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| − | '''Sidney Leibowitz''' was born on July 8, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York | + | '''Sidney Leibowitz''' was born on July 8, 1935 in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]] and his wife, Edith Gormezano was born in the Bronx on August 16, 1931 |
| − | and his wife, Edith Gormezano was born in the Bronx on August 16, 1931 | + | |
| + | The two have appeared together since meeting on Steve Allen's, [[The Tonight Show]] in the mid 1950s. The husband and wife team won the [[Las Vegas]] Entertainment Award for "Musical Variety Act Of The Year" four times, three of them consecutively. They have been honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 1995 were the recipients of an Ella Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Singers. | ||
| − | + | While major success as a duo on stage, their biggest hit singles were individual efforts. Eydie landed on the charts 17 times with “Blame It On The Bossa Nova” in the top ten in 1963. | |
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| − | + | Among his two dozen visits to the Hit Parade, Steve Lawrence had one number one hit single, “Go Away Little Girl” in 1962 and four top ten hits, “Party Doll” in 1957, “Pretty Blue Eyes” in 1959, “Footsteps” in 1960 and “Portrait Of My Love” in 1961. | |
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| − | + | Steve Lawrence is an actor as well, appearing in guest roles on television shows such as The Carol Burnett Show, Night Gallery, Police Story, Murder, She Wrote, Gilmore Girls, and CSI. | |
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| − | + | He was awarded a Drama Critics Circle Award and a Tony Award nomination for his performance of What Makes Sammy Run on [[Broadway]], and two [[Emmy Awards]] — one for production — for Steve & Eydie Celebrate [[Irving Berlin]], which altogether won seven Emmys. | |
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| − | He was awarded a Drama Critics Circle Award and a Tony Award | ||
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| − | which altogether won seven Emmys. | ||
Revision as of 05:06, January 15, 2008
Sidney Leibowitz was born on July 8, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York and his wife, Edith Gormezano was born in the Bronx on August 16, 1931
The two have appeared together since meeting on Steve Allen's, The Tonight Show in the mid 1950s. The husband and wife team won the Las Vegas Entertainment Award for "Musical Variety Act Of The Year" four times, three of them consecutively. They have been honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 1995 were the recipients of an Ella Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Singers.
While major success as a duo on stage, their biggest hit singles were individual efforts. Eydie landed on the charts 17 times with “Blame It On The Bossa Nova” in the top ten in 1963.
Among his two dozen visits to the Hit Parade, Steve Lawrence had one number one hit single, “Go Away Little Girl” in 1962 and four top ten hits, “Party Doll” in 1957, “Pretty Blue Eyes” in 1959, “Footsteps” in 1960 and “Portrait Of My Love” in 1961.
Steve Lawrence is an actor as well, appearing in guest roles on television shows such as The Carol Burnett Show, Night Gallery, Police Story, Murder, She Wrote, Gilmore Girls, and CSI.
He was awarded a Drama Critics Circle Award and a Tony Award nomination for his performance of What Makes Sammy Run on Broadway, and two Emmy Awards — one for production — for Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin, which altogether won seven Emmys.