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{{Short description|American singer and actor (1928–2010)}}
{{Other people||Ed Fisher (disambiguation){{!}}Ed Fisher}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Eddie Fisher
| image              = Eddie Fisher - still.JPG
| caption            = Fisher in 1960
| birth_name         = Edwin Jack Fisher
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1928|08|10}}
| birth_place        = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2010|09|22|1928|08|10}}
| death_place        = [[Berkeley, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Cypress Lawn Memorial Park]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|actor}}
| years_active       = 1948–2010
| spouse             = {{unbulleted list
| {{marriage|[[Debbie Reynolds]]|1955|1959|end=divorced}}
| {{marriage|[[Elizabeth Taylor]]|1959|1964|end=divorced}}
| {{marriage|[[Connie Stevens]]|1967|1969|end=divorced}}
| {{marriage|Terry Richard|1975|1976|end=divorced}}
| {{marriage|Betty Lin|1993|2001|end=died}}
}}
| children           = {{flatlist|
*[[Carrie Fisher|Carrie]]
*[[Todd Fisher|Todd]]
*[[Joely Fisher|Joely]]
*[[Tricia Leigh Fisher|Tricia Leigh]]
}}
| relatives          = {{flatlist|
*[[Billie Lourd]] (granddaughter)
}}
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| background = solo_singer
| genre          = [[Traditional pop]]
| label = {{flat list|
*[[RCA Victor Records|RCA Victor]]
*Ramrod
*[[Dot Records]]
}}
}}
| website            = 
}}

'''Edwin Jack Fisher''' (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. Popular during the 1950s, he sold millions of records and hosted his own TV show, ''[[The Eddie Fisher Show]]''.<ref>{{cite book| title=Joel Whitburn's Top 40 Pop Singles| edition=12th| first=Joel| last=Whitburn| publisher=Record Research| date=March 1, 2010| isbn=978-0-8982-0180-2}}</ref> Fisher had multiple high-profile marriages, including with [[Debbie Reynolds]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], and [[Connie Stevens]]. With Reynolds, he fathered [[Carrie Fisher]].

==Early life==
Fisher was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] on August 10, 1928, the fourth of seven children born to Gitte Kathrine "Kate" ({{née}} Minicker; {{circa}}1901–1991) and Joseph Fisher ({{né}} Tisch; 1900–1972), both [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] immigrants from the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8022014/Eddie-Fisher-former-husband-of-Elizabeth-Taylor-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8022014/Eddie-Fisher-former-husband-of-Elizabeth-Taylor-dies.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Eddie Fisher, former husband of Elizabeth Taylor, dies|date=September 24, 2010| work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| location=[[London]]| access-date=June 22, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', October 14, 1973, p. 36{{full citation needed|date=March 2020}}</ref><ref>"Pennsylvania, Eastern District Naturalization Indexes, 1795-1952," database with images, ''FamilySearch'' (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXF4-76P &nbsp;: 9 March 2018), Kathrine Or Gitte Tisch, 1943; citing Naturalization, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1248 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,412,474.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/24/eddie-fisher-obituary| title=Eddie Fisher obituary| access-date=June 22, 2018| date=September 24, 2010| last=Freedland| first=Michael| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1648615/eddie-fisher-singer-and-ex-of-elizabeth-taylor-dies/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412053230/http://www.mtv.com/news/1648615/eddie-fisher-singer-and-ex-of-elizabeth-taylor-dies/| url-status=dead| archive-date=April 12, 2015| title=Eddie Fisher, Singer And Ex Of Elizabeth Taylor, Dies| last=Kaufman| first=Gil| date=September 24, 2010| work=[[MTV News]]| access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/991015/fisher.shtml| title='Jewish Sinatra' tells all| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121120210958/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/991015/fisher.shtml| archive-date=2012-11-20| first=Kathy Shana| last=Shocket| date=October 15, 1999| newspaper=[[Jewish News of Greater Phoenix]]| url-status=dead}}</ref> His father's surname was originally Tisch, but was changed to Fisher by the time of the 1940 census.<ref name=BeenThere>{{cite book |last1=Fisher |first1=Eddie |last2=Fisher |first2=David |title=Been There, Done That |date=September 1999 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-1-5311-9694-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/beentheredonetha00fish/page/3 3] |url=https://archive.org/details/beentheredonetha00fish/page/3 |url-access=registration}}</ref> To his family, Fisher was always called "Sonny Boy", a nickname derived from the [[Sonny Boy (song)|song of the same name]] in [[Al Jolson]]'s film ''[[The Singing Fool]]'' (1928).<ref>''Been There, Done That'', p. 2.</ref> His siblings were Sidney, Nettie, Miriam, Janet, Alvin, and Eileen. Kate and Joseph divorced when Fisher was an adult, after 33 years of marriage, and Kate married Max Stupp.

