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Eddie Fisher Sings His Best

 

Picture: C     Sound: C     Extras: D     Main Program: C+

 

 

Let’s face it, Eddie Fisher is not remembered well by just about anyone.  A hit crooner in his time, he got the public to hate him by running away with Elizabeth Taylor and leaving Debbie Reynolds behind, not to mention how her and her children disavowed him.  With that said, he was the last of a great line of crooners, the kind that began to surface nationally in the earliest sound films.  That included many non-Musicals.  Eddie Fisher Sings His Best collects that legacy together form various shows, some are possibly even from his TV association with Coca-Cola in an early show that consisted of 15-minutes-long shows.  The songs are:

 

1)     May I Sing To You

2)     Anytime

3)     Bring Back The Thrill

4)     Downhearted

5)     Tell Me Why

6)     I Need To Know

7)     Papa Loves Mambo

8)     Fanny (with Florence Henderson)

9)     Prisoner Of Love

10)  Let It Snow

11)  Make Yourself Comfortable

12)  It’s The Loveliest Time Of The Year

13)  Wedding Bells

14)  Tweedle Dee Dee

15)  Melody Of Love

16)  My Mother’s Eyes

17)  Birth Of The Blues

18)  Counting On Blessings

19)  Oh My Papa

 

Except for Track 13, none of these songs represent his Rock Era hits, they are pre-Rock the way his career was.  The hits ran out in 1956 and he fell out of favor altogether by the early 1960s.  From there, he was early tabloid fodder when he would be discussed at all and the marriage with Taylor did not last.  His escapades may have helped to spoil the “bobbysoxer’ cycle, but he did have a solid if repetitious vocal style and was the top singer in his time.  After seeing this set, that at least makes sense.

 

The black and white clips are average, all full frame and show their age, while the sound is strictly Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono.  They are about as good as anyone can expect and it should not disappoint those who like (still like) Fisher.  There are no extras either, but we see a portrait of success before the big fall and self-destruction.  Eddie Fisher Sings His Best takes on a new irony when you realize what followed, as it would all be downhill form there.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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