Edwin Jack Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. He was one of the most popular artists during the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show, ''
The Eddie Fisher Show
''The Eddie Fisher Show'' is an American musical comedy/variety television series starring Eddie Fisher. The series alternated on Tuesday nights with ''The George Gobel Show'' with episodes running from October 1, 1957 – March 17, 1959 on NB ...
''. Actress
Elizabeth Taylor was best friends with Fisher's first wife, actress
Debbie Reynolds. After Taylor's third husband,
Mike Todd
Michael Todd (born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen; June 22, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an American theater and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of '' Around the World in 80 Days'', which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Act ...
, was killed in a plane crash, Fisher divorced Reynolds and he and Taylor married that same year. The scandalous affair that Fisher and Taylor had been having while each were already married was widely reported and brought unfavorable publicity to both Fisher and Taylor. Approximately five years later, he and Taylor divorced and he later married
Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. Born in Brooklyn, New York City to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until age 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in r ...
. Fisher is the father of
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the ''Star Wars'' films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in'' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), ''The Last ...
and
Todd Fisher
Todd Emmanuel Fisher (born February 24, 1958) Abstract; full article requires subscription. is an American director, cinematographer, producer and actor of television films and documentaries. Fisher is the son of singer Eddie Fisher and actress ...
, whose mother is Reynolds, and the father of
Joely Fisher
Joely Fisher ( /ˈdʒoʊˌli/ born October 29, 1967) is an American actress and singer, the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Connie Stevens, and half-sister of actress Carrie Fisher. Her breakthrough came in 1994, starring as Paige Cl ...
and
Tricia Leigh Fisher
Tricia Leigh Fisher is an American actress and singer.
Early life
Fisher was born to singer Eddie Fisher and actress Connie Stevens. Her older sister is actress and singer Joely Fisher. She has two half-siblings, actor and producer Todd Fishe ...
, whose mother is Stevens.
Early life
Fisher was born in Philadelphia on August 10, 1928, the fourth of seven children born to Gitte Kathrine "Kate" Tisch (née Minicker, later Stup; b. 1901; d. 1991) and Joseph Fisher (né Tisch; 1900–1972), both
Jewish
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immigrants from the
Russian Empire
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. His father's surname was originally Tisch, but was changed to Fisher by the time of the 1940 census.
To his family, Fisher was always called "Sonny Boy", a nickname derived from the
song of the same name in
Al Jolson
Al Jolson (born Eizer Yoelson; June 9, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-American Jewish singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, and was self-billed ...
's film ''
The Singing Fool
''The Singing Fool'' is a 1928 American musical drama part-talkie motion picture directed by Lloyd Bacon which was released by Warner Bros. The film stars Al Jolson and is a follow-up to his previous film, '' The Jazz Singer''. It is credited w ...
'' (1928). His siblings were Sidney, Nettie, Miriam, Janet, Alvin, and Eileen. Kate and Joseph divorced when Fisher was an adult, after 33 years of marriage, and Kate married Max Stup.
Fisher attended Thomas Junior High School,
[''Been There, Done That'', p. 11.] South Philadelphia High School
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The school serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of t ...
, and
Simon Gratz High School
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. It was known at an early age that he had talent as a
vocalist
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, and he started singing in numerous amateur contests, which he usually won. He made his radio debut on
WFIL
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,
a local Philadelphia radio station. He also performed on ''
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
''Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts'' (also known as ''Talent Scouts'') was an American radio and television variety show which ran on CBS from 1946 until 1958. Sponsored by Lipton Tea, it starred Arthur Godfrey, who was also hosting ''Arthur Godf ...
'', a popular
radio
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show that later moved to television. Because he became a local star, Fisher dropped out of high school in the middle of his senior year to pursue his career.
Career
By 1946, Fisher was crooning with the bands of
Buddy Morrow
Buddy Morrow (born Muni Zudekoff, aka Moe Zudekoff; February 8, 1919 – September 27, 2010) was an American trombonist and bandleader.
Career
On a scholarship at age 16, Morrow studied trombone with Ernest Horatio Clarke (1865–1947) at Juill ...
and
Charlie Ventura
Charlie Ventura (born Charles Venturo; December 2, 1916 – January 17, 1992) was an American tenor saxophonist and bandleader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Career
During the 1940s, Ventura played saxophone for the bands o ...