Fisher attended Thomas Junior High School,<ref name=Been11>''Been There, Done That'', p. 11.</ref> [[South Philadelphia High School]],{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and [[Simon Gratz High School]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} It was known at an early age that he had talent as a [[vocalist]], and he started singing in numerous amateur contests, which he usually won. He made his radio debut on [[WFIL]],<ref name="Been11" /> a local Philadelphia radio station. He also performed on ''[[Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts]]'', a popular [[radio programming|radio]] show that later moved to television. Because he became a local star, Fisher dropped out of high school in the middle of his senior year to pursue his career.<ref>''Been There, Done That'', p. 14.</ref>

==Career==
By 1946, Fisher was crooning with the bands of [[Buddy Morrow]] and [[Charlie Ventura]]. He was heard in 1949 by [[Eddie Cantor]] at [[Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel]] in the [[Borscht Belt]]. Cantor's so-called discovery of Fisher was later described as a totally contrived, "manipulated" arrangement by Milton Blackstone, Grossinger's publicity director.<ref name=Kanfer>{{cite book| last=Kanfer| first=Stefan| title=A summer world: the attempt to build a Jewish Eden in the Catskills from the days of the ghetto to the rise and decline of the Borscht Belt| year=1989| publisher=Farrar, Straus & Giroux| location=New York| isbn=978-0-3742-7180-0| pages=205–209| edition=1st}}</ref> After performing on Cantor's radio show he was an instant hit and gained nationwide exposure. He then signed a recording contract with [[RCA Victor]] and became their best selling pop artist.<ref name=2d/>

Fisher was drafted into the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in 1951, sent to [[Fort Hood]], [[Texas]], for basic training, and served a year in [[Korea]]. From 1952 to 1953, he was the official vocal soloist for the [[United States Army Band]] (Pershing's Own) and a tenor section member in the United States Army Band Chorus (an element of Pershing's Own) assigned at [[Fort Myer]] in the [[Washington, D.C.]] Military District. During his active duty period, he also made occasional guest television appearances, in uniform, introduced as "PFC Eddie Fisher". After his discharge, he began to sing in top nightclubs and had a variety [[television]] series, ''[[Coke Time with Eddie Fisher]]'' on [[NBC]] (1953–1957). Fisher also appeared on ''[[The Perry Como Show]]'', ''Club Oasis'', ''The Martha Raye Show'', ''[[The Gisele MacKenzie Show]]'', ''The [[Chesterfield Supper Club]]'' and ''[[The George Gobel Show]]'', and starred in another series, ''[[The Eddie Fisher Show]]'' ([[NBC]]) (1957–1959, alternating with Gobel's series).

Fisher's good looks and strong, melodious tenor voice made him a [[teen idol]] and one of the most popular singers of the early 1950s. He had 17 songs in the Top 10 on the music charts between 1950 and 1956 and 35 in the Top 40. In 1953, "[[Anytime (1921 song)|Any Time]]" became his first record to sell a million copies, followed soon after by "[[I'm Walking Behind You]]".<ref name=2d>{{cite magazine|title=Fisher Gets 2d Gold Platter for 'Walking'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 26, 1953|page=1|url=https://archive.org/details/variety191-1953-08/page/n194/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=March 12, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> In 1957 he signed a then record $1 million deal with the newly opened [[Tropicana Las Vegas]] to appear there a minimum of 4 weeks a year for 5 years.<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| title=$1,000,000 to Fisher Las Vegas' Top Deal| page=1| date=February 27, 1957| url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety205-1957-02#page/n232/mode/1up| via=[[Archive.org]]| access-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref>

In his memoir "My Life, My Loves", Fisher recounted turning down a Copacabana engagement later accepted by a young tenor named Bill Shirley, whose successful debut he witnessed from backstage. Fisher recalled Monte Proser telling him, “That could have been you,” a moment he described with lingering regret.<ref>"My Life, My Loves", pg. 37</ref> In 1954, following growing media attention on Shirley’s relationship with Debbie Reynolds, Fisher reentered Reynolds’ life with the support of his public relations team. His sudden proposal at the Cocoanut Grove shifted public attention and led to Reynolds’ engagement, effectively ending her relationship with Shirley. While Fisher did not reference Shirley directly, the timing and tone of his memoir suggest a desire to reassert presence both personally and professionally

