Eddie Fisher Biography

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Eddie Fisher
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Eddie Fisher fits the Hollywood mold as well as anyone in the ‘50s and ‘60s, but after two decades of being in the limelight, he has pretty much been in the shadows. He was born Edwin Jack Fisher in 1928 in Philadelphia and by his teenage years was singing with bands, even as the big bands were losing ground to singers like him. Although not the first to bear the title of "Bobby Sox Idol," Fisher became one as the ‘50s took off. At eighteen, he sang first with Buddy Morrow’s band and then with the jazz tenor saxophonist, Charlie Ventura. Having a talent for doing Al Jolson songs, he was dubbed Sonny Boy, but by the end of the ‘40s was on his way to solo success. Appearing on the Eddie Cantor radio show in 1949, Fisher was signed by RCA/Victor Records and began a string of hits (behind studio conductor Hugo Winterhalter) that made the Top 10 easily. These included "Thinking Of You", "Turn Back the Hands of Time," "Tell Me Why" and "I’m Yours," among others. He had No. 1 successes with "Wish You Were Here," "I’m Walking Behind You," "Oh My Papa" and "I Need You Now." And five of those won gold discs for selling 500,000. In 1995, his album I LOVE YOU made the Top 40 and the single "Heart" charted at No. 6. Military service interrupted his career briefly in 1952-53 when he served in the Army Special Services unit and entertained soldiers in Korea during the Korean War. But he came back as big as before and started singing in supper clubs across the nation, moving on to host his own television series, Coke Time and The Chesterfield Supper Club. Fisher was married to three entertainers, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens, and each marriage received lots of publicity, positive and negative. He took on screen work and was in a musical "Bundle of Joy," with Debbie in 1956 and in 1960 had a dramatic role in "Butterfield 8," with Elizabeth. By the end of the ‘60s, he had married and divorced singer Stevens. But drugs and financial problems surfaced in the ‘60s and he changed record labels before returning to RCA and having a so-so hit, "Games That Lovers Play." However, the LP by the same title sold very well. His final album for RCA was YOU AIN’T HEARD NOTHING YET, a Jolson tribute. The "70s and ‘80s were not kind to Fisher, although in 1990 he is said to have announced he was free of his drug problems after treatment at the Betty Ford Center. His daughter, Carrie Fisher, starred in the "Star Wars" movies and in "When Harry Met Sally" and wrote the film "Postcards From the Edge," said to be a story of her life with her mother, Debbie Reynolds.

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