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Eddie Money

Eddie Money is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Union, You've Really Got a Hold on Me, Kansas, Ronnie Spector and England Dan & John Ford Coley. Those roots explain a lot about how Eddie Money arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Squier, Loverboy, Night Ranger, Jefferson Starship and Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Santana, Kenny Loggins, Ronnie Spector and Every Avenue, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Eddie Money, reaching back through Union and forward to Santana. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Edward Joseph Money was an American singer and songwriter who had his greatest commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s. Money had eleven Top 40 singles, starting with "Baby Hold On" in 1977 and including the Billboard Top 10 hits "Take Me Home Tonight" (1986) and "Walk on Water" (1988). Critic Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called him a working-class rocker. In 1987, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Take Me Home Tonight".

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Eddie MoneyUnionYou've Really Got a …KansasRonnie SpectorEngland Dan & John F…Bad EnglishJimi HendrixDavid BowieSantanaKenny LogginsRonnie SpectorEvery AvenueBilly SquierLoverboyNight RangerJefferson StarshipBob Seger & The Silv…Huey Lewis & The NewsThe J. Geils BandSammy Hagar

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Eddie Money connections

Eddie Money grew out of Union, You've Really Got a Hold on Me, Kansas and Ronnie Spector, shares an orbit with Billy Squier, Loverboy, Night Ranger and Jefferson Starship, went on to shape Santana, Kenny Loggins, Ronnie Spector and Every Avenue. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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