1) Edward Thomas Fisher

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.

Once I Loved
Eddie Fisher Lyrics

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If I loved you
Time and again
I would try to say
All I'd want you to know
If I loved you
Words wouldn't come
In an easy way
Round in circles I'd go

Longing to tell you
But afraid and shy
Id let my golden chances
Pass me by

Soon you'd leave me,
Off you would go
In the mist of day,
Never never to know

How I loved you
If I loved you.

Overall Meaning

The song "If I Loved You" by Eddie Fisher is a tune that paints vivid pictures of longing and unrequited love. The opening lyrics, "If I loved you / Time and again I would try to say / All I'd want you to know" express the struggle of someone who is in love and desperately wants to confess their feelings but is afraid to do so. The subsequent lines, "Words wouldn't come in an easy way / Round in circles I'd go," convey the emotional turmoil that accompanies such a situation. The singer of the song is so consumed by their feelings for the other person that they cannot articulate them succinctly, and they frantically spin in circles trying to find a way to express themselves.

The chorus of the song, "Longing to tell you / But afraid and shy / I'd let my golden chances / Pass me by," encapsulates the theme of missed opportunities and hesitation. The singer is terrified of the possibility of rejection, and so they choose to remain silent, even if it means that the person they love will never know how they truly feel. The final verse, "Soon you'd leave me, off you would go / In the mist of day, never never to know / How I loved you if I loved you," is a heartbreaking realization that the timing is never right, and even if the singer eventually finds the words to confess their love, it will be too late. The song's melancholic tone and haunting melody capture the bittersweetness of unrequited love and the pain of keeping feelings hidden.

Line by Line Meaning

If I loved you
If I truly loved you

Time and again
More than once

I would try to say
I would make an effort to tell you

All I'd want you to know
Everything I'd like you to be aware of

If I loved you
If I truly loved you

Words wouldn't come
I would have difficulty expressing myself

In an easy way
Without any trouble

Round in circles I'd go
I would talk in circles without really saying anything

Longing to tell you
Wanting to express something to you

But afraid and shy
Being too scared and uncomfortable

Id let my golden chances
I would waste my opportunities