Eydie Gorme
Eydie Gorme
Eydie Gorméwas an American singer who performed solo as well as with her husband, Steve Lawrence, in popular ballads and swing. She earned numerous awards, including a Grammy and an Emmy. After retiring in 2009, she died in 2013, and is survived by Lawrence, who continues to perform as a solo act...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth16 August 1928
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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I was in Las Vegas playing at the original El Rancho Vegas, with Joe E. Louis, who took me there as a supporting act. And he came to see me.
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I fell in love. Absolutely. He was already on the show. He was singing all over New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. I fell for him.
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It was a very ad-lib show. The musicians were all great jazz musicians. Very little music. Usually, there was just an ending and perhaps a beginning.
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Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that that was my real life. Steve was definitely more ambitious than I.
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We were with Frank as part of his very last tour.
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We were at the Schubert Theater for two years. And we were the first act.
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There was one year that I was on the road.
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Steve has the most unbelievable range for a man that I've ever heard.
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I felt we really couldn't be separated that much. I'd had a baby, and I was traveling and working alone while he was in the Army. It was very difficult-the phone calls and all of that. I really was very depressed.
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We never heard of tape. Everything was live, live, live.