Posted on 08/10/2013 5:06:29 PM PDT by lowbridge
Concert and recording superstar Eydie Gormé, who – performing everything from ballads to bossa nova with singing partner and husband Steve Lawrence – made an indelible impression on American audiences during the swingin' '60s, died Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas, her spokesman, Howard Bragman, tells PEOPLE. She was 84.
"Legendary singer and performer Eydie Gorme passed away peacefully today at Sunrise Hospital following a brief illness," Bragman said in a statement. "She was surrounded by her husband, son and other loved ones at the time of her death."
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She came up during the time when every club and bar had a piano and singer. Made for lot of great talent and she and Steve rose to the top.
My favorite song as a little kid, about age 3 years, was Eydie Gorme’s “You’ve Got To Have Rain.” God Bless her and Steve Lawrence. Didn’t they have a short live TV show? Or was it only a few TV specials of their own they did? Plus of course appearing on other shows like Carol Burnett, Andy Williams, etc. Oh the good old days. The crap on TV that kids (of all ages) watch these days is disgusting and if I started on the music. Oh my for the good old days.
Thank you for the great music in the 60’s.
Too bad - I think she and her husband used to spend a lot of time on the original Tonight Show when Steve Allen got it underway way back in the ‘50’s - good times.....
Got to see Steve and Eydie open for Frank Sinatra at Miami Arena many many years ago. Awesome show and I am only 39 yrs old...I always had a total respect and appreciation for legends. They were awesome. I was thankful enough to see Sinatra 3 times while he was alive. Glad I did.
Nice choice.
Loved her and her music. Rest in peace Miss Eydie Gormé.
RIP Eydie Gourme. I love them. We saw them in Vegas at the Stardust right before it was torn down. I really wanted the real Vegas experience and Steve and Eydie provided it big time.I fell upon their Website a few years ago and noted that, on their later tours, they had played at several Vegas hotels that subsequently came down in favour of newer ones. At the time, the Frontier was coming down and only the famous sign was still standing.
I noticed their list of the defunct Vegas hotels they played didn't include the Frontier. So, just as a curiosity point, I sent a note to whomever through the site e-mail asking after that, and included a puckish question to the effect that, well, didn't they begin to fear they were becoming something of a Las Vegas jinx?
Well, the surprise was on me: I got a pleasant little e-mail back from Eydie Gorme herself: "Oh, sh@t! We DID play the Frontier!!!"
I didn't have the heart to tell her that, just for that little kindness, I'd forgiven her for making "Blame It on the Bossa Nova."
Married 55 years. That’s unusual in Hollywood.Maybe it says something that the couple who stood up for Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme would be married themselves (until death did they part) over half a century: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. (Come to think of it, Phil Harris and Alice Faye were married over fifty years themselves . . .)
That’s a great story, thanks for sharing it. I’m telling hubby now.
Good memories of Steve and Eydie..Rest with the angels, Eydie.
My condolences to all who love her.
“I’d forgiven her for making “Blame It on the Bossa Nova.”
LOL, so I did tell hubby what you said, and he tells me that in 1964 he and his friend playing a 2 accordion version of that same song took second place to a 6th grade gal with voluptuous talents (paraphrasing!).
LOL. I love the “Bossa Nova”!
It’s so cute and melodic. The problem is, it’s my current earworm.
LOL, so I did tell hubby what you said, and he tells me that in 1964 he and his friend playing a 2 accordion version of that same song took second place to a 6th grade gal with voluptuous talents (paraphrasing!).Your hubby and his bud should have played real bossa nova, like "The Girl from Ipanema," "Desafinado," "O Morro," or "Agua du Beber"---they've have waxed Veronica Voluptuous without a dropcloth! ;)
LOL. I love the “Bossa Nova”!Serves you right! ;)It’s so cute and melodic. The problem is, it’s my current earworm.
“She is a cousin of singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka.”
I LOVED her voice and her SPUNK!! RIP.
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