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Biography
for|the Happy Days actress|Erin Moran A Girl Called Eddy , real name Erin Moran ,cite news|last=Browne|first=David|title=Music Review: A Girl Called Eddy (2004)|url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,677313,00.html|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=August 13, 2004 is an American soul pop singer/songwriter born in Neptune Township, New Jersey|Neptune, New Jersey , United States|USA and currently residing in England .cite news|last=La Gorce|first=Tammy|title=What's It All About, Eddy? |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html? res=FA0912FD3B590C758CDDAA0894DD404482|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 6, 2005
She is currently signed to ANTI-|Anti Records . She also made an appearance in 2001 on a promotional CD for the Nissan Altima with the track "The Soundtrack of Your Life". In 2001, she released an EP titled, Tears All Over Town on Le Grand Magistery ,Tears All Over" /> an independent record label. She started singing background vocals and keyboard playing for Francis Dunnery , a singer-songwriter, and toured England.
In August 2004, she released her first, self-titled album in England, working with Richard Hawley .
Influences include Burt Bacharachcite web |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/16/arts/critic-s-choice-new-cd-s-facing-forward-but-glancing-back.html |title=CRITIC'S CHOICE/New CD's; Facing Forward, but Glancing Back |first=Jon |last=Pareles |date=date|16 August 2004 |publisher= The New York Times |accessdate=date|2011-10-09 ("all my life I've been a massive Burt Bacharach fan"),cite news|last=La Gorce|first=Tammy|title=What's It All About, Eddy? |url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9503E3DC103DF935A35750C0A9639C8B63|accessdate=9 October 2011|newspaper= The New York Times |date=6 March 2005 Karen Carpenter , Scott_Walker_(singer)|Scott Walker ,cite web|title=A Girl Called Eddy AVIVA-Redaktion|url= http://www.aviva-berlin.de/aviva/content_music_CDs.php? id=5229|work=AVIVA-Berlin|accessdate=9 October 2011 Carole King ,cite news|last=Ratliff|first=Ben|title=MUSIC: PLAYLIST; Dusty's Latest Daughter|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/arts/music-playlist-dusty-s-latest-daughter.html|accessdate=9 October 2011|newspaper= The New York Times |date=15 Aug 2004 and Paul McCartney .
Contemporaries she has been compared with include Aimee Mann ,cite web|title=A Girl Called Eddy|url= http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/eddy_a_girl_called/artist.jhtml|work= MTV |accessdate=9 October 2011 Beth Orton , and Sarah McLachlan .cite web|last=Wilson|first=MacKenzie|title=A Girl Called Eddy|url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/a-girl-called-eddy-p484115|work= allmusic |accessdate=9 October 2011
Discography
EPs
Tears All Over Town (2001) Le Grand Magistery . Mastering: Trevor Kampmann Tears All Over">cite web|last=Hopkin|first=Kenyon|title=Tears All Over Town - A Girl Called Eddy|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/tears-all-over-town-r542305|work= allmusic |accessdate=9 October 2011
: Pop Matters called it "something quite special".cite web|last=Heaton|first=Dave|title=A Girl Called Eddy: Tears All Over Town|url= http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/girlcallededdy-tears/|work= Pop Matters |accessdate=9 October 2011|date=2001-07-30 The song "The Soundtrack of Your Life" was used in the US television show Dawson's Creek .cite web|title=Joey Potter and Capeside Redemption|url= http://www.tv.com/shows/dawsons-creek/joey-potter-and-capeside-redemption-191880/|work=Episode Guide > Season 6, Episode 22|publisher=TV.com|accessdate=12 October 2011 #"Heartache"& nbsp;– 3:12 #"The Soundtrack of Your Life"& nbsp;– 3:36 #"Girls Can Really Tear You Up Inside"& nbsp;– 5:02 #"The Same Old Tears"& nbsp;– 2:47 #"Fading..."& nbsp;– 3:48 ::
The Long Goodbye (2004) Epitaph_Records|Epitaph cite web|title=The Long Goodbye - A Girl Called Eddy|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-long-goodbye-r889606|work= allmusic |accessdate=9 October 2011
#"The Long Goodbye"& nbsp;– 3:27 #"Under the Warm Sun"& nbsp;– 3:02 #"Heartache"& nbsp;– 4:03
Albums
A Girl Called Eddy (album)|A Girl Called Eddy (2004) ANTI-
:Many favorable reviews and listed as Top 10 of 2004 by The Wall Street Journal .cite web |url= http://online.wsj.com/article/SB110497799101218473.html? mod=googlewsj |title=Rock, Pop and World: The Top 10 Discs of 2004 |first=Jim |last=Fusilli |date=date|6 January 2005 |publisher= The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=date|2011-10-09
References
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External links
http://www.anti.com/artists/view/10/A_Girl_Called_Eddy Artists page at Anti Records website
http://www.myspace.com/agirlcallededdy A Girl Called Eddy MySpace Page
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/a-girl-called-eddy-p484115 Allmusic artist page
http://www.last.fm/music/A%2520Girl%2520Called%2520Eddy? ac=a%20girl%20called%20eddy last.fm artist page
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