Eddie Rabbitt

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. In 2001, Santana released Shaman, revisiting the Supernatural format of guest artists including P.O.D., Seal, and Michelle Branch. During his career, Rabbitt scored 26 #1 hits on the country charts, and had 8 Top-40 songs. Supernatural was Santana's best-selling album ever, reaching number one on the Billboard albums chart, and won nine Grammy Awards. Rabbitt himself died of lung cancer on May 7, 1998 at the age of only 56. Carlos Santana dramatically returned to popular consciousness in 1999, upon the release of Supernatural, which included collaborations with Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton and Lauryn Hill. After his son died, Rabbit became active in raising money for organizations that aid sick children. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

He recorded very little during the 1990s, in part because of the illness and subsequent death of his young son. In 1991, Santana made a guest appearance on Ottmar Liebert's album "Solo Para Ti", on the songs "Reaching Out 2 U" and a cover of his own song, "Samba Pa Ti". During the late 80's, Rabbitt was one of many pop-influenced country stars who lost ground on the charts to more traditional-sounding artists. Jones, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. He was also well-known for writing and recording the theme song for the Clint Eastwood movie "Every Which Way But Loose.". Many albums followed in the 1970s and 80s, including collaborations with Willie Nelson, Herbie Hancock, Booker T. He scored some of his biggest hits with tunes such as "I Love a Rainy Night" (1980), "You Don't Love Me Anymore (1978), and "Step by Step" (1980). During this period, Carlos took the name "Devadip", bestowed upon him by spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy.

His early pieces were strongly C&W, such as "Two Dollars in the Jukebox." Later, his music began to be influenced by R&B and pop. Carlos Santana used the name and a series of changing musicians to continue to tour around the country, releasing several albums. In 1975, he signed on with Elektra Records, who had recently created a country music division. Rolie went on to become a founding member of Journey. He came to the attention of recording companies when he penned Elvis Presley's hit song "Kentucky Rain". The original Santana band then disbanded. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1968, hoping to earn a living as a songwriter and performer. Santana became a huge hit, as did Abraxas (1970) and Santana III (1971).

He was born in Brooklyn New York, and raised in New Jersey. On the tour to support the album, the band played at Woodstock; the set was legendary and vastly increased Santana's popularity. Eddie Rabbitt (November 27, 1941-May 7, 1998) was a country music singer and songwriter who reached the peak of his popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Soon signed to Columbia Records, Santana released a self-titled album, Santana, the group at this point consisting of Carlos Santana (guitar), Gregg Rolie (keyboards and vocals), David Brown (bass guitar), Michael Shrieve (drums), Jose Areas (percussion) and Michael Carabello (percussion). Santana's recording debut occurred on The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper with Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield. The band started playing at the Fillmore West, where many of the great San Francisco bands began.

In 1966, he helped found the Santana Blues Band, eventually shortened to simply Santana. After a family move to Tijuana, Santana began playing in clubs and bars; he remained in Tijuana when his family moved to San Francisco, California, but soon joined them. Carlos Santana's father was a mariachi violinist and young Carlos learned the violin originally, but switched to the guitar when he was eight years old. He became famous in the 1960s with his eponymous band Santana.

Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a famous Mexican rock and roll guitarist, originally from Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco.