Teddy Geiger

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Teddy Geiger
Background information
Birth name	John Theodore Geiger II
Born	September 16, 1988 Buffalo, New York
Genre(s)	Pop/Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician/Singer-Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Piano, Guitar, Bass guitar, Drums
Years active	2005–present
Label(s)	Columbia Records
Website	www.teddygeigermusic.com

Teddy Geiger (born John Theodore "Teddy" Geiger II on September 16, 1988 in Buffalo, New York) is an American singer and songwriter.

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Television appearances
4 References
- 4.1 Footnotes
- 4.2 External links
  - 4.2.1 Fansites

[edit] Biography

Geiger began playing piano at the age of 6 years and guitar at 8. He wrote his first song, "Little Tommy Blackbird," at a very young age. At age 10 or 11 he wrote "Try Too Hard," which is on his album, "Underage Thinking." ^[1].

Teddy Geiger, latest male in five years, on the cover of November 2006 issue of Seventeen Magazine.

First seen in national media as a finalist in VH1's "In Search of the Partridge Family", Geiger toured with Hilary Duff, serving as the opening act on the summer 2005 "Still Most Wanted Tour". His first single, "For You I Will (Confidence)", was officially released in February 2006 and is available for download. The song received positive reviews; it was called "sweetly romantic" and said to contain "sophisticated lyrics".^{[citation needed]} In the song, Geiger sings that he always wants what he can't have, but he always gives it a try, even though he knows he might not get what he wants or get it the way he wants it to be. His debut album, Underage Thinking, was released on March 21, 2006, and peaked at #8 in The Billboard 200 album chart.

Geiger had a small role on the short lived television series Love Monkey, which originally aired on CBS and was later moved to VH1. He played the young up-and-coming musician Wayne Jensen, starring alongside Tom Cavanagh and Jason Priestley. His song "For You I Will (Confidence)" was featured as the theme to the show on the later episodes. He saw his record sales increase with exposure on the morning and evening talk show television circuit.

The music video for his debut single "For You I Will (Confidence)" features Laguna Beach's Kristin Cavallari. The song is also nominated for "Best Love Song" in the 2006 Teen Choice Awards. He has already released a second single, "These Walls", which began receiving steady radio airplay in September 2006 and was later released as a music video. In July 2006, it was announced that Geiger would be on the cover of Seventeen Magazine in the fall. In early October, Teddy became the first male on the cover of the magazine in five years.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year	Cover	Album	Chart positions ^[2]
Year	Cover	Album	US 200	Top Internet	CAN
2005		Step Ladder (EP) Released: 2005 1st EP	-	-	-
2006		Underage Thinking Released: March 21, 2006 October 10, 2006 1st studio album	8	8	59

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions ^[3]							Album
Year	Single	US 100	US Pop	US Main	US Digi	US Adult	AUS	NZ	Album
2006	"For You I Will (Confidence)"	29	19	18	17	10	12	24	Underage Thinking
2006	"These Walls"			34		32	69		Underage Thinking