Eddie Fisher

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1. A first

   Fisher's "Oh! My Pa-Pa" sold more than 250 thousand copies in a single week, which at the time was a record for RCA Victor.

2. A change of course

   Fisher became a local star, and that success led him to leave high school during his senior year so he could focus on his career.

3. A first

   Fisher joined Dot Records in early 1965, and the label planned "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof as his first single there. The song reached number 22 on the Easy Listening charts, which counts as the biggest standard he can claim credit for introducing.

4. A first

   In 1995, Eddie Fisher recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, but those tracks were never released; arranger Vincent Falcone, in his 2005 autobiography, said they were "the best singing of his life."

5. Beyond film

   In 1962, Fisher returned to the concert stage and headlined a Broadway show at the Winter Garden for five weeks. He said performing in the venue that Al Jolson made famous had been a dream since his youth.