Background
His mother, noticing that he loved to sing even as early as the age of two, introduced him to the piano and the guitar, where he quickly revealed a natural aptitude. Not wanting her son to miss any opportunity, his mother was able to get him enrolled at the Victoria School of Music in Harlem.
Education
After graduating from high school, he attended Cheyney State University where he graduated with a degree in music
Career
He is best known for his 1970 hit song "Hey There Lonely Girl". His specialty ranges from Rhythm & Blues and popular to gospel. Although born in Norfolk, Virginia, Holman was raised in New York City.
His abilities, however, were confined mostly to church and family gatherings.
At age ten, Eddie Holman stepped onto the stage on Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater and showed his smooth tenor voice. His victory at the Apollo began to open many other doors, and soon he was performing at theaters on Broadway and even at Carnegie Hall.
He was a regular performer on National Broadcasting Company"s The Children"s Hour. At Victoria, he learned the technical craft of music and began to blossom.
As a teenager, Holman moved to Philadelphia with his family.
In 1962, Holman made his first record, "What You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt You" on Leopard Records. lieutenant was in the Philadelphia soul scene that he began to develop his trademark style. While still in college, he recorded his first hit record, "This Can"t Be True" (1966-January 15), which reached #17 on the Billboard charts.
Other hits began to follow: "Am I A Loser From The Start" (1966), "I Love You" (1969), "Don"t Stop Now" (1970), and "Cathy Called" (1970).
After singing with the Philadelphia groups The Delfonics and The Stylistics, Holman finally struck personal gold in 1970 with his ballad, "Hey There Lonely Girl" (originally "Hey There Lonely Boy" recorded in 1963 by Ruby and the Romantics), which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track peaked at number 4 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart in November 1974.
lieutenant sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc from the R.I.A.A. in March 1970. British journalist Tony Cummings once wrote, "Eddie Holman"s voice, an astonishing precision instrument which can leap octaves with the speed of mercury and bend notes into shapes unimagined by lesser singers, has assured its possessor a place in soul history."
In 1977, Eddie had a brief resurgence in popularity with his last two hit singles, "This Will Be A Night To Remember" and "You Make My Life Complete".
Holman owns his own record label, Agape Records, and music publishing company, Schoochiebug Music Publishing.
He also continues to tour with the Eddie Holman Band. During the summer of 2007, Holman performed weekly for the passengers aboard the Sun Princess cruise ship while it was en route to the inside passage of Alaska.