Eddie Low

{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Eddie Low | honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}} | image = Eddie Low in 1970s.png | caption = Low in the early 1970s | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Edward Robert Low | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1943|5|14}} | birth_place = Rotorua, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2024|09|21|1943|5|14}} | death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand | genre = Country | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|musician}} | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|brass|keyboards|strings}} | years_active = 1964–2024 | label = {{hlist|RCA|Sony Music|EdRab|BMG|Sunshine Records|Rajon Music|MAL Records}} | past_member_of = {{hlist|New Zealand Highwaymen|The Truetones|The Quin Tikis}} | website = {{URL|eddielow.co.nz}} }}

'''Edward Robert Low''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (14 May 1943 – 21 September 2024) was a New Zealand country singer and musician, with a career spanning over 60 years. Low released a number of successful country albums and singles throughout the 1970s and 80s and performed in a number of groups since the 1960s including The Quin Tikis and the New Zealand Highwaymen. Low continued to record and release music throughout his life, enjoying a second wave of success in the 2010s after releasing his career overview album ''The Voice In A Million'' (2011) which went platinum. He was awarded Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Low began his career in the early 1960s with his brother in the Auckland-based group The Chevronaires, where he met John Rowles. The pair moved to Australia performing Beatles covers before moving to Sydney and becoming part of The Sundowners, joining the Miller's brewery circuit. Low later joined The Truetones for a period before becoming part of The Quin Tikis in the mid-1960s, performing in Australia and New Zealand for several years and appearing regularly in the annual tours of Miss New Zealand Extravaganza organised by Joe Brown. Low was encouraged by Brown to go solo, dubbing him "the voice in a million", and signed to Joe Brown Records, releasing his debut solo album ''Presenting The Golden Voice Of Eddie Low'' in 1970.

In the 1970s, Low collaborated with John Hore, releasing ''Eddie Low and John Hore Live'' (1971) and ''We Should Be Together'' (1972). Low went on to tour North America and released several albums and EPs including ''The Voice In A Million'' (1970), ''Eddie Low'' (1973), and ''Eddie Low in USA and Canada'' (1976). Following the tour, he entered a recording hiatus. Low returned in 1980, signing to RCA Records and releasing ''Eddie Low Sings'' ''(Songs of Home).'' Throughout the 1980s, he released a number of singles and several more albums including ''Easy Temptations'' (1981), ''Blue Smoke'' (1982), ''Country Greats'' (1984) and ''Heart and Soul (1984),'' and periodically returned to Christchurch to appear in That's Country hosted by Ray Columbus.

In 1986, Low launched his own record label, MAL Records, which he used to publish personal projects including "I Am Me", a single about his feelings around being labelled handicapped, and the albums ''Turning Back The Clock'' and ''Land of my Mother, Land of my Father'', the latter reflecting his mixed Scottish and Māori heritage. Low continued recording music and performing throughout the 1990s through RCA Records, BMG and Sony Music, including ''Eddie Low (1992).'' In the 2000s, Low toured with the New Zealand Highwaymen and continued writing music, and moved to live in Christchurch in 2008.

In 2011, Low's compilation album ''The Voice In A Million (The Very Best Of Eddie Low)'' spent twenty-two weeks on the chart and peaked at number two, going platinum. He followed up in ''Icon'' (2012) and ''This Could Be the Last Time (2017),'' the latter published under EdRab Music, a new label he created for his later projects, and returned to touring with the New Zealand Highwaymen in a series of successful shows. Despite ailing health from a cancer diagnosis, Low continued to record music and tour until his death in 2024, with albums such as ''Paint Me a Memory'' (2020) and ''When I Sing About You'' (2021).

