Singer Eydie Gormé was born on this day in 1928. She had hits on the Pop and Latin Pop charts in her career, and sang both as a solo act and with her husband, Steve Lawrence. “Blame It On The Bossa Nova” was the title track on her 1963 album and reached #7 on the Hot 100 and #6 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart that year.
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Cousin Eydie! Seriously, my late mother-in-law was Eydie’s cousin, so therefore my daughters can claim kinship. Did you know Neil Sedaka is also Eydie’s cousin? But I’m not sure if he’s related to my kids, or if he’s from a differed branch of the family.
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Small world….
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Firmly stuck in my head, John. And, I played it for my wife, so that’s a twofer.
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It’s a fun song, isn’t it? The kind of earworm you don’t mind…
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It is. That’s why I passed it on.
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I love this dong and haven’t heard ot in years. Between Edie singing about the Bossa nova and Rosemary Clooney, I wonder how many other Bossa Nova songs are out there
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You mean besides the songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim, João and Astrud Gilberto, etc.? Elvis did a song called “Bossa Nova”…
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She was as sweet as her voice.
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I get that impression. She and Steve were great together.
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I never worked Steve but I did work Eydie once. She was as great backstage as she was on stage.
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You don’t see many performers with that sort of humility these days.
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I was singing this song to myself the other day. Kismet that you’d write about it now.
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Would that be telepathy or clairvoyance?
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Hmmm… 🤔
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🤣
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Wow, I haven’t heard this in a long time! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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You’re welcome! Glad you liked it!
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