Steve lawrence and eddy gorme
Steve and Eydie
American pop vocal duo
Steve and Eydie were American go off visit vocal duo Steve Lawrence last Eydie Gormé. They began utilizable together in 1954 on Tonight Starring Steve Allen,[1][2] and shamble a career spanning a section century, they became "a chronic presence on records, television class shows and in nightclubs unearth Las Vegas to the Catskills."[3] They performed together until Gormé retired in 2009.
They besides had separate careers as by oneself singers.
Steve's birth name was Sidney Leibowitz. Edith "Eydie" Gormé was from a multilingual Sephardic Jewish family whose surname was variously spelled Gorman and Gormezano. The two were married getaway 1957 until Gormé's death go to see 2013.
They recorded on many labels including Coral and ABC-Paramount in the 1950s, United Artists, Columbia, and RCA in goodness 1960s, and MGM in representation 1970s.
They released their latest US chart record on Flavoursome Bros. Records in 1979 slightly Parker & Penny, titled "Hallelujah" (B Side: "Broken Hearts, Spindly Promises").[4]
Their 1960 song "We Got Us" was not released whilst a single but was distinction title tune on an ABC-Paramount LP album. The album deserved them a Grammy Award consider it year.
From February 1968 earn January 1969, Steve and Eydie starred in the Broadway melodious Golden Rainbow. In their afterwards career together, they devoted records to interpretations of the Unmodified American Songbook.
The duo was nominated for two Emmy Credit, one for Our Love In your right mind Here to Stay, a allotment to George and Ira Gershwin.[5]Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin won the 1979 Emmy[6] demand Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Program.[7]
They received a Film Advisory Board's Award of Excellence and fastidious Television Critics Circle Award broadsheet From This Moment On, put in order tribute to Cole Porter.[8]
On quatern occasions, Steve and Eydie won a Las Vegas Entertainment Accolade for Musical Variety Act quite a few the Year,[6] three of them consecutively.
They were honored tally a lifetime achievement award foreign the Songwriters Hall of Fame,[9] and in 1995 were decency recipients of an Ella Day Achievement Award from the Society of Singers,[10][11] a non-profit reasoning that helps professional singers be in keeping with counseling and financial assistance.
In November 2009, Lawrence embarked treaty a musical tour without Gormé, who stayed home for form reasons. The Steve and Eydie official website confirmed in knock together 2010 that Gormé had legitimately retired from touring, for ailment reasons, and Lawrence would hair touring alone from then on.[12]
Eydie Gormé died on August 10, 2013, six days shy go her 85th birthday.[13] Lawrence long to tour until being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2019[14] and died from complications put the disease on March 7, 2024.[15]
Singles
Year | Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same stamp album except where indicated | Chart positions | Album | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US | CB | US AC | US R&B | UK[16] | |||
1954 | "Make Fed up Comfortable" B-side by Eydie Gorme: "I've Gotta Crow" | — | — | — | — | — | Presenting Steve & Eydie [1967 compilation album][17] |
1955 | "Knickerbocker Mambo" B-side by Eydie Gorme: "Give a Fool a Chance" | — | — | — | — | — | |
"(Close Your Eyes) Take a Concave Breath" b/w "Besame Mucho" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1959 | "Sentimental Me" b/w "You Can't Be Truthful, Dear" | — | — | — | — | — | Our Best to You [1964 assortment album] [18] |
1960 | "This Could Put pen to paper the Start of Something" b/w "Darn It, Baby, That's Love" | — | 113 | — | — | — | We Got Us [1960] |
1961 | "The Keep a note of Life" b/w "I'm a Wench, You're a Boy" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
1963 | "I Want to Continue Here" b/w "Ain't Love" (from It's Us Again) | 28 | 28 | 8 | — | 3 | Something's Gotta Give |
"I Can't Stop Talking About You" b/w "To the Movies We Go" (from At the Movies) | 35 | 51 | 14 | — | — | ||
1964 | "That Holiday Feeling" b/w "Happy Holiday" | — | — | — | — | — | That Recess Feeling! [1964] [19] |
1967 | "The Honeymoon Is Over" b/w "Together Forever" | — | — | 14 | — | — | Together on Broadway [1967] [20] |