During his lifetime, Low was a celebrated country music singer, receiving extensive radio play on country stations, and won numerous awards including New Zealand Entertainer and Songwriter of the Year, the Variety Artists Club Scroll of Honour, the Country Music Legend Award, the Benny Award, and the Rockonz International Star Award, among others.<ref name=":3" />

== Early life == Low was born in Rotorua on 14 May 1943 with his twin brother. His mother, Rangi Ratana McRoy, had contracted rubella and tuberculosis during pregnancy. As a result, Low was born blind and his twin brother did not survive. McRoy died shortly after from the illness, aged 18.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2024 |title=Legendary singer Eddie Low passes away |url=https://www.eddielow.co.nz/site_files/34167/upload_files/LegendarysingerEddieLowpassesawayafterabattlewithcancer_20240821.pdf |website=Eddie Low}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Maria |date=22 June 2021 |title=Entertainer Eddie Low’s performance for Ngāpuhi |url=https://ngapuhi.iwi.nz/2021/06/22/eddie-low/ |access-date=22 September 2024 |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1lPWH9UkYY |title=Eddie Low Country singer Part 1 |date=22 July 2010 |last=The Beat Goes On |access-date=22 September 2024 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

His father, Robert McRoy, was unable to cope as a single parent. Low and his older brother David were sent to live with several other children in the home of Maria Low, a widow who was a cousin of their mother.<ref name=":4" /> She officially adopted Low, fearing he would be institutionalised due to his blindness.<ref name=":2" />

As a child, Low lived in Auckland and attended the Foundation for the Blind. At age 12 after surgeries on his eyes, he gained partial sight in his left eye.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gifford |first=Adam |date=21 September 2024 |orig-date=2013-05-20 |title=Eddie Low |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/eddie-low |access-date=22 September 2024 |website=AudioCulture |language=en}}</ref> He started his first band, the Three Blind Mice, with two of his friends when he was 13.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2024 |title='Indomitable spirit': Music legend Eddie Lowe dies at 81 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/kiwi-music-legend-eddie-low-dies-aged-81-following-cancer-battle/2VOYL2QWQBCOJOTJT2ODFTCUSU/ |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2024 |title=New Zealand singer Eddie Low dies following cancer battle |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350424656/new-zealand-singer-eddie-low-dies-following-cancer-battle |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=Stuff }}</ref><ref name=":5" />

Low began his professional career in music in the years after leaving school, joining a group called The Chevronaires with his brother David, which had a residency at the Picasso club in Auckland. It was there he met and befriended John Rowles. In 1964, the pair began performing Beatles covers, taking up a six month contract in Melbourne, Australia at the Riverside Inn.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" />

== Career == Eddie Low had a unique voice and was dubbed "the voice in a million" by Joe Brown, who signed him as a solo artist. He would often use falsetto in his songs and yodel. Low was also a multi-instrumentalist, often playing the trumpet, but was also proficient with other instruments including guitar, keys, flute, and violin.<ref name=":3" />

=== 1964: Move to Australia and The Sundowners === In 1964, Low moved to Australia with fellow entertainer John Rowles as a duo. Low and Rowles had become friends playing in the band The Chevronaires at the Picasso club in Auckland. They secured a six month contract to play at the Riverside Inn, an establishment in Melbourne, performing covers of songs by The Beatles.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /> The gig involved two shows per night, complete with Beatles wigs, earning them the name "the New Zealand Beatles".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Gifford |first=Adam |date=4 June 2013 |title=John Rowles |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/john-rowles |access-date=24 September 2024 |website=AudioCulture |language=en}}</ref>

After the contract ended, the pair moved to Sydney seeking opportunities in Kings Cross, where they discovered fellow musician Graham Willoughby, who had been in The Chevronaires, in a new band called The Dingdongers.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" /> Low and Rowles joined the group, which then auditioned at the Sundowner Hotel for the Miller’s Brewery circuit, and were successful in securing the gig. They renamed the group to The Sundowners.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" /> The group also had residency at The Civic Hotel, during which they recorded a single for Sunshine Records named "The End (Of A Rainbow)" which was fronted by Rowles.<ref name=":6" />

