in love with you

You are so beautiful to me
Your beauty's more than just skin deep
When I look into your eyes I only see the truth
That’s why I fell in love with you
That’s why I fell in love with you

And everyday I thank my lucky stars your mine
I wonder what you see in me
And in a world that sometimes seems to be unkind
You’re my salvation, sweet inspiration

The way you hold our little child
And turn her tears into a smile
And when we’re close like this, there’s one where there were two
That’s why I fell in love with you
And that’s why I’m still in love with you

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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