Eddie Fisher (singer)

Edwin Jack Eddie Fisher was an American entertainer. He was the most successful pop singles artist of the first half of the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show.

Fisher, the fourth of seven children, was born in Philadelphia, a son of Russianborn Jewish immigrants Gitte and Joseph Tisch . His fathers surname was originally Tisch, but was changed by the time of the 1940 census. To his family, Fisher was always called Sonny Boy, a nickname derived from the song of the same name in Al Jolsons film The Singing Fool .

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