RIP Eydie Gourme. I love them. We saw them in Vegas at the Stardust right before it was torn down. I really wanted the real Vegas experience and Steve and Eydie provided it big time.
I am truly sad to learn of her death.
RIP Eydie Gourme. I love them. We saw them in Vegas at the Stardust right before it was torn down. I really wanted the real Vegas experience and Steve and Eydie provided it big time.I fell upon their Website a few years ago and noted that, on their later tours, they had played at several Vegas hotels that subsequently came down in favour of newer ones. At the time, the Frontier was coming down and only the famous sign was still standing.
I noticed their list of the defunct Vegas hotels they played didn't include the Frontier. So, just as a curiosity point, I sent a note to whomever through the site e-mail asking after that, and included a puckish question to the effect that, well, didn't they begin to fear they were becoming something of a Las Vegas jinx?
Well, the surprise was on me: I got a pleasant little e-mail back from Eydie Gorme herself: "Oh, sh@t! We DID play the Frontier!!!"
I didn't have the heart to tell her that, just for that little kindness, I'd forgiven her for making "Blame It on the Bossa Nova."