In 1956, Fisher costarred with then-wife [[Debbie Reynolds]] in the [[musical comedy]] ''[[Bundle of Joy]]''. He played a dramatic role in the [[1960 in film|1960]] drama ''[[Butterfield 8]]'' with second wife [[Elizabeth Taylor]]. His best friend was showman and producer [[Mike Todd]], who died in a plane crash in 1958. Fisher's affair, divorce from Reynolds, and subsequent marriage to Taylor, Todd's widow, caused a show business scandal. Due to the unfavorable publicity surrounding the affair and divorce, NBC canceled Fisher's television series in March 1959.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news| last1=Grimes| first1=William| title=Eddie Fisher, Pop Singer, Dies at 82| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/arts/25fisher.html?_r=0| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=September 24, 2010}}</ref>

Beginning in fall 1959, Fisher established two scholarships at [[Brandeis University]], one for classical and one for popular music, in the name of Eddie Cantor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jta.org/1958/12/01/archive/schottland-to-head-social-welfare-school-at-brandeis-university |website=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |title=Schottland to Head Social Welfare School at Brandeis University |date=December 1, 1958 |access-date=May 10, 2016}}</ref>

In 1960, RCA Victor dropped him and he briefly recorded on his own label, Ramrod Records. He later recorded for [[Dot Records]]. During this time, he had the first commercial recording of "Sunrise, Sunset" from ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''. This technically counts as the biggest standard Fisher can claim credit for introducing, although it is rarely associated with him. He also recorded the albums ''Eddie Fisher Today'' and ''Young and Foolish'' (both 1965). The Dot contract was not successful in record sales terms, and he returned to RCA Victor and had a minor single hit in 1966 with the song "[[Games That Lovers Play (song)|Games That Lovers Play]]" with [[Nelson Riddle]], which became the title of his best-selling album.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |author=Colin Larkin |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0857125958 |page=2004-IA38 |url=https://www.google.lt/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music/_NNmFiUnSmUC?hl=lt&gbpv=1&dq=After+All+(Eddie+Fisher+album)&pg=PA2004-IA38 |access-date=2025-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701000000/https://www.google.lt/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music/_NNmFiUnSmUC?hl=lt&gbpv=1&dq=After+All+(Eddie+Fisher+album)&pg=PA2004-IA38 |archive-date=2024-07-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> When Fisher was at the height of his popularity, in the mid-1950s, singles, rather than albums, were the primary medium for issuing recordings. His last album for RCA Victor was an [[Al Jolson]] tribute, ''You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet'', released in 1968.<ref name="AllMusicYA">{{cite web |last=Bush |first=John |title=You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet! – Eddie Fisher |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-aint-heard-nothin-yet%21-mw0000976281 |website=AllMusic |publisher=Netaktion LLC |access-date=22 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622172058/https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-aint-heard-nothin-yet%21-mw0000976281 |archive-date=22 June 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Later career ===
In 1983 he attempted a comeback tour but this was not a success. Eddie Fisher's last released album was recorded around 1984 on the Bainbridge record label. Fisher tried to stop the album from being released, but it turned up as ''[[After All (Eddie Fisher album)|After All]]''. The album was produced by William J. O'Malley and arranged by Angelo DiPippo. DiPippo, a world-renowned arranger, worked with Eddie countless hours to better his vocals, but it became futile. Fisher's final recordings (never released) were made in 1995 with the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]]. According to arranger-conductor Vincent Falcone, writing in his 2005 autobiography, ''Frankly: Just Between Us'', these tracks were "the best singing of his life". Fisher performed in top concert halls all over the United States and headlined in major [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] showrooms. He headlined at the [[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace Theater]] in New York City, as well as London's [[London Palladium|Palladium]]. In the culmination of his return to the concert stage in 1962, Fisher headlined a five-week Broadway show at Winter Garden, calling it a dream of his since his youth to perform in the venue Al Jolson had made famous.

Fisher created interest as a pop culture icon. [[Betty Johnson]]'s "I Want Eddie Fisher For Christmas", containing references to a number of hit songs, reached No. 28 in the Music Vendor national survey during an 11-week chart run in late 1954.

Fisher has two stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]: one for recording, at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for television, at 1724 Vine Street.

