Steve & Eydie |
Eydie Gorme, a Jewish girl from the Bronx who alongside her
husband Steve Lawrence became a one-name star before Madonna was born, died
Saturday in Las Vegas .
She was 84. No cause of death was announced, though she
reportedly had been suffering from cancer.
According to David Hinckley at NYDaily News, her
representative Howard Bragman said Lawrence and their son David were at her
side.
"While my personal loss is unimaginable, the world has
lost one of the greatest pop vocalists of all time."
Gorme's recording career, first solo and often later with Lawrence , lasted close to
five decades. While she and Lawrence were best known for ballads in the classic
pop style, her biggest hit was a semi-novelty dance tune, "Blame It On the
Bossa Nova."
The single sold a million copies and peaked at No. 7 on the
pop charts in 1963.
Long before she retired in 2009, she and Lawrence were
better known for their stage act, which was known throughout the nightclub and Las Vegas world as just
"Steve and Eydie."
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