Steve Lawrence właśc. Stephen Leibowitz. ur. 8.07. 1935 r. na Brook-Ivnic w Nowym Jorku. USA. Syn kantora miejscowej synagogi. Podczas nauki w Thomas Jefferson High School poznał podstawy kompozycji, aranżacji oraz gry na fortepianie i saksofonie.Pierwszych nagrań dokonał jako szesnastolatek dla wytwórni King Records. Temat "Mine And Mine Alone", trawestacja arii "Softly Awakes My Heart" z opery Camille'a Saint-Saensa "Samson i Dalila". ujawnił zadziwiająco dojrzały głos i styl wokalny chłopca. Z czasem Lawrence wypracował charakterystyczne mocne i ciepłe brzmienie, zainspirowane śpiewem Franka Sinatry, lecz dalekie od dosłownego naśladownictwa. Sławę przyniosły mu występy w telewizyjnym programie Steve'a Allena "Tonight", podczas których poznał swoją partnerkę i przyszłą żonę, Eydie Gorme.
Podczas służby wojskowej (1958-1960) śpiewał na imprezach popularyzujących amerykańskie siły zbrojne wśród potencjalnych poborowych. Powróciwszy do cywila, stworzył wraz z Eydie małżeński duet popularny dzięki nagrywanym dla CBS, ABC i United Artists albumom: Steve And Eydie At The Movies, On Broadway, We Got Us, The Golden Hits i Our Love Is Here To Stay. Ostatni z nich, podwójne wydawnictwo ze słynnymi tematami George'a Gershwina, został wykorzystany jako podkład muzyczny w popularnym, telewizyjnym programie.
Jako solista Lawrence w latach 1961-1962 na listy przebojów single "Portrait Of My Love" i "Go Away Little Girl" oraz albumy Academy Award Losers i Portrait Of My love. Występował w musicalach "What Makes Sammy Run?" (wersja broadwayowska) i "Pal Joey" (główna rola w posezonowej obsadzie) oraz w telewizyjnych serialach kryminalnych.
Single
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| Poinciana/Never Leave Me | Steve Lawrence | 06.1952 | - | 21[3] | King 15185 | [written by Bernier, Simon] |
| The banana boat song/Long before i knew you | Steve Lawrence | 01.1957 | - | 18[14] | Coral 61 761 | [written by Alan Arkin/Bob Carey/Erik Darling] |
| Party doll/[The bad donkey] Pum-pa-lum | Steve Lawrence | 02.1957 | - | 5[20] side B:45[7] | Coral 61 792 | [A:written by Jimmy Bowen/Buddy Knox][B:written by Al Wood] |
| Can' t wait for summer/Fabulous | Steve Lawrence | 05.1957 | - | 42[11] side B:71[7] | Coral 61 834 | [A:written by Gluck, J. Jr./Diane Lampert][B:written by Harry Land, John Sheldon] |
| Fraulein /Blue remember you | Steve Lawrence | 10.1957 | - | 54[8] | Coral 61 876 | [written by Lawton Williams] |
| Uh-huh,oh yeah /Lover in the house | Steve Lawrence | 03.1958 | - | 73[2] | Coral 61 950 | [written by Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick][piosenka z musicalu na Broadway' u The body beautiful] |
| Many a time/All about love | Steve Lawrence | 09.1958 | - | 97[2] | Coral 62 025 | [written by Paul Koy /Frank Mader] |
| [I don' t care] Only love me/Love is a way of living | Steve Lawrence | 05.1959 | - | 62[4] | ABC-Paramount 10 005 | [written by Curtis, Panzutti, Pinchi ] |
| Pretty blue eyes/You' re nearer | Steve Lawrence | 11.1959 | - | 9[18] | ABC-Paramount 10 058 | [written by Teddy Randazzo/Bob Weinstein] |
| Footsteps /You don' t know | Steve Lawrence | 03.1960 | 4[13] | 7[13] | ABC-Paramount 10 085 | [written by Hank Hunter/Barry Mann] |
| Girls girls girls/ Little Boy Blue | Steve and Eydie | 08.1960 | 49[1] | - | London HLT 9166 | [written by Barry Mann, Howard Greenfield][produced by Don Costa] |
| Portrait of my love/Oh how you lied | Steve Lawrence | 03.1961 | - | 9[16] | UA 291 | [written by David West, Cyril Ornadel][produced by Don Costa] |
| My claire de lune/In time | Steve Lawrence | 07.1961 | - | 68[5] side B:94[1] | UA 335 | [A:written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller][B:written by T. Randazzo, N. Becker, B. Barberis, B. Weinstein][produced by Don Costa][adaptacja Suite bergamesque-Debussy'ego][side B:adaptacja Pathetique symphony-Czajkowskiego] |
| Somewhere along the way/While there' s ,still time | Steve Lawrence | 10.1961 | - | 67[5] | UA 364 | [written by Gallop, Adams][produced by Don Costa][#8 hit Nat King Cole' a z 1952r] |