. He was heard in 1949 by
Eddie Cantor at
Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel
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in the
Borscht Belt
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. Cantor's so-called discovery of Fisher was later described as a totally contrived, "manipulated' arrangement by Milton Blackstone, Grossinger's publicity director.
After performing on Cantor's radio show he was an instant hit and gained nationwide exposure. He then signed a recording contract with
RCA Victor.
Fisher was drafted into the
U.S. Army
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in 1951, sent to
Fort Hood
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,
Texas
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, for basic training, and served a year in
Korea
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. From 1952 to 1953, he was the official vocal soloist for The
United States Army Band
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(Pershing's Own) and a tenor section member in the United States Army Band Chorus (an element of Pershing's Own) assigned at
Fort Myer
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in the
Washington, D.C.
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Military District. During his active duty period, he also made occasional guest television appearances, in uniform, introduced as "PFC Eddie Fisher". After his discharge, he began to sing in top nightclubs and had a variety
television
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series, ''
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
''Coke Time with Eddie Fisher'' is an American musical variety television series starring singer Eddie Fisher which was broadcast by NBC on Wednesday and Friday nights from 7:30 to 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Apri ...
'' on
NBC
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(1953–1957). Fisher also appeared on ''
The Perry Como Show
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signin ...
'', ''Club Oasis'', ''The Martha Raye Show'', ''The Gisele MacKenzie Show'', ''The
Chesterfield Supper Club'' and ''
The George Gobel Show
George Leslie Goebel (May 20, 1919 – February 24, 1991) was an American humorist, actor, and comedian. He was best known as the star of his own weekly comedy variety television series, ''The George Gobel Show'', broadcasting from 1954 to 195 ...
'', and starred in another series, ''
The Eddie Fisher Show
''The Eddie Fisher Show'' is an American musical comedy/variety television series starring Eddie Fisher. The series alternated on Tuesday nights with ''The George Gobel Show'' with episodes running from October 1, 1957 – March 17, 1959 on NB ...
'' (
NBC
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) (1957–1959, alternating with Gobel's series).
Fisher's good looks and strong and melodious tenor voice made him a
teen idol
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By region Asia
East Asia possess ...
and one of the most popular singers of the early 1950s. He had 17 songs in the Top 10 on the music charts between 1950 and 1956 and 35 in the Top 40. In 1957 he signed a then record $1 million deal with the newly opened
Tropicana Las Vegas
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to appear there a minimum of 4 weeks a year for 5 years.
In 1956, Fisher costarred with then-wife
Debbie Reynolds in the
musical comedy
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...
''
Bundle of Joy
''Bundle of Joy'' is a 1956 Technicolor musical remake of the comedy film ''Bachelor Mother'' (1939), which starred Ginger Rogers and David Niven. It stars Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (who were married in real-life at the time), and Adolphe ...
''. He played a dramatic role in the
1960
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Events
January
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drama ''
Butterfield 8
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'' with second wife
Elizabeth Taylor. His best friend was showman and producer
Mike Todd
Michael Todd (born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen; June 22, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an American theater and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of '' Around the World in 80 Days'', which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Act ...
, who died in a plane crash in 1958. Fisher's affair, divorce from Reynolds, and subsequent marriage to Taylor, Todd's widow, caused a
show business
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scandal
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. Due to the unfavorable publicity surrounding the affair and divorce, NBC canceled Fisher's television series in March 1959.
Beginning in fall 1959, he established two scholarships at
Brandeis University
, mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts"
, established =
, type = Private research university
, accreditation = NECHE
, president = Ronald D. Liebowitz
, ...
, one for classical and one for popular music, in the name of Eddie Cantor.
In 1960, RCA Victor dropped him and he briefly recorded on his own label, Ramrod Records. He later recorded for
Dot Records
Dot Records was an American record label founded by Randy Wood (record producer), Randy Wood and Gene Nobles that was active between 1950 and 1978. The original headquarters of Dot Records were in Gallatin, Tennessee. In 1956, the company moved ...
