NAMES IN THE NEWS : Eddie Money, Wife Have Boy

Singer Eddie Money, whose hit songs include “Two Tickets to Paradise� and “Baby Hold On,� has become a father for a second time with the birth of a son.

Edward Money Jr. weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces when delivered by Cesarean section Thursday in a Los Angeles hospital, the singer’s publicist Debbie Vaughn said today. The name of the hospital wasn’t disclosed. The infant and mother, Laurie Money, were doing well, Vaughn said. “His name is Little Eddie, but we’re going to call him Jo-Jo until he’s 4 and can sing. Then, he’ll have to audition for the name ‘Eddie,’ � the singer said in a statement.

Money has a 3-year-old daughter, Jessica.