==Personal life==
[[File:Reynolds - Fisher - 1955.jpg|upright=.8|thumb|Debbie Reynolds and Fisher at their wedding, 1955]]

Fisher had five marriages and four children:
*[[Debbie Reynolds]] (September 26, 1955 – May 12, 1959; divorced)
**[[Carrie Fisher]]
**[[Todd Fisher]]
*[[Elizabeth Taylor]] (May 12, 1959 – March 5, 1964; divorced)
*[[Connie Stevens]] (February 9, 1967 – June 12, 1969; divorced)
**[[Joely Fisher]]
**[[Tricia Leigh Fisher]]
*Terry Richard (October 29, 1975 – April 1, 1976; divorced)
*Betty Lin (July 14, 1993 – April 15, 2001; her death)

In 1981, Fisher wrote an [[autobiography]], ''Eddie: My Life, My Loves'' ({{ISBN|978-0-0601-4907-9}}). He wrote another autobiography in 1999 titled ''Been There, Done That'' ({{ISBN|978-1-5311-9694-3}}). The latter book devotes little space to Fisher's singing career, but recycled the material of his first book and added many new sexual details that were too strong to publish before. Upon the book's publication, his daughter Carrie declared: "I'm thinking of having my DNA fumigated."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://lfpress.com/2016/12/27/carrie-fisher-struggled-with-depression-addiction| title=Carrie Fisher struggled with depression, addiction| newspaper=[[The London Free Press]]| first=Jim| last=Slotek| date=December 27, 2016| access-date=January 31, 2021}}</ref>

While performing at The Tropicana Hotel in 1957, Fisher had numerous affairs with women, which contributed to his turbulent marriage to Debbie Reynolds. One of his notable affairs was with model [[Pat Sheehan (model)|Pat Sheehan]]. They eventually parted ways after Fisher refused to divorce Reynolds. He would divorce Reynolds two years later and marry Elizabeth Taylor.

When she was interviewed, Debbie Reynolds said that she could understand being dumped "for the world's most beautiful woman", referring to Taylor, who was previously a close friend. Taylor and Reynolds later resumed their friendship and mocked Fisher in a [[TV movie]] written by Carrie Fisher, ''[[These Old Broads]]'', in which their characters ridiculed the ex-husband they shared, named "Freddie Hunter".<ref>{{cite news| last1=Keck| first1=William| title=Scandal's History for 'These Old Broads'| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-12-ca-24245-story.html| access-date=October 1, 2015| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date=February 12, 2001}}</ref>

In his memoirs, Fisher admitted to addictions to drugs and gambling, which aggravated his career problems.<ref name=NYT/> He wrote that his addiction to drugs began in 1953 with the so-called "vitamin" shots administered by the notorious "Dr. Feelgood", [[Max Jacobson]], shots that contained methamphetamine. Fisher said he eventually kicked his drug addiction in 1990 after undergoing rehabilitation at the [[Betty Ford Clinic]]. In his autobiography, ''Been There, Done That'', Fisher also claimed that following his separation from Taylor, he had numerous affairs with such women as [[Ann-Margret]], [[Juliet Prowse]], [[Stefanie Powers]], [[Sue Lyon]], [[Edie Adams]], [[Judith Campbell]], [[Mia Farrow]], and [[Michelle Phillips]].<ref>Soares, Emily (October 4, 1999). "[http://www.cnn.com/books/news/9910/04/eddie.fisher Eddie's tale: 'Been There, Done That']". ''CNN''.</ref> Phillips categorically denied Fisher's claim that they had an affair.<ref>Hoffmann, Bill (September 29, 1999). "[https://nypost.com/1999/09/29/crazy-eddie-never-bedded-memichelle CRAZY EDDIE NEVER BEDDED ME:MICHELLE]". ''New York Post''.</ref>

Fisher supported [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in the [[1964 United States presidential election]].<ref>[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]], October 1, 1964</ref>

==Death==

Fisher fell and broke his hip on September 9, 2010, and died 13 days later on September 22, 2010, at his home in [[Berkeley, California]], from complications from hip surgery, at the age of 82.<ref name=NYT/>

