Steve Lawrence(1935-2024)
- Actor
- Producer
- Composer
Singer, composer, actor and author, educated at Brooklyn's Thomas
Jefferson High School and a student of saxophone and piano. Between
1958 and 1960 he served in the US Army and was a vocalist with the US
Army Band and Orchestra based in Fort Myers, Virginia. After he was
discharged, he commenced his singing career on television, night clubs
and recordings, both as a single performer and with his wife
Eydie Gormé. He appeared in the mid-1960s
Broadway musical "What Makes Sammy Run?". Joining ASCAP in 1957, his
popular-song compositions include "After Midnight Waltz"; "All Of My
Life"; "At a Time Like This"; "Can't Get Over the Bossa Nova"; "The
Chase"; "Damila"; "Hi-Ho, Steve-O"; "Hurry Home for Christmas"; "I
Gotta Run": "I'll Follow You"; "I'll Never Be Alone"; "It's Easier Said
than Done"; "Just For Now"; "Laugh My Face"; "Let Me Be the First"; " A
Little Bit Bluer"; "Oh, How You Lied"; "Only You"; "Pity, Pity"; "The
Second Time Around"; "The Shortest Love Song"; "Sittin' on the Fence of
Life"; "Tall People"; "Tell Me"; "Time to Say Goodnight"; "Two on the
Aisle"; "What's the Use of Talking"; "When You're in Love"; "While
There's Still Time"; "The World of You"; "You Better Run"; and "Your
Kisses Kill Me".
