Eddie Fisher

Real name: Edwin Jack Fisher

Born: August 10, 1928 Philadelphia. Pennsylvania

Began performing in local clubs and later in the Copacabana-Club in New York +++ Was discovered by Eddie Cantor and signed for an American Tour +++ First recordings for RCA-Victor in 1950 +++ "Any Time" was his first million seller in 1951, reaching the no. 3 spot on Billboard's Best Selling Singles +++ Later hits - 36 altogether between 1948 to 1954 - included "Tell Me Why", "Wish You Were Here", "I'm Walkin' Behind You", "Oh! My Pa-Pa", "I Need You Now", "Dungaree Doll" and "Cindy, oh Cindy" +++ One of the most popular singers of the early 50's +++