Steve loved Eydie, Eydie loved Steve. America loved Steve & Eydie.
There was a time, it didn’t get any bigger than Steve & Eydie.
If you don’t remember them, think: Lady Gaga x2.
Steve Lawrence, born: Sidney Liebowitz, & Eydie Gorme, born: Edith Gormezano, brought together for the first time on Steve Allen’s The Tonight Show, & were married at the El Rancho Hotel in Las Vegas on December 29, 1957.
Eydie was a beautiful, singing, acting, dancing dynamo & Steve was the heart-throb with the velvet voice.
Separate & together they’ve shined as America’s stars for over half a century.
They’ve had # 1 albums, #1 song, numerous top 20′s, they’ve won Grammys & Emmies, headlined shows at the Sands, Dunes, Caesars, Stardust & Tropicana, they’ve hosted prime time television specials, a TV Variety show, & appeared on hundreds of television shows, they’ve been parodied on Saturday Night Live, & they received a lifetime achievement award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Steve & Eydie performed through 2009, Steve performed into 2010. They did not perform in 2011 and have no planned appearances in 2013. Numerous inquiries, & well wishes, from this incorrigible fan remain unanswered.
