Monday, August 12, 2013

Eydie Gorme (a.k.a. Mrs. Steve Lawrence), Sophisticated Pop Singer (Along With Her Husband), Had Big Hit With "Blame It On The Bossa Nova," R.I.P.

Popular singer Eydie Gorme, the lively singer who performed a decades-long act with husband Steve Lawrence, and who, along with her husband, won a Grammy Award in 1960 for best pop duo, and an Emmy Award in 1979 for the special Steve and Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin, passed away this past Saturday in Las Vegas at age 84 after a brief illness.

Both Brooklyn-born Steve and Bronx-born Eydie had big hits as solo acts (he with "Go Away Little Girl" in 1962, she with the Grammy-nominated "Blame It On The Bossa Nova" in 1963).

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