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4 Videos. 15 Photos. Singer, composer, actor and author, educated at Brooklyn's Thomas Jefferson High School and a student of saxophone and piano. Between 1958 and 1960 he served in the US Army and was a vocalist with the US Army Band and Orchestra based in Fort Myers, Virginia.
- January 1, 1
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
He studied at the ‘Thomas Jefferson High School’ and was part of a glee club. During adolescence, he stopped singing for a few years due to his changing voice and learnt the piano and the saxophone instead. He changed his name to “Steve Lawrence” when a few Manhattan-based music companies approached him.
He attended Thomas Jefferson High School. During high school, Lawrence skipped school to spend time at the Brill Building in the hopes of being employed as a singer. Career. In 1952, at the age of 16, Lawrence signed a contract with King Records after winning a talent contest on Arthur Godfrey’s CBS TV show.
Mar 7, 2024 · Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz; July 8, 1935) was a Grammy and Emmy winning American singer and actor, best known as a member of a duo with his wife Eydie Gormé, billed as "Steve and Eydie". Read More
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Singer, composer, actor and author, educated at Brooklyn's Thomas Jefferson High School and a student of saxophone and piano. Between 1958 and 1960 he served in the US Army and was a vocalist with the US Army Band and Orchestra based in Fort Myers, Virginia.
See a terrific photograph of Steve with the Jefferson High School Band, circa 1952 ⊲⊲ We had a special assembly to watch him rehearse! That night we watched him win on national televising and the Arthur Godfrey talent scouts show that night had all those Jeffersonians watching and cheering!
