The good, old days when one actually had to be able to sing in order to make a living as a singer, and those who could sing were highly successful without having written the songs they sang.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 2:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Eydie of Steve &... Dies at 84 The Carson estate has posted a clip on their YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/cVpqM0i_YbI On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 1:46 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Ken Levine has a nice piece about her this morning that captures much > of my sense of her - except I am young enough (though not young) that > I never did really see how my mom could claim Steve and Eydie were > great singers. But I always did kind of like them anyway, in much the > same way that I liked and loved, in spite and because of their rather > corny characteristics, many of my mother's relatives: > http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2013/08/my-thoughts-on-eydie-gorme.html > > >> "But there were many great performers. Why this one? Maybe it's >> because she was a Jewish girl from the Bronx. My parents had a friend >> who went to high school with her. Every Jewish parent had a friend >> who went to high school with her. Or was her neighbor. Or they were in camp together. >> There was something relatable about her. She could have been my aunt. >> Had she showed at family Thanksgivings she would have fit right in. I >> can't imagine Barbra Streisand sitting at our Thanksgiving table. I >> can't picture Barbra Streisand arriving with her homemade carrot >> compote. Aunt Eydie I could. Yes, they were billed as Steve & Eydie, >> but they really were Leibowitz &Gormezano. Jews make it to the premier showrooms of Vegas!" > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To > unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