. During this time, he had the first commercial recording of "Sunrise, Sunset" from ''
Fiddler on the Roof''. This technically counts as the biggest standard Fisher can claim credit for introducing, although it is rarely associated with him. He also recorded the albums ''Eddie Fisher Today'' and ''Young and Foolish'' (both 1965). The Dot contract was not successful in record sales terms, and he returned to RCA Victor and had a minor single hit in 1966 with the song "
Games That Lovers Play" with
Nelson Riddle, which became the title of his best selling album. When Fisher was at the height of his popularity, in the mid-1950s, singles, rather than albums, were the primary medium for issuing recordings. His last album for RCA Victor was an
Al Jolson
Al Jolson (born Eizer Yoelson; June 9, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-American Jewish singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, and was self-billed ...
tribute, ''You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet'', released in 1968. In 1983 he attempted a comeback tour but this was not a success. Eddie Fisher's last released album was recorded around 1984 on the Bainbridge record label. Fisher tried to stop the album from being released, but it turned up as ''After All''. The album was produced by William J. O'Malley and arranged by Angelo DiPippo. DiPippo, a world-renowned arranger, worked with Eddie countless hours to better his vocals but it became useless. His final recordings (never released) were made in 1995 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. According to arranger-conductor Vincent Falcone in his 2005 autobiography, ''Frankly: Just Between Us'', these tracks were "the best singing of his life". Fisher performed in top concert halls all over the United States and headlined in major
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
showrooms. He headlined at the
Palace Theater in New York City as well as London's
Palladium
Palladium is a chemical element with the symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself na ...
. In the culmination of his return to the concert stage in 1962, Fisher headlined a five-week Broadway show at Winter Garden, calling it a dream of his since youth to perform in the venue Al Jolson had made famous.
Fisher created interest as a pop culture icon.
Betty Johnson
Betty Johnson (March 16, 1929 – November 6, 2022) was an American traditional pop and cabaret singer who reached her career peak in the 1950s.
Biography
Johnson was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on March 16, 1929.
Johnson's professio ...
's "I Want Eddie Fisher For Christmas", containing references to a number of hit songs, reached No. 28 in the Music Vendor national survey during an 11-week chart run in late 1954.
Fisher has two stars on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for recording, at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for television, at 1724 Vine Street.
Personal life
![Reynolds - Fisher - 1955](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Reynolds_-_Fisher_-_1955.jpg)
Fisher had five marriages and four children:
*
Debbie Reynolds (m. 1955–div. 1959)
**
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the ''Star Wars'' films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in'' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), ''The Last ...
(b. 1956–d. 2016)
**
Todd Fisher
Todd Emmanuel Fisher (born February 24, 1958) Abstract; full article requires subscription. is an American director, cinematographer, producer and actor of television films and documentaries. Fisher is the son of singer Eddie Fisher and actress ...
(b. 1958)
*
Elizabeth Taylor (m. 1959–div. 1964)
*
Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. Born in Brooklyn, New York City to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until age 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in r ...
(m. 1967–div. 1969)
**
Joely Fisher
Joely Fisher ( /ˈdʒoʊˌli/ born October 29, 1967) is an American actress and singer, the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Connie Stevens, and half-sister of actress Carrie Fisher. Her breakthrough came in 1994, starring as Paige Cl ...
(b. 1967)
**
Tricia Leigh Fisher
Tricia Leigh Fisher is an American actress and singer.
Early life
Fisher was born to singer Eddie Fisher and actress Connie Stevens. Her older sister is actress and singer Joely Fisher. She has two half-siblings, actor and producer Todd Fishe ...
(b. 1968)
*Terry Richard (m. 1975–div. 1976)
*Betty Lin (m. 1993 – April 15, 2001; her death)
In 1981, Fisher wrote an
autobiography, ''Eddie: My Life, My Loves'' (). He wrote another autobiography in 1999 titled ''Been There, Done That'' (). The latter book devotes little space to Fisher's singing career, but recycled the material of his first book and added many new sexual details that were too strong to publish before. Upon the book's publication, his daughter
Carrie declared: "I'm thinking of having my DNA fumigated."
While performing at The Tropicana Hotel in 1957, Fisher had numerous affairs with women which contributed to his turbulent marriage to Debbie Reynolds. One of his notable affairs was with model
Pat Sheehan. They eventually parted ways after Fisher refused to divorce Reynolds. He would divorce Reynolds two years later and marry Elizabeth Taylor.
