Eydie Gorme...sings It Was A Good Time

In Memory of Eydie who died 10 August, 2013

Steve Lawrence ~

'Eydie has been my partner on stage and in life for more than 55 years,' he said. 'I fell in love with her the moment I saw her and even more the first time I heard her sing.

'While my personal loss is unimaginable, the world has lost one of the greatest pop vocalists of all time.'

[brucep]

This song just popped into my head from childhood, and this is the version I remember!

[jeh]

An overlooked song by one of the all time great singers! Song says so much about life, relationships & lost loves.
Eydie Gorme was a blessing to any song she sang.

[jacquedaniel]

I was very young when this song came out but my folks listened to her a lot and it was infused into my brain. Now when I here her the memories of my childhood come flooding back. R.I.P. pretty girl.

[wiseman]

CANNOT GET THIS SONG OUT OF MY HEAD - THANK GOODNESS!

[phylliscruz]

Just love this song from "way back when". Rest In Peace, Eydie 🌹

[michaelbertsch]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS SONG, I ALWAYS LOVED MISS EYDIE, LOVIE ALWAYS MIKE BERTSCH.

[DonQwantsyou]

remember waking up to go to school and hearing this song on the radio every morning for a time when I was a kid.

[greenfaerie]

She defined the word elegance. Such talent. ❤

[keidumps]

ILOVE HER AND STEVE THEY WAS THE TOP R.I.P. EYDIE I LOVE YOU AND STEVE YOU WAS A BEST FRIEND TO ME WITH YOUR MUSIC AND BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT GOD BLESS YOU BOTH

[johnking]

I enjoy the talent of many fine singers, but Eydie is my absolute favourite. She just has that mysterious quality that can be found no where else....something that I'm unable to capture in words. RIP...our singing angel from the Bronx

[maureensmith]

Can't help but think of all the wonderful loved ones that have left us too soon! Beautiful voice filled with emotion! Always loved this song...from way back when.

[pjj]

A really, really good song with a wonderful singer!! I absolutely love it!

[gsnfan]

RIP Eydie Gorme. This song says it all.

[kruzpup]

I can still remember Eydie singing this on the United Cerebral Palsy Telethon. Steve & Eydie were devoted supporters for this cause, along with Paul Anka. Anyone remember the guy from the labor unions (Jack Hausman?) who would say, "Send in the potatoes?"

[bgmeadows]

As usual, Eydie knocks it out of the park with her version.

[jmmj]

I'd never heard of this song until I came across two YouTube videos of Liza Minnelli singing it -- one in the 1972 TV special Liza with a Z, and another (also live) in some concert several years later. Minnelli's version is so powerful that I wanted to see how other singers do it, and all I've found so far are this studio recording by Eydie Gormé and a live performance by Ann Miller, of all people, on a Merv Griffin TV show in 1980. It's amazing how different the same song can be.

Ann Miller's version is how I imagine Ethel Merman would have sung it -- belted at full volume all the way though, without any hint of subtlety or sensitivity, and with no sense that the words have any meaning at all. She could just as well have been singing the phone book.

This one by Eydie Gormé at least shows some sensitivity, although she also maintains a steady emotional keel all the way through -- so only by carefully listening to the words does the hearer get any idea how emotionally wrenching this song is. Just listening casually, without paying special attention to the words, this Gormé recording sounds like an extended commercial jingle -- bouncy, catchy, tuneful and shallow.

I'll stick with Minnelli's gut-wrenching version; it may be over the top, but it sure is moving, especially the one recorded at the later concert when she was exhausted and sweaty and *looked* like she'd been through emotional hell. That's one of the most powerful performances of any kind I've ever seen -- and not just of this song.

[allborose]

Fantastic singer. Thank you for uploading this song.

[gsnfan]

I'll think of Dick Clark and New Year's Eve every time I hear this song.

[pauledie]

Eydie was a class act always. Not much of that going around anymore. Pity.

[morganafan]

Hi..the clip is from the film "Ryan's Daughter"