Like some of you, I often think of those early days in “el exilio”. In our case, it was Wisconsin, snow and watching my parents listen to Spanish ballads.
Eydie Gorme died on this day in 2013. She was a few days shy of her 85th birthday. Edith Gormezano was born in New York City in a Sephardic Jewish family. This is why she grew up speaking English and Spanish.
In 1964, her career took off with “Amor,” a wonderful LP of Spanish tunes recorded with Trio Los Panchos. It became a best seller all over the world. Later, they recorded a second volume of songs plus even Christmas tunes in Spanish.
I can still remember my parents enjoying that LP when we were freezing in Wisconsin……a bit of the musical soundtrack of our “exilio” story.