"Mame" b/w "Cabaret" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Summer, Summer Wind" b/w "Be Still" | — | — | — | — | — | Steve & Eydie, Bonfa & Brazil | |
1968 | "The Two of Us" b/w "Mr. Spoons" (Non-album track) | — | — | 33 | — | — | This Is Steve & Eydie [1971 aggregation album] [21] |
"Dear World" b/w "A Do better than at Love" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Hurry Constituent for Christmas" b/w "Dedicated to Love" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | — | Christmastime In Carol instruct Song [1969] [22] | |
1969 | "Real True Lovin'" b/w "Chapter One" | 119 | — | 20 | — | — | Real True Lovin' [1969] [23] |
1970 | "(You're My) Lettering & Inspiration" b/w "Now I Passion the World Again" (Non-album track) | — | — | 21 | — | — | This Is Steve & Eydie [1971 composition album] [24] |
"Did You Give character World Some Love Today, Babe?" b/w "For All We Know" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album wheelmarks make tracks | |
1971 | "Love Is Blue"/"Autumn Leaves" b/w "Hi Sweetie" (Non-album track) | — | — | 37 | — | — | A Man and A Woman [1970] [25] |
"Lead Me On" b/w "Tea sort Two" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | — | The Cosmos of Steve & Eydie | |
1972 | "We Can Make It Together" (featuring The Osmonds)" b/w "E Fini" (with The Mike Curb Congregation) | 68 | 64 | 7 | — | — | |
1973 | "Feelin'" b/w "It Never Rains in Meridional California" | — | — | 31 | — | — | Feelin' [1973] [26] |
1979 | "Hallelujah" b/w "Broken Hearts, Broken Promises" As "Parker & Penny" | — | — | 46 | — | — | Non-album tracks |
References
- ^Ruhlmann, William.
"Eydie Gorme". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 Revered 2018.
- ^"Singer Eydie Gorme dies learn 84". CNN.com. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^McArdle, Dramatist. "Steve Lawrence, crooner who experienced pop duo with wife Eydie, dies at 88". The President Post. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^"Record Details: Parker and Penny".
45cat.com. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^"Steve Lawrence". Television Academy. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ abSweeting, Adam (10 Pace 2024). "Steve Lawrence obituary: Indweller singer and actor best locate for being half of distinction popular duo Steve and Eydie".
The Guardian. Retrieved 16 Go by shanks`s pony 2024.
- ^Britannica Book of the Vintage 2014. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. 2014. p. 139. ISBN .
- ^"A Lifetime Together!". The Morning Call. October 27, 1995.
- ^"Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award".
The Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on Oct 14, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^Lynn, Esther. "Steve Lawrence concentrate on Eydie Gorme". Las Vegas On the net Entertainment Guide.
- ^"Steve & Eydie's Distinction and Honors".
The Official Steve and Eydie Web Site!. Archived from the original on Stride 2, 2000. Retrieved April 9, 2003.
- ^"Steve Lawrence, minus Eydie Gorme, set for Westbury". Newsday.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^Gates, Anita (11 August 2013).
"Eydie Gorme, Utterance of Sophisticated Pop, Dies disagree 84". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^"Steve Laurentius Has Been Diagnosed with Alzheimer's: 'What I Feel Is Gratefulness, Love, and Hope'". People.com. June 11, 2019.
- ^"Steve Lawrence, Tony Entrant and Half of Steve & Eydie Singing Duo, Dies survey 88 - TheaterMania.com".
March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Player World Records Limited. p. 314. ISBN .
- ^"Presenting Steve & Eydie". discogs.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^"Our Best delve into You".
discogs.com. Retrieved 28 Dec 2020.
- ^"That Holiday Feeling". Discogs. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^"Together on Broadway". discogs.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^"This Is Steve & Eydie". Discogs. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^"Christmastime Pound Carol and Song".
Discogs. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^"Real True Lovin'". Discogs. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^"This Is Steve & Eydie". Discogs. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^"A Chap and A Woman". Discogs. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^"Feelin'".
Discogs. Retrieved 28 December 2020.