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. He was divorced from Sinatra in 1965 and has a daughter, model Jessica Sands, born in 1977 from another relationship. During his career, Rabbitt scored 26 #1 hits on the country charts, and had 8 Top-40 songs. Sands performed in several films including Babes in Toyland in 1961 and The Longest Day in 1962 but both his singing and film career had faded by the 1970s. Rabbitt himself died of lung cancer on May 7, 1998 at the age of only 56. In 1960, he married Nancy Sinatra and for a time they were the toast of Hollywood. After his son died, Rabbit became active in raising money for organizations that aid sick children. Sands' sudden fame brought an offer to sing at the Academy Awards show and his teen idol looks landed him a motion-picture contract to star in a 1958 musical drama called Sing, Boy, Sing.

He recorded very little during the 1990s, in part because of the illness and subsequent death of his young son. On the show, his song presentation of a tune called "Teenage Crush" went over big with the young audience and, released as a 45 rpm single by Capitol Records, it went to No.3 on the Billboard Hot 100 music charts. 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. His initial recordings garnered little in the way of sales but in early 1957 he was given the opportunity to star in an episode of "Kraft Television Theatre". He was also well-known for writing and recording the theme song for the Clint Eastwood movie "Every Which Way But Loose.". He was only fifteen when Colonel Tom Parker heard about him and signed him to RCA Records. 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). Sands began playing the guitar at age seven and within a year had a job performing twice weekly on a local radio station.

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. While still young, he moved with his family to Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1975, he signed on with Elektra Records, who had recently created a country music division. Born Thomas Adrian Sands into a musical family in Chicago, Illinois, his father was a pianist and his mother a big-band singer. He came to the attention of recording companies when he penned Elvis Presley's hit song "Kentucky Rain". Tommy Sands (born August 27, 1937 ) is an American pop music singer and actor. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1968, hoping to earn a living as a songwriter and performer.

He was born in Brooklyn New York, and raised in New Jersey. 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.