Eddie Rabbit, 56, singer, lung
cancer
Eddie
Rabbitt was a country music singer and songwriter who reached the peak of his
popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and
raised in New Jersey, Rabbitt moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1968, hoping
to earn a living as a songwriter and performer. He came to the attention of
recording companies when he penned Elvis Presley's hit song, "Kentucky Rain".
During his career, Rabbitt scored 26 #1 hits on the country charts and eight
Top 40 pop hits. He was named the Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country
Music in 1977, and he won an American Music Award for Best Pop Male Vocalist
in 1981. Rabbitt died of lung cancer at the age of 56, and was burried in the
Calvary Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.
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