Birthday Girl: Steve and...

77 years ago, Fortune and Nessim Gormezano of the Bronx had themselves a baby daughter, Edith. Little did they suspect that she would grow up to be an international superstar, one of the most publicly married people in the United States, and a regular on the Mike Douglas Show.

Yes, it's Eydie Gorme's big day, and we wish her many happy returns. I hope Steve has gotten her something nice.

I actually love her voice - it's warm and unaffected, much like, from all accounts, the lady herself, but big and brassy when necessary (ditto). It is, if such a thing is possible, a Populuxe voice, entirely of the time when she and Steve were young and on the rise.

But I have to say -

I can think of few performers less likely to Swing the Blues. Especially while dressed, however fabulously, as Maria Callas.