In a career spanning more than 60 years, Steve Lawrence, who has died aged 88 from complications due to Alzheimer’s disease, enjoyed enduring success as a recording artist and star of television, film and the Broadway stage. He was famous both as a solo artist and as half of the singing duo Steve and Eydie, where he was joined by Eydie Gormé, to whom he was married from 1957 until her death in 2013.
His light, easy-listening vocal style helped him to make 33 appearances on the US Billboard chart between 1952 and 1966, five of them reaching the Top 10. He topped the chart once, with his million-selling version of the Carole King/Jerry Goffin song Go Away Little Girl from 1962. He earned a 1961 Grammy nomination for his Top 10 hit Portrait of My Love.
