[78-L] Adios, Eydie

[David Weiner]

Eydie worked out fine as  a band singer with Tex Beneke - her version of
"Baby-O" swings nicely.

Dave Weiner

On 8/11/13 3:11 PM, "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

>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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