Eddie Low
Edward Robert (Eddie) Low (born 14 May 1943) is a New Zealand born musician currently living in Christchurch, New Zealand.
In the early 1960s Eddie Low played in showbands, and with the Quintikis toured with the annual Miss New Zealand contest. He also appeared in the film Don't Let It Get You (1966) with the Quintikis, Howard Morrison, and Kiri Te Kanawa. He went on to record albums in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Roy Orbison tribute Tour
"In 2003 Low toured NZ as the star of the Roy Orbison tribute show. During the tour he received so many inquires as to when he would be releasing a new album that as soon as the tour concluded, he start work on it."[1]
Discography
- Scarlet Ribbons
- Wimoweh
- A Star Fell FRom Heaven
- Crying Time
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Il Silenzio (plays Trumpet himself)
- It Don't Hurt Anymore
- Help Me make It Through The Night
- Lonely Woman make Good Lovers
- Rockin Over River (yodel)
- Bonnie Please Don't Go
- Maria (West Side Story)
plus his own compositions
- Where Are You My Love
- Sunday Daddy
- Songs Of Home
- Aroha
- Old Cowboy Songs
- I Am Me (about special needs)
Awards
- 2006 - Low was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for Services to Music, in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
- 2009 - Low received the Country Music Legend Award at the New Zealand
- 2009 - Low was presented with the Variety Artists of NZ Benny Award to mark his lifetime achievements in the entertainment industry.
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Blind Maori Country Singer |
| Date of birth |
14 May 1943 |
| Place of birth |
Rotorua, New Zealand |
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