[78-L] Adios, Eydie

[Taylor Bowie]

I hate to admit I've never heard any of the sides she made with Tex...I'm 
sure they are fine.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Weiner" <djwein at earthlink.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Adios, Eydie


> 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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