[78-L] Adios, Eydie

[Taylor Bowie]

Thanks for the info, Jeff.  I'd read elsewhere that Eydie was not fluent in 
Spanish but learned the lyrics phonetically.

There's a video of Lynne singing "Yes,  Indeed" with Dorsey ca. 1952 and it 
proves what you said.  She is right square on the beat and sounds great...as 
much as I love Eydie,  she wouldn't have done as well with TD.

Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Adios, Eydie


> 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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