RIP Eydie Gorme

[grooverider]

Ms. Eydie Gorme recorded several BB/HD coompositions, "The Look of Love", "Knowing When to Leave", among others and, here, in an arrangement by Peter Matz:
"This Girl's In Love With You":






She was 84 and passed in Las Vegas. Well known for doing albums in Spanish with the Trio Los Panchos, which were big sellers in the mid 60's.

[Jerry]

One of the Last of the Truly Classy Dames. And a helluva fine singer.

Condolences to her loved ones.

[Martin Johnson]

She seemed to have a beautiful, fun-loving personality which came over delightfully when she was the mystery celebrity guest on 'What's My Line' with her husband Steve Lawrence blindfolded on the panel:

[grooverider]

A beautiful version of the Paul Williams and Roger Nichols song "Somebody Waiting":

[bellczar]

She also had the best recording of "To Wait for Love." It was really a song for a woman. I had the pleasure of seeing Steve & Eydie at the Minnesota State Fair grandstand on a dreadfully hot day in 1999. Several concertgoers had to be carried out on folding chairs.

[BachtoBacharach]

Eydie Gorme was a beautiful person inside and out and will be missed. When Dionne Warwick won a Grammy in 1969 for 'Do You Know the Way to San Jose" it was her friend Eydie who presented her with the award. She was truly one of a kind and once again we lose another entertainer from this era; an era that sadly will never be duplicated again where folks like Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme became big stars not based upon record sales or marketing but merely talent. It was the era of television specials and variety shows where Ella Fitzgerald or Eydie Gorme would share the same stage with the Rolling Stones on the Ed Sullivan Show, the Red Skelton Show or The Kraft Music Hall. Now music is so controlled and corporatized that talent is sometimes not even necessary to become a big star (Miley Cyrus come to mind here?) and as long as the corporations can find a personality and then run their vocals through Autotune, anyone can be a "singing" star. Eydie had incredible vocal abilities and true talent and will be missed.