Teddy Geiger
(born John Theodore "Teddy" Geiger II
on September 16, 1988) in Buffalo, New York, and later moved to Rochester, New York is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He is also known to play the guitar, bass, piano, drums and trombone.
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Biography
Teddy Geiger wrote his first song at the age of 10. He attended
McQuaid Jesuit High School through his junior year, after which he transferred to
Pittsford Sutherland High School and graduated through a tutoring program with the class of 2006.
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 her summer 2005
Still Most Wanted
tour. His first single, "
For You I Will (Confidence)", was officially released in February 2006. The song received positive
reviews; it was called "sweetly romantic" and said to contain "sophisticated lyrics".
[1] His debut album,
Underage Thinking
, was released on March 21, 2006, and peaked at number eight (#8) in the US
Billboard 200 albums 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.
His debut single "
For You I Will (Confidence)" was nominated for "Best Love Song" in the 2006
Teen Choice Awards. He 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. Appearing on the November 2006 issue, Teddy became the first male on the cover of the magazine in five years.
[2]
His debut album
Underage Thinking
won the award for 'Best Album of the Year' at the annual MusiqTone MusiqAwards. He was also nominated for 'New Artist of the Year' but lost to
Panic at the Disco.
[3] Geiger also received an AVMA for Brand Spankin' New Artist in 2007.
He also made his feature-film debut in in
The Rocker, which stars
Emma Stone,
Christina Applegate,
Josh Gad, and
Rainn Wilson. The movie was released on August 20, 2008.
[4]
In 2008, Geiger parted ways with Columbia Records.
[5] [6]
Geiger has completed his next album, "The March," and announced 33 brand new songs that fans could choose from to create their own album. Based on the individual ratings, number of plays, and number of purchases, he will determine the 11 songs to complete the official released album. The voting is now over, and the songs for the album are currently being chosen.
Personal Life
Teddy Geiger has a younger sister, Rachel Geiger, and a younger brother, A.J. Geiger.
Discography
Albums
Singles
| Year
| Single
| Chart positions [8]
| Album
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| US 100
| US Pop
| US Main
| US Digi
| US Adult
| AUS
| NZ
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| 2006
| "For You I Will (Confidence)"
| 29
| 19
| 18
| 17
| 10
| 12
| 24
| Underage Thinking
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| 2006
| "These Walls"
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| 34
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| 32
| 50
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| Underage Thinking
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Album appearances
| Year
| Title
| Album
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| 2006
| "Gentlemen"
| Aquamarine
soundtrack
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| 2006
| "You'll Be in My Heart"
| DisneyMania 4
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| 2006
| "For You I Will"
| Now That's What I Call Music! 22
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| 2006
| "These Walls"
| Now That's What I Call Music! 23
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| 2009
| "March"
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Television & Movie Appearances
| Date(s)/Year
| Show
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| 2004
| VH1's In Search of the Partridge Family
TV Series .... Finalist for Keith Partridge
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| 2005
| Miss Seventeen
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| 2006
| Beautiful People
Season 1 Finale
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| 2006
| Love Monkey
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| March 23, 2006
| Good Morning America
, Total Request Live
, Late Show with David Letterman
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| April 21, 2006
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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| May 15, 2006
| Punk'd
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| June 20, 2006
| Rove Live
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| June 22, 2006
| The AFL Footy Show
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| July 20, 2006
| America's Got Talent
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| September 7, 2006
| Total Request Live
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| February 10-11, 2007
| Video Hits First
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| February 24, 2007
| Much Music's 20 Hottest Guys
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| April 22, 2007
| MTV Cribs
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| April 29, 2007
| Australia Video Music Awards 2007
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| July 24, 2008
| Total Request Live
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| August 20, 2008
| The Rocker
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References
- "For You I Will (Confidence)" review
- Teddy Geiger Set to Headline the 'TG33 4U Tour' of North America Beginning June 11
- Musiqtone Awards
- The Rocker IMDB
- Sony Music Fights For Life
- Teddy Geiger was also in the movie "THE ROCKER " [1]
- Album chart positions in the U.S.
- Single chart positions in:
*The U.S.
*Australia
*New Zealand