Eydie Gormé. Internet photo.
As a teenager working a summer job in Times Square, I would go into a little deli hole-in-the-wall down 48th Street which was so small that it just had a counter–no chairs or tables. I’d order something and while waiting, I would stare at a photo on the wall. It was of Eydie Gormé, autographed, in her 20’s—just gorgeous.
I thought she was beautiful and so talented as a singer with that effortless voice and smooth/precise intonation and phrasing. She was from a Sephardic Jewish family, so she often sang in Spanish including the song below from an album with the Trio Los Panchos.
—Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
EYDIE GORME´ with LOS PANCHOS