When she was interviewed, Debbie Reynolds said that she could understand being dumped "for the world's most beautiful woman", referring to Taylor, who was previously a close friend. Taylor and Reynolds later resumed their friendship and mocked Fisher in a
TV movie
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written by Carrie Fisher, ''
These Old Broads
''These Old Broads'' is a 2001 American comedy television film directed by Matthew Diamond, written by Carrie Fisher and Elaine Pope, and starring Fisher's mother Debbie Reynolds, as well as Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, and Elizabeth Taylor i ...
'', in which their characters ridiculed the ex-husband they shared, named "Freddie Hunter".
In his memoirs, Fisher admitted to addictions to drugs and gambling, which aggravated his career problems.
[
Fisher supported ]Lyndon B. Johnson
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in the 1964 United States presidential election
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.[Jet, October 1, 1964]
Death
Fisher suffered from knee, back, hearing, and eyesight problems in his later years, the last of which were worsened by complications stemming from cataract removal surgery, and he rarely appeared in public. According to friends, he remained mentally vigorous and kept himself busy watching television, following news and politics, and singing his old songs while friend George Michalski played the piano. Michalski had worked on several occasions over the years to help Fisher get his name back on the music charts. He said "The '60s passed Eddie by; he missed that entire era of music. I'd play a Beatles song like "Something
Something may refer to:
Philosophy and language
*Something (concept)
*Something, an English indefinite pronoun
Music
Albums
* ''Something'' (Chairlift album), 2012
* ''Something'' (Shirley Bassey album), 1970
* ''Something'' (Shirley Scott ...
" for him and he'd think I wrote it."
Fisher fell and broke his hip on September 9, 2010, and died 13 days later on September 22, 2010, at his home in Berkeley, California
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, from complications from hip surgery, at the age of 82.[ His ashes were interred at ]Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
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History
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park is the final resting site for several memb ...
next to his wife Betty Lin who died in 2001.
Discography
Hit songs
Albums
*''Eddie Fisher Sings
''Eddie Fisher Sings'' is a 1952 album by Eddie Fisher. It was issued as a 10-inch long-playing record by RCA Victor Records.
Track listing
In 2002, the album, with ''I'm in the Mood for Love'' and ''Christmas With Eddie Fisher'', was issued ...
'' (10-inch album) ( RCA Victor 1952)
*''I'm in the Mood for Love
"I'm in the Mood for Love" is a popular song published in 1935. The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, with the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was introduced by Frances Langford in the movie ''Every Night at Eight'' released that year.
It ...
'' (RCA Victor 1952/55)
*''Christmas with Eddie Fisher'' (10-inch album) (RCA Victor 1952)
*''Eddie Fisher Sings Irving Berlin Favorites'' (10-inch album) (RCA Victor 1954)
*''May I Sing to You?'' (RCA Victor 1954/55)
*''I Love You'' (RCA Victor 1955)
*''Eddie Fisher Sings Academy Award Winning Songs'' (RCA Victor 1955)
*''Bundle of Joy'' (film soundtrack) (RCA Victor 1956)
*''As Long as There's Music'' (RCA Victor 1958)
*''Scent of Mystery'' (film soundtrack) (Ramrod 1960)
*''Eddie Fisher at the Winter Garden'' (Ramrod 1963)
*''Eddie Fisher Today!'' (Dot 1965)
*''When I Was Young'' (Dot 1965) (re-recordings of his RCA Victor hits)
*''Mary Christmas'' (Dot 1965)
*''Games That Lovers Play'' (RCA Victor 1966)
*''People Like You'' (RCA Victor 1967)
*''You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet'' (RCA Victor 1968)
*''After All'' (Bainbridge Records 1984)
Compilations
*''Thinking of You'' (RCA Victor 1957)
*''Eddie Fisher's Greatest Hits'' (RCA Victor 1962)
*''The Very Best of Eddie Fisher'' (MCA 1988)
*''All Time Greatest Hits Vol.1'' (RCA 1990)
*''Eddie Fisher – Greatest Hits'' (RCA 2001)
Books
*Fisher, Eddie (1984). ''Eddie: My Life, My Loves''. Harper Collins. .
References
External links
*
*
Thinking Of You: Eddie Fisher
on The Interlude Era site
''The New York Times''
Eddie Fisher: Life and Times
– slideshow by '' Life magazine''
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American male film actors
American male pop singers
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Burials at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Dot Records artists
Jewish American male actors
Jewish American musicians
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