| Our concerto/Send someone to love me | Steve Lawrence | 02.1962 | - | 107[5] | UA 403 | [written by Umberto Bindi] |
| The lady wants to twist/Tell her i said hello | Steve Lawrence | 05.1962 | - | 120[1] | Columbia 42 396 | [written by J. Leiber, M. Stoller] |
| Go away little girl/If you love her tell her so | Steve Lawrence | 11.1962 | - | 1[2][17] | Columbia 42 601 | [gold-US][written by Gerry Goffin/Carole King][produced by Al Kasha] |
| Don' t be afraid,little darlin' /Don' t come running back | Steve Lawrence | 03.1963 | - | 26[9] | Columbia 42 699 | [written by B. Mann, C. Weil][produced by Al Kasha] |
| Poor little rich girl/More [Theme from Mondo Cane] | Steve Lawrence | 05.1963 | - | 28[8] side B:117[5] | Columbia 42 795 | [written by G. Goffin, C. King][side b:#8 hit Kai Winding in 1963r] |
| I want to stay here/Ain' t live | Steve and Eydie | 07.1963 | 3[13] | 28[11] | Columbia 42 815 | [written by G. Goffin, C. King] |
| Walking proud/All the way home | Steve Lawrence | 10.1963 | - | 26[9] | Columbia 42 865 | [written by G. Goffin, C. King][produced by Marion Evans] |
| I can' t stop talking about you/To the movies we go | Steve and Eydie | 12.1963 | - | 35[9] | Columbia 42 932 | [written by G. Goffin, C. King][produced by Marion Evans] |
| My home town/A room without windows | Steve Lawrence | 01.1964 | - | 106[3] side B:120[4] | Columbia 42 952 | [written by Ervin Drake][produced by Marion Evans][piosenka z musicalu What makes Sammy run?] |
| Everybody knows/One love too late | Steve Lawrence | 05.1964 | - | 72[5] | Columbia 43 047 | [written by J. Duncan, L. Reed][produced by Robert Mersey] |
| Yet ...I know [Et pourtant]/Put away your teardrops | Steve Lawrence | 08.1964 | - | 77[6] | Columbia 43 095 | [written by C. Aznavour, D. Raye, G. Garvarentz][produced by Robert Mersey] |
| Bewitched /I will wait for you | Steve Lawrence | 01.1965 | - | 103[2] side B:113[4] | Columbia 43 192 | [A:written by H. Greenfield, J. Keller][B:written by N. Gimbel, M. LeGrand][produced by GLG Productions][side A:Theme from TV series][side b:Love theme from film The umbrellas of Cherbourg] |
| Last night i made a little girl cry/Where can i do | Steve Lawrence | 06.1965 | - | 126[6] | Columbia 43 303 | [written by B. Kaye, P. Springer][produced by Robert Mersey] |
| Millions of Roses/The sounds of summer | Steve Lawrence | 08.1965 | - | 106[6] | Columbia 43 362 | [written by S. Dee, A. Kent][produced by Mike Berniker] |
| The week-end/Only the young | Steve Lawrence | 02.1966 | - | 131[1] | Columbia 43 487 | [written by L. Stallman, B. Weinstein, T. Randazzo][produced by Mike Berniker] |
| Real true lovin' /Chapter one | Steve and Eydie | 04.1969 | - | 119[4] | RCA Victor 9123 | [written by C. Carson Parks][produced by Stage II Production] |
| We can make it together/E fini | Steve and Eydie feat The Osmonds | 09.1972 | - | 68[10] | MGM 14 383 | [produced by Mike Curb, Don Costa] |
Albumy
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| Here' s Steve Lawrence | Steve Lawrence | 06.1958 | - | 19[2] | Coral 57 204 | |
| Portrait of my love | Steve Lawrence | 08.1961 | - | 76[10] | UA 6150 | |
| Winners ! | Steve Lawrence | 02.1963 | - | 27[29] | Columbia 1953/8753 | [produced by Al Kasha] |
| Academy Award Losers | Steve Lawrence | 02.1964 | - | 135[5] | Columbia 2121/8921 | [produced by Marion Evans] |
| Everybody knows | Steve Lawrence | 09.1964 | - | 73[9] | Columbia 2227/9027 | [produced by Robert Mersey] |
| The Steve Lawrence Show | Steve Lawrence | 12.1965 | - | 133[2] | Columbia 2419/9219 | [produced by Mike Berniker] |
| Together on Broadway | Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme | 05.1967 | - | 136[6] | Columbia 2636/9436 | |
| What it was,was love | Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme | 03.1969 | - | 141[6] | RCA Victor 4115 | |
| Real true lovin' | Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme | 05.1969 | - | 188[3] | RCA Victor 4107 |
