After being dropped by RCA Eddie Fisher got a contract with a minor label in New York City called 7 Arts Records. The highest any of these charted on the Billboard Hot 100 was #94. In 1960 RCA Victor dropped Fisher from their roster.Īfter “Cindy, Oh Cindy”, Fisher had released eight singles the following three years.
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Due to the unfavorable publicity surrounding the affair and divorce, NBC canceled Fisher’s television series in March 1959. Fisher’s affair and subsequent marriage to Taylor, Todd’s widow, caused a show business scandal because he and Reynolds had a very public divorce. His best friend was showman and producer Mike Todd, who died in a plane crash in 1958. He played a dramatic role in the 1960 drama Butterfield 8 with second wife Elizabeth Taylor. In 1956, Fisher co-starred with then-wife Debbie Reynolds in the musical comedy Bundle of Joy. His final appearance in the Top 40 was in November and December 1956 with “Cindy, Oh Cindy”.
Among his biggest hits were “Anytime”, “Wish You Were Here”, “Oh! My Papa” and “Dungaree Doll”. During this time Fisher became a pop idol in his early twenties. He had 17 songs in the Top 10 on the Billboard and Cashbox charts between 19 and 35 in the Top 40. Fisher also appeared on The Perry Como Show, Club Oasis, The Martha Raye Show, The Gisele MacKenzie Show, The Chesterfield Supper Club and The George Gobel Show, and starred in another series, The Eddie Fisher Show (NBC) (1957–1959. Military District.Īfter his discharge, he began to sing in top nightclubs and had a variety television series, Coke Time with Eddie Fisher on NBC (1953–1957). From 1952 to 1953, he was the official vocal soloist for The United States Army Band and a tenor section member in the United States Army Band Chorus assigned at Fort Myer in the Washington, D.C. Army in 1951, sent to Fort Hood, Texas for basic training, and served a year in Korea. He then signed a recording contract with RCA Victor.įisher was drafted into the U.S. After performing on Cantor’s radio show he was an instant hit and gained nationwide exposure. Cantor’s so-called discovery of Fisher was later described as a totally contrived, “manipulated’ arrangement by Milton Blackstone, Grossinger’s publicity director. He was heard in 1949 by Eddie Cantor at Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel in the Borscht Belt. By 1946, Fisher was crooning with the bands of Buddy Morrow and Charlie Ventura. Because he became a local star, Fisher dropped out of high school in the middle of his senior year to pursue his career. He also performed on Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts, a popular radio show that later moved to television. From childhood Eddie had a vocal talent. He made his radio debut on WFIL, a local Philadelphia radio station. Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chartĮdwin John “Eddie” Fisher was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1928 in Russian Jewish immigrants. His father’s surname was originally Tisch, but was changed to Fisher by the time of the 1940 USA census.
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