[78-L] Adios, Eydie

[Jeff Sultanof]

Eydie as a Sephardic Jew, and spoke Spanish fluently. She was a big
star in Latin America.

She was a dear, sweet, very talented lady. She was never the same when
her son died much too young, part of the reason she retired when she
did. Steve was very protective of her.

Former Tommy Dorsey manager Tino Barzie once told me that Eydie was a
strong contender for female singer with Tommy Dorsey, ca. 1952. But
Dorsey had a big problem with anyone who played behind the beat (the
musicians used to joke about this), and the choice was either Eydie or
Lynn Roberts. Tino told me that Eydie sang slightly behind the beat,
whereas Lynn was right on top of it, and for Dorsey, she turned out to
be the better choice.

Jeff Sultanof

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:
> She made the first ABC-Paramount single, 9655, 'Sincerely yours' b/w 'Come
> home'.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Randy Watts <rew1014 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a couple of her Coral singles on 78. "Frenesi" is on one of the
>> discs. Don't remember about the rest.
>>
>> Randy
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: David Lewis <uncledavelewis at hotmail.com>
>> > To: 78-l <78-l at 78online.com>
>> > Cc:
>> > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 10:30 PM
>> > Subject: [78-L] Adios, Eydie
>> >
>> > Just learned the sad news that Eydie Gorme has passed at age 84. So did
>> she make
>> > 78s? Her hubby Steve Lawrence did, or at least
>> > some of the things he recorded for albums and 45s were also released as
>> 78s.
>> >
>> > Uncle Dave Lewis
>> > uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
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