=== 1965–1969: The Truetones and The Quin Tikis === After Rowles went solo, Low joined a band called The Truetones for a period, before his skills as a multi-instrumentalist saw him join The Quin Tikis in 1966 as a singer and trumpet player. He also appeared in the musical comedy film ''Don't Let It Get You'', appearing alongside Howard Morrison and Kiri Te Kanawa, among others.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Gary |title=Eddie Low MNZM |url=https://www.nzwalkoffame.co.nz/eddie-low-mnzm |access-date=24 September 2024 |website=NZ Walk of Fame}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sergent |first=Bruce |title=Eddie Low |url=https://www.sergent.com.au/music/eddielow.html |access-date=24 September 2024 |website=www.sergent.com.au}}</ref> The group performed in Australia and New Zealand, and were regulars on the annual Miss New Zealand Extravaganza tours and the Country and Western NZ Show, both organised by impresario Joe Brown.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stowers |first=Karen |date=29 August 2024 |title=The Quin Tikis |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/the-quin-tikis |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=AudioCulture |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=6 September 1973 |title=C. and W. show |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19730906.2.42.5 |access-date=3 July 2025 |work=The Press |pages=5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 May 1972 |title="Miss N.Z. Show" |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19720516.2.137 |access-date=3 July 2025 |work=The Press |pages=16}}</ref>

=== 1970–1979: Solo career and hiatus === thumb|Low and Hore with crew from the Miss New Zealand Show In 1969, Brown encouraged Low to leave The Quin Tikis and offered to sign him to his label, Joe Brown Records, as a solo artist. Low agreed. In 1970 he debuted with the albums ''Presenting The Golden Voice Of Eddie Low'' and ''The Voice In A Million''. In 1971, Low recorded an EP with John Hore named ''Eddie Low and John Hore Live''. In November that year, Low reunited with Morrison and performed a nightly show along with Billy Peters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 1971 |title=Arts Diary |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19711109.2.82 |access-date=3 July 2025 |work=The Press |pages=12}}</ref>

By the mid-1970s, Low had released 11 singles through Brown and several albums and EPs, including a single with his daughter Marie, "Daddy What If". His music received heavy airplay on country radio stations.<ref name=":3" /> He began touring in North America, visiting Nashville twice in 1972 and 1973, and visiting Canada on an extended six month tour, recording the live album ''Eddie Low in USA and Canada'' which was released in 1976.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Eddie Low 1983 |url=https://ehive.com/collections/200851/objects/1465142/eddie-low-om |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=eHive |publisher=Australian Country Music Hall of Fame |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> Following this, Low took a hiatus from recording and releasing new material. He performed locally in the late 70s, including a guest appearance on ''A Touch of Country,'' filmed in Christchurch and broadcast on South Pacific Television in 1977.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 March 1977 |title=Guests on musical |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770316.2.119 |access-date=3 July 2025 |work=The Press |pages=19}}</ref>

=== 1980–1996: Return to studio, MAL Records, and recognition === In 1980, Low signed to RCA Records and returned with ''Eddie Low Sings (Songs of Home).'' Over the next four years, Low released four more albums: ''Easy Temptations'', ''Blue Smoke'', ''Country Greats'' and ''Heart and Soul''.<ref name=":3" /> Low also periodically visited Christchurch to appear on episodes of That's Country, a TVNZ show hosted by Ray Columbus.<ref name=":3" />

Low received a number of awards and honours during this period, increasingly recognised for his contributions to music. In 1980, he received the New Zealand Entertainer and Songwriter of the Year award.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=McDonald |first=Kelvin |date=21 September 2024 |title=Entertainer Eddie Low dies aged 81 |url=https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/09/21/entertainer-eddie-low-dies-aged-81/ |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=Te Ao Māori News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> In 1983, he was inducted into the Australian Country Music Hands of Fame with his hand print immortalized at the Tamworth monument.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=The Hands of Fame Inductees – Australian Country Music Hall of Fame |url=https://countrymusichalloffame.com.au/the-hands-of-fame-inductees/ |access-date=25 September 2024 |language=en-AU}}</ref> In 1984, he received the Variety Artists Club Scroll of Honour.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Variety Artists of New Zealand – Winners in Alphabetical Order |url=https://www.vac.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/VAC-Award-Recipients-to-2020.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925045939/https://www.vac.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/VAC-Award-Recipients-to-2020.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2024 |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc}}</ref>

In 1986, Low started his own record label, MAL Records (later known as MAL Music Promotions) named after his daughter Maria Ann Low, who he had sung with in the 1975 single "Daddy What If". He released his single "I Am Me" through his label, a reflective piece on his blindness and his feelings about being considered handicapped.<ref name=":3" /> Also released through his label was ''Turning Back The Clock and'' the two-disc album ''Land of my Mother, Land of my Father.''

