Eydie Gormé

Born: 1928-08-16 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2013-08-10

Eydie Gormé (born Edith Garmezano) was an American singer who had hits on the pop and Latin pop charts. She sang solo and with her husband, Steve Lawrence, on albums, television, Broadway, and in Las Vegas. Gormé signed as a solo act with Coral Records in 1952 and released her first single, 'That Night of Heaven'. She was hired by The Tonight Show in its early days with Steve Allen and formed a duo with another one of its staff singers, Steve Lawrence. As The Tonight Show was beginning to broadcast across the country in 1954, the duo released their first single, 'Make Yourself Comfortable/I've Gotta Crow'. In 1957 Gormé and Lawrence were ma ...