Show UlK5UVuL Singing “high” is Eydie Gormc’s specially — atop buses pianos fire escapes Gorme is no coloratura but she sings than Lily Porn Sometimes she even sings higher than the Wool worth Building On NBCs ‘Tonight" show for instance Miss Gorme rendered “Will You Be Mine” while aswirl in a cloudbank on the roof of Rockefeller Center She has also warbled on a high dive at a Miami pool from rafters overlooking theater chandeliers and from a ladder overlooking Steve Allen She can also sing upside-dow- n Miss Gorme belongs to the new school of TV canaries who are always chirping on odd perches Their aim in life is to avoid at any cost the e custom of doing a number onstage Like the Phantom of the Opera they are forever crawling through the organ loft over the chandeliers and under the ceiling Eydie old-tim- Dmnuigkt Dufmas Acrobatics are an asset to TV vocalists because the camera a restless beast with huge eyes and small ears is often more interested in visual gimmicks than in the glories of sound Directors strive for rakish camera angles and unusual backgrounds Interpreting a ballad under such conditions can be downright dangerous “Ill admit I get pretty frantic sometimes” says Eydie “In Florida my assignment was to climb up on a high dive to iing ‘Make Yourself Comfortable with Steve Lawrence Just standing there was g enough But we felt that plunging into the pool as a finale was beyond the call of duty I had to push Steve” Then there was the broadcast when Eydie sang “I've Got To Crow" while flying on wires across the stage k la Mary Martin in “Peter Pan” “At rehearsal I wanted to take out extra insurance But our producer Bill Harbach told me not to worry He’s very brave" The young singer — with so many “combat missions” already — shuddered when she found out the Steve Allen show was moving West this summer Pike’s Peak and the Grand Canyon are out that way! — LESLIE LlEIER nerve-rackin- ON PIANO: Steve Allen occompcmles BUS TOP: 10 Cross-countr- y Eydie and her titter TV canaries specialize in odd perches iw cmomjn ntoiij ThU Week TeUvision Editor special b nice stage Tki RTW — HSS |