In 1992, Low released the album ''Eddie Low'' through RCA Records. The following year, he was inducted into the New Zealand Hands of Fame at the monument in Gore.<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=Hands of Fame |url=https://www.gorecountrymusicclub.com/hands-of-fame |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Gore Country Music Club |language=en-NZ}}</ref> In 1996, Low re-released ''Heart and Soul'' through BMG and released the compilation album ''Eddie Low: New Zealand’s International Singing Star''.

=== 1997–2012: New Zealand Highwaymen and renewed success === In 2004, Rajon Music re-released ''Turning Back The Clock'' and ''Land of my Mother, Land of my Father'' as a three-disc collection.

Throughout the 2000s, Low toured across New Zealand, including in 2003 with his Roy Orbison tribute show,<ref name=":3" /> and reuniting with John Hore for the Highway of Legends tour with Gray Bartlett and Brendan Dugan. In 2008, Low and his wife left their home in Sydney and moved to Christchurch to live.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=EDDIE LOW MNZM |url=https://www.nzwalkoffame.co.nz/eddie-low-mnzm |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=www.nzwalkoffame.co.nz}}</ref>

In 2006, Low's long career and contributions were recognised and he was awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2006 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2006 |date=5 June 2006 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref>

In 2011, Low released ''The Voice In A Million (The Very Best Of Eddie Low)'', a compilation album reflecting on highlights of his career. The album was a commercial success going platinum, spending twenty two weeks on the charts, including two weeks peaking at number two, and reviving mainstream interest in Low's catalogue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=charts.org.nz – Eddie Low – The Voice In A Million: The Very Best Of |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddie+Low&titel=The+Voice+In+A+Million:+The+Very+Best+Of&cat=a |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=charts.nz}}</ref> It was the fifteenth best-selling album in New Zealand that year and the fourth best-selling album by a New Zealand artist in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 September 2024 |title=Yeah Nah: 2011 top selling albums & singles in NZ |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/lifestyle/yeah-nah-2011-top-selling-albums-singles-in-nz/X4BM73KWY7LGCZH3HGXLB5GJUE/ |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> He followed up in 2012 with ''Icon'' released by Sony Music,<ref name=":8" /> and founded a new record company called EdRab Music, spelled as a blend of "Eddie Rabbit", a reference to his wife Kathleen who was affectionately nicknamed "bunny".

=== 2013–2024: Final projects and illness === In 2017, Low released ''This Could Be the Last Time'' through his label EbRab.

In February 2019, while touring in Australia, his wife Kathleen suddenly died of a heart attack. Her body was flown back to Christchurch where a service was held.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":10" /> Low went into a period of mourning and began losing weight. His daughter, Tania, was a cancer nurse and became concerned for Low as he began showing symptoms of illness, pushing him to see a doctor, which confirmed cancer. Low had a series of operations to remove a tumors, and his health initially improved.<ref name=":3" />

In his final years, Low toured with Dennis Marsh, Gray Bartlett and Brendan Dugan in the New Zealand Highwaymen band, in a series of successful shows.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2024 |title=The NZ Highwaymen back on the touring road in June |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/music-legends-to-hit-the-highway-to-hawkes-bay/UW4HZCF5I5AZ3PGI34B2RNUZXQ/ |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Near the end of the tour during one of their shows, Low collapsed minutes before a performance at the Hokitika Regent Theatre, and was taken to hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McBride |first=Paul |date=2023-06-20 |title=Veteran singer rushed to hospital |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/west-coast/veteran-singer-rushed-hospital |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Otago Daily Times |language=en}}</ref> He was transferred to Christchurch Hospital for nine days, leaving to attend his 80th birthday celebration.<ref name=":3" />

