A jazz guitarist born in Little Rock, Arkans… Read Full Bio ↴1) Edward Thomas Fisher
A jazz guitarist born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Died of cancer on July 12, 2007.
Eddie Fisher spent the first 17 years of his life in Little Rock, Arkansas. From the age of 10, he developed a love for music; influenced and supported by his father. After graduating from high school, Fisher left home and headed for Memphis, Tennessee, where he continued to improve his guitar technique and musical skills. He spent the next several years touring with such famous musicians as Salomon Burke and Albert King. Fisher then became a founding member of the Leo's Five Band and decided to settle down in St. Louis, Missouri.
Eddie Fisher worked as Albert King's bandleader before embarking on a solo career. He released two classic albums, "The Third Cup" and "The Next One Hundred Years", blending soul, funk, jazz and touches of psychedelia, in the late 1960's.
Eddie Fisher's third album "Hot Lunch" was released on the All Platinum label, and after that he launched his own indie operation Nentu. In 2004, he was voted into the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame.
BMI credits Eddie Juni Fisher for song compositions.
2) Eddie Fisher was an actor and teen idol known for his pop ballads in the 1950s. A pre-Rock and Roll vocalist, Fisher's strong and melodious tenor made him a teen idol and one of the most popular singers of the 1950s. He had seventeen songs in the Top 10 on the music charts between 1950 and 1956 and thirty-five in the Top 40.
Fisher has performed in top concert halls all over the United States and headlined in major Las Vegas showrooms. He has headlined at the Palace Theater in New York City as well as London's Palladium.
Fisher has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for Recording, at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for TV, at 1724 Vine Street.
He was married to actress/singer Debbie Reynolds. They had a daughter, Carrie Fisher, who would later become an actress.
Born August 10, 1928 and died September 22, 2010 of complications from hip surgery.
I Only Have Eyes for You
Eddie Fisher Lyrics
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I can't see anyone but you
Sha bop sha bop
Are the stars out tonight
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
I only have eyes for you dear
But I can't see a thing in the sky
I only have eyes for you
I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here and so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all dissappear from view
And I only have eyes for you
The lyrics to Eddie Fisher's song "I Only Have Eyes For You" is a love song that talks about a deep and intense love that the singer has for their significant other. The first line, "My love must be a kind of blind love," speaks of the singer's love being so strong that it blinds them to the presence of anyone else. The next two lines, "I can't see anyone but you, Sha bop sha bop," are a repetition of the love that the singer has for their love interest.
The next two lines, "Are the stars out tonight? I don't know if it's cloudy or bright," are an expression of the theme of love being a kind of blindness that makes the singer indifferent to the external world. The next line, "I only have eyes for you dear," solidifies this point. The next line, "The moon may be high, but I can't see a thing in the sky," expresses the totality of the love that the singer has for their love interest.
The chorus of the song is a repetition of the idea of the blindness of love: "I only have eyes for you." The following verse, "I don't know if we're in a garden or on a crowded avenue," is an expression of the theme that the depth of love can make one unaware of their surroundings. The next two lines, "You are here and so am I/Maybe millions of people go by," affirm that the love between the singer and their love interest is strong enough to create a self-contained world. The final line, "But they all disappear from view/And I only have eyes for you," is the ultimate expression of the theme of the blindness of love.
Line by Line Meaning
My love must be a kind of blind love
My affection towards you is not based on any rational thought or assessment, but rather is pure and unconditional.
I can't see anyone but you
No one else in this world can distract me from you, and my eyes only perceive you above all else.
Sha bop sha bop
This phrase is merely a non-lexical vocable, or scat singing, which Eddie Fisher utilizes in this song as part of the vocal jazz tradition to add rhythmic flair and to evoke musical ambiance.
Are the stars out tonight
I am oblivious to everything beyond your presence that may be happening in the wider world, such as the night sky and its celestial bodies.
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
My attention is solely dedicated to admiring you and nothing else, so I am completely ignorant to even the weather conditions.
I only have eyes for you dear
I am captivated by your beauty and cannot tear my eyes away from you, as you are the only one that matters in my world.
The moon may be high
Even if the moon was illuminating the night sky, it would not be enough to distract me from gazing at you.
But I can't see a thing in the sky
Despite being under the same sky as the moon or any other star, my eyes are focused solely on you to the point of ignoring everything else around me.
I don't know if we're in a garden
I am so engrossed and enamored with you that I cannot tell if we are in a lush garden or a bustling street.
Or on a crowded avenue
You are the only one who matters to me, even if we are surrounded by throngs of people and lost in the crowd.
You are here and so am I
With you here by my side, my attention and my heart are fully devoted to you, and our presence together is all that I need.
Maybe millions of people go by
Even if thousands of people walk by, none of them hold any significance to me, as my focus is entirely on you.
But they all dissappear from view
All others vanish into the background once you are in my line of sight, as you are the one who draws all my attention and devotion.
And I only have eyes for you
My love is unequivocal and unconditional, and I am solely fixated on you above all else, with no one else possessing any claim on my heart and mind.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Al Dubin, Harry Warren
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