Posted on 08/12/2013 8:50:49 AM PDT by RedMDer
Eydie Gorme, the lively singer with a remarkable range who performed a decades-long act with her husband, Steve Lawrence, that made them the sweethearts of mid-20th-century American pop music, died on Saturday in Las Vegas. She was 84.
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Ms. Gorme and Mr. Lawrence had a sophisticated stage presence and vibrant voices, but they stood out for two other reasons. As rock ’n’ roll conquered pop music, they refused to join in. Instead, they stood resolutely with the standards, performing the songs of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, the Gershwins and Rodgers and Hammerstein.
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“Eydie has been my partner onstage and in life for more than 55 years,” Mr. Lawrence said in a statement. “I fell in love with her the moment I saw her and even more the first time I heard her sing. While my personal loss is unimaginable, the world has lost one of the greatest pop vocalists of all time.”
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My mom graduated High School with Steve back in the day. Years later, Steve showed up with Edie for a class reunion, and mom said she was so incredibly nice to everyone, a real classy lady.
I don’t think there are that many people in Hollywood that don’t have their souls devoured by Hollywood. If Steve and Edie got my mother’s seal of approval, I know they were awesome people.
RIP. .
You may be thinking about Godfrey’s on-air firing of Julius LaRosa in 1953. Godfrey had discovered LaRosa during his service as a Naval Reserve officer and offered the singer a job when he left active duty.
LaRosa became very popular as a member of the Godfrey cast and began to eclipse his boss in terms of fan mail. So, after LaRosa sang on Godfrey’s radio program on the morning of October 19, 1953, the host announced the appearance marked LaRosa’s “swan song.” Most of the other cast members were eventually replaced as well; Godfrey had a massive ego and had no tolerance for anyone who represented a potential threat to his own career.
Godfrey’s folksy, on-air personna masked a cold, manipulative and even cruel personality. In fact, Godfrey’s “dual” personalities inspired two films of the 1950s, “The Great Man,” and “A Face in the Crowd.” However, the writer of that second film (Budd Schulberg) always maintained that the character of Lonesome Rhodes in “Face” (played by Andy Griffith) was based more on Will Rogers, Sr., than Godfrey.
Good to know that. Thanks.
What an easily recognizable billing: Steve and Eydie.
ABC news once ran an item on 20/20 about the CIA intel on Idi Amin Dada and his use of a double to act as his stand-in on certain occasions.
They never uncovered the name of Amin's double, so they referred to him as "Steve."
And to the pair of them as "Steve and Idi."
That’s funny.
Bill and Hillary?
RE: Bill and Hillary?
Anthony and Huma ( now that you started it )... but seriously ... Johnny Cash and June Carter is another one that comes to mind.
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