In July 2023, Low was diagnosed with diffuse gastric cancer and his condition became publicly known. He battled cancer for over a year including the complete removal of his stomach, and endured significant weight loss, becoming unfit to tour and being forced to withdraw from events.<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> Low died in Christchurch on the morning of 21 September 2024, aged 81, reportedly surrounded by his family.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Personal life == Low is of Scottish and Māori descent from his father and mother's side, respectively. He was born with blindness and gained only partial vision in his left eye at the age of 12 after multiple surgeries.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

Low had three girls with his wife, Kathleen Joyce Low. He named his record label MAL after their firstborn daughter Maria Ann Low.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2024 |title=New Zealand singer Eddie Low dies following cancer battle |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528622/new-zealand-singer-eddie-low-dies-following-cancer-battle |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward LOW Obituary (2024) – The Press |url=https://deaths.press.co.nz/nz/obituaries/the-press-nz/name/edward-low-obituary?id=56368031 |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref> In early 2019 while visiting Australia during one of Low's tours, Kathleen died suddenly from a heart attack.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Kathleen LOW Obituary (2019) – The Press |url=https://deaths.press.co.nz/nz/obituaries/the-press-nz/name/kathleen-low-obituary?id=40303332 |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> In the years after, Low started a relationship with his new partner, Kerry, which lasted until his death.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=ZB |first=Newstalk |date=25 September 2024 |title=Remembering Eddie Low |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/in-my-day/remembering-eddie-low/ |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=ZB |language=en-nz}}</ref>

Throughout his life, Low spent time living and performing in both Australia and New Zealand. Low had a home in Sydney where he lived in the late 1970s, periodically returning to Christchurch to perform and appear on TV shows including That's Country.<ref name=":3" /> In 2008, Low moved back to New Zealand to live in Christchurch, which was also the hometown of his late wife.<ref name=":3" />

In July 2023, Low was diagnosed with diffuse gastric cancer and battled the condition for over a year, including the complete removal of his stomach which caused significant weight loss and forced him to withdraw from events.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=25 September 2024 |title='Voice in a million' silenced after cancer battle |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/rotorua-born-singer-eddie-low-dies-after-cancer-battle/AIGZIF46QNDK7P7KDWV2WOZJOM/ |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Show Must Go On! Eddie Low withdraws from NZ Highwaymen 2024, longtime friend Frankie Stevens steps in – Claudelands |url=https://claudelands.co.nz/events/news/show-must-go-on-eddie-low-withdraws-from-nz-highwaymen-2024-longtime-friend-frankie-stevens-steps-in |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=claudelands.co.nz}}</ref> Low died in Christchurch on the morning of 21 September 2024, aged 81.<ref name=":2" /> His funeral service took place in Christchurch on 26 September and was streamed live, viewed thousands of times.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/UlRJWMtlHkU |title=Service for the Late Edward Robert Low ‘Eddie Low’ |language=en |access-date=25 September 2024 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/UlRJWMtlHkU |title=Service for the Late Edward Robert Low ‘Eddie Low’ |date=26 September 2024 |language=en |access-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926072531/https://www.youtube.com/live/UlRJWMtlHkU |archive-date=26 September 2024 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

