John Eddie is an American folk rock singer. Eddie moved to New Jersey in the 1970s and became a popular club circuit musician there, occasionally performing with Bruce Springsteen. Eddie signed with Columbia Records and released two albums, in 1986 and 1990; a single, "Jungle Boy", managed to crack the Billboard charts in 1986, peaking at #17 Rock and #52 on the Hot 100. He opened for Bob Seger and The Kinks in the late 1980s but was dropped by the label early in the 1990s.

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  • John Eddie is an American folk rock singer. Eddie moved to New Jersey in the 1970s and became a popular club circuit musician there, occasionally performing with Bruce Springsteen. Eddie signed with Columbia Records and released two albums, in 1986 and 1990; a single, "Jungle Boy", managed to crack the Billboard charts in 1986, peaking at #17 Rock and #52 on the Hot 100. He opened for Bob Seger and The Kinks in the late 1980s but was dropped by the label early in the 1990s. He then signed with Elektra Records and recorded a third album, which was never released after a lengthy legal dispute. Since then Eddie has recorded independently and toured extensively; his career saw a resurgence when he signed with Lost Highway Records for 2003's Who the Hell is John Eddie?.
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  • John Eddie is an American folk rock singer. Eddie moved to New Jersey in the 1970s and became a popular club circuit musician there, occasionally performing with Bruce Springsteen. Eddie signed with Columbia Records and released two albums, in 1986 and 1990; a single, "Jungle Boy", managed to crack the Billboard charts in 1986, peaking at #17 Rock and #52 on the Hot 100. He opened for Bob Seger and The Kinks in the late 1980s but was dropped by the label early in the 1990s.
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