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I imagine many of you are too younger to know much about Eydie Gorme. For those of us of a certain age, the name instantly brings memories of duet singing with her husband Steve Lawrence. I wouldn't say that Eydie Gorme was the best singer I ever heard, but from a very young age I can remember liking her, not just as a singer but as the person she projected on stage. There were singers I very much disliked when I was a kid, who tried to act cool and ended up being creepy. But hearing that Eydie or Eydie and Steve were going to sing would always put a smile on my face.
Eydie sang a little of everything. Here she is with Carol Burnett with songs from movies:
If you asked teenagers in early 1963 who their favorite pop singers were Eydie's name certainly would not come up very soon. She and Steve were closer to lounge singers than Rock and Roll stars. But that year Eydie had a hit single that was pretty typical of music for teens just before the British invasion:
By the end of the 1960s Steve and Eydie could have been little but parody material, middle aged and singing more young people's music than ever. But they changed their act from mostly love songs, to mostly having fun singing, and it worked.
I will miss Eydie.
Eydie sang a little of everything. Here she is with Carol Burnett with songs from movies:
If you asked teenagers in early 1963 who their favorite pop singers were Eydie's name certainly would not come up very soon. She and Steve were closer to lounge singers than Rock and Roll stars. But that year Eydie had a hit single that was pretty typical of music for teens just before the British invasion:
By the end of the 1960s Steve and Eydie could have been little but parody material, middle aged and singing more young people's music than ever. But they changed their act from mostly love songs, to mostly having fun singing, and it worked.
I will miss Eydie.