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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.
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.
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.
Mar 7, 2024 · He dropped out of Thomas Jefferson High School before graduation to sing in bars and nightclubs. He began calling himself Steve Lawrence, the given names of two nephews.
Mar 7, 2024 · Lawrence attended Thomas Jefferson High School, but books weren’t a priority. He would skip classes to spend his days in Manhattan at the Brill Building, hustling to make connections and pick up...
Mar 7, 2024 · Steve Lawrence, the Grammy- and Emmy-winning performer who dazzled as a nightclub and concert singer with his late wife, Eydie Gormé, died Thursday from complications due to Alzheimer's disease.
I went to Thomas Jefferson high school class of 1966. I met Steve Lawrence when I worked for RCA on the Avenue of the Americas in New York. He treated me so kindly in the elevator and talked to me.