== Honours and awards == * New Zealand Entertainer and Songwriter of the Year, 1980<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gifford |first=Adam |title=Voice in a million Eddie Low dies |url=https://waateanews.com/2024/09/23/voice-in-a-million-eddie-low-dies/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=waateanews.com |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name=":13" /> * Country Music Recording Artists’ Awards, 1981<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 November 1981 |title=Top song to Low |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19811102.2.38 |access-date=3 July 2025 |work=The Press |pages=6}}</ref> * Australia Country Hands of Fame, 1983<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":8" /> * Variety Artists Club Scroll of Honour, 1984<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":3" /> * New Zealand Hands of Fame, 1993<ref name=":16" /> * Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music, in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours<ref>{{cite web |date=5 June 2006 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2006 |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2006 |accessdate=4 May 2020 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}</ref> * Country Music Legend Award, 2009<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-08-20 |title=2009 National Country Music Awards |url=https://creativenz.govt.nz/news-and-blog/2022/06/15/02/25/05/2009-national-country-music-awards |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Creative New Zealand |language=en}}</ref> * Benny Award, Variety Artists Club of New Zealand, 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=Variety Artists Club of NZ Benny Award Information and Recipients |url=http://www.vacnz.com/bennyaward/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016033941/http://www.vacnz.com/bennyaward/ |archive-date=16 October 2013 |access-date=8 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=":13" /> * Rockonz International Star Award, 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=ROCKHAPPENZ − ROCKONZ Rock Hall Of Fame − Listed alphabetically by Last Name |url=https://www.rockhappenz.com/rockonz.html |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=www.rockhappenz.com}}</ref><ref name=":15" /> * Attitude ACC Supreme Award for Artist Achievement, 2011<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-05 |title=Attitude Award winners announced |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1112/S00062/attitude-award-winners-announced.htm |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Scoop News}}</ref> * New Zealand Walk of Fame (2023)<ref name=":9" />

==Discography== {{More citations needed section|date=September 2024}}

=== Solo albums === * ''Presenting The Golden Voice Of Eddie Low'' (1970) * ''The Voice In A Million'' (1970) * ''Eddie Low'' (1973) * ''Eddie Low in USA and Canada'' (1976) * ''Eddie Low Sings'' ''(Songs of Home)'' (1980)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eddie Low − Sings |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddie+Low&titel=Sings&cat=a |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=charts.nz}}</ref> * ''Easy Temptations'' (1981) * ''Blue Smoke'' (1982) * ''Country Greats'' (1984) * ''Heart and Soul'' (1984) * ''Turning Back The Clock'' * ''Land of my Mother, Land of my Father'' * ''Icon'' (2012) * ''Do You Wanna Dance (2014)''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Do You Wanna Dance? − Eddie Low − Top 40 Albums |url=https://www.muzic.net.nz/charts/s78237/do-you-wanna-dance |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=www.muzic.net.nz}}</ref> * ''This Could Be the Last Time (2017)'' * ''You Raise Me Up (2019)'' * ''To All The Girls I've Sung Before'' * ''Paint Me a Memory'' (2020) * ''When I Sing About You'' (2021)

=== EPs === * ''Eddie Low'' (1970) * ''Eddie Low On A Mini Record'' (1971) * ''Eddie Low Live (The Voice In A Million)'' (1971) * ''Joe Brown Presents Eddie Low'' (1975)

=== Singles === * "Bonnie Please Don't Go" (1971) * "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" (1972) * "Help Me Make It Through The Night" (1972) * "Daddy What If" with Daughter Marie (1975) * "May God Go With You" (1982) * "I Am Me" (1990)

=== Collaborative albums and EPs === * ''Eddie Low and John Hore Live (1971)'' * ''We Should Be Together'' with John Hore ''(1972)''

=== Compilation albums === * ''The Best Of Eddie Low'' (1972) * ''Eddie Low: New Zealand’s International Singing Star'' (1996) * ''The Great Eddie Low (2009)'' * ''The Voice In A Million (The Very Best Of Eddie Low)'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|title=Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/42563/gold-and-platinum-new-zealand-albums-to-2013|website=Te Ara|publisher=Encyclopedia of NZ|accessdate=19 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Voice In A Million: The Best Of − Eddie Low − Top 40 Albums |url=https://www.muzic.net.nz/charts/s65754/the-voice-in-a-million-the-best-of |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=www.muzic.net.nz}}</ref> * ''Selections 2009–2021'' (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selections 2009-2021, CD |url=https://www.eddielow.co.nz/shop/product/643936/selections-2009-2021/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927134411/https://www.eddielow.co.nz/shop/product/643936/selections-2009-2021/ |archive-date=2024-09-27 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Eddie Low}}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022235249/http://www.vac.org.nz/bennyawardrecipients.html#eddielow Biography on the Variety Artists Club] * {{discogs artist|Eddie Low}} * {{IMDb name|5045543}}

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