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Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American country music singer and songwriter. Beginning as a songwriter in the late 1960s, he began a solo career in the mid-70s, being among the first to make Country music in a Pop-crossover style. He is best known for his #1 crossover hit "I Love A Rainy Night", "Drivin' My Life Away" from the same album, and "Every Which Way But Loose", the title song to the Clint Eastwood movie. He also penned "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap. Rabbitt died on May 7, 1998, in Nashville from lung cancer at the age of 56.
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2005
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 1
Movie himself
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2001
Austin City Limits: Country
TV show
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1994
XXX's & OOO's
Movie Self
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1993
Diagnosis: Murder
TV show Eddie Rabbitt
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1993
Belly Dancing for Fun & Fitness
Movie Self
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1991
Hot Country Nights
TV show
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1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie Self
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1987
Sensations
Movie Stripper #2
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1984
Lynda Carter: Body and Soul
Movie Self
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1983
The Eddie Rabbitt Special
Movie Self
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1980
America's Top 10
TV show Self
- 1980
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1971
That Good Old Nashville Music
TV show Self
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1963
Miss USA
TV show Self - Judge
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self