Edward Joseph Mahoney (born March 21, 1949), known professionally as Eddie Money, is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who had success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums. Money is well known for songs like "Baby Hold On", "Two Tickets To Paradise", "Maybe I\'m A Fool", "Think I\'m in Love", "Shakin\'", "Take Me Home Tonight", "I Wanna Go Back", "Walk on Water", "The Love in Your Eyes", and "Peace in Our Time".\n', '

Money wrote and performed original songs for the films Americathon (1979), Over The Top, Back to the Beach (both 1987), and Kuffs (1992), along with the television series Hardball (1989–1990).[citation needed]\n', '

Eddie Money was born Edward Joseph Mahoney into a large Irish Catholic family in Brooklyn and raised in Seaford, New York, on Long Island, the son of Dorothy and Daniel P. Mahoney. His mother has Jewish ancestry. His grandfather, father, and one of his brothers were members of the New York City Police Department and he himself was an NYPD trainee for a period of time. However, as his interest in music intensified, he eventually ended his law enforcement career in favor of becoming a full-time musician.\n', '

Return to Eddie Money Autograph Profile