==Discography==
{{main|Eddie Fisher discography}}

===Hit songs===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! width="400" rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="4"|Chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name="Four">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitb/page/20/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Top pop singles, 1940-1955 |date=1973 |publisher=Menomonee Falls, Wis. : Record Research |others=The Archive of Contemporary Music |pages=20–21}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/244/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201551 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisc. |pages=244}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnsbub0000whit/page/58/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981 |date=1982 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=978-0-8982-0047-8 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis |pages=58}}</ref>
! width="40"| [[Cashbox (magazine)|CB]]<br /><ref name=":02222">{{Cite book |last=Downey |first=Pat |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxpopsingle00down/page/120/mode/2up |title=Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993 |date=1994 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=1-56308-316-7 |location=Englewood, Colo. |pages=120–121}}</ref>
! width="40"| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US<br>AC]]<br /><ref>{{cite book |title=Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=93 |isbn=978-0-8982-0149-9}}</ref>
! width="40"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first=David| last=Roberts| year=2006| title=British Hit Singles & Albums| edition=19th| publisher=Guinness World Records Limited| location=London| isbn=978-1-9049-9410-7| page=201}}</ref>
|-
| 1948
| align="left"| "[[You Can't Be True, Dear]]" <small>(with Marlin Sisters)</small>
| 19
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1950
| align="left"| "[[Thinking of You (1927 song)|Thinking of You]]"
| 5
| 3
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1951
| align="left"| "Bring Back the Thrill"
| 14
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Unless"
| 17
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)|I'll Hold You in My Heart]]"
| 18
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Turn Back the Hands of Time"
| 8
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Anytime (1921 song)|Any Time]]"
| 2
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="15"| 1952
| align="left"| "[[Tell Me Why (1951 song)|Tell Me Why]]"
| 4
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Trust in Me (1937 song)|Trust in Me]]"
| 25
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Forgive Me"
| 7
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "That's the Chance You Take"
| 10
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[I'm Yours (1952 song)|I'm Yours]]"
| 3
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)|Just a Little Lovin']]"
| 20
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Maybe (Allan Flynn and Frank Madden song)|Maybe]]" <small>(with Perry Como)</small>
| 3
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Watermelon Weather" <small>(with Perry Como)</small>
| 19
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "I Remember When"
| 29
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| [[Wish You Were Here (1952 song)|"Wish You Were Here"]]
| 1
| 2
| —
| 8
|-
| align="left"| "The Hand of Fate"
| 24
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Lady of Spain]]"
| 6
| 6
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Outside of Heaven]]"
| 8
| 13
| —
| 1
|-
| align="left"| "[[Everything I Have Is Yours (song)|Everything I Have Is Yours]]"
| 23
| 38
| —
| 8
|-
| align="left"| "Christmas Day"
| 22
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="10"| 1953
| align="left"| "You're All I Want for Christmas"
| 22
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Even Now"
| 7
| 9
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Downhearted"
| 5
| 16
| —
| 3
|-
| align="left"| "How Do You Speak to an Angel?"
| 14
| 25
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[I'm Walking Behind You]]"
| 1
| 1
| —
| 1
|-
| align="left"| "Just Another Polka"
| 24
| 18
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[With These Hands (song)|With These Hands]]"
| 7
| 8
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Many Times"
| 4
| 8
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Just to Be with You"
| 18
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[O mein Papa|Oh! My Pa-Pa]]"
| 1
| 1
| —
| 9
|-
| rowspan="10"| 1954
| align="left"| "A Girl, a Girl"
| 6
| 6
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Anema e core (1950 song)|Anema E Core]]"
| 14
| 12
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Green Years"
| 8
| 13
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "My Friend"
| 15
| 12
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[The Little Shoemaker]]" <small>(with Hugo Winterhalter)</small>
| 9
| 2
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "The Magic Tango" <small>(with Hugo Winterhalter)</small>
| 22
| 27
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Heaven Was Never Like This"
| 21
| 27
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[I Need You Now (1954 song)|I Need You Now]]"
| 1
| 1
| —
| 13
|-
| align="left"| "[[Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)]]"
| 5
| 7
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Fanny"
| 29
| 18
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="11"| 1955
| align="left"| "A Man Chases a Girl"
| 16
| 16
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Just One More Time"
| —
| 27
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Take My Love"
| —
| 36
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells"
| 20
| 13
| —
| 5
|-
| align="left"| "Heart"
| 6
| 12
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Song of the Dreamer"
| 11
| 10
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Don't Stay Away Too Long"
| —
| 41
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Magic Fingers"
| 52
| 33
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "I Wanna Go Where You Go"
| 75
| 26
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Dungaree Doll]]"
| 7
| 7
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Everybody's Got a Home but Me"
| 20
| 34
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="6"| 1956
| align="left"| "Without You"
| 41
| 28
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "No Other One"
| 65
| 29
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[On the Street Where You Live]]"
| 18
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Sweet Heartaches"
| 42
| 35
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "O My Maria"
| 80
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Cindy, Oh Cindy]]"
| 10
| 9
| —
| 5
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1957
| align="left"| "Some Day Soon"
| 94
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Tonight My Heart Will Be Crying"
| 96
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Sunshine Girl"
| 94
| —
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "That's the Way It Goes"
| —
| 55
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "Sayonara"
| —
| 56
| —
| —
|-
| 1958
| align="left"| "What's the Use of Cryin'"
| —
| 43
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1961
| align="left"| "[[Tonight (1956 song)|Tonight]]"
| 44
| 109
| 12
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Milk and Honey (musical)|Milk and Honey]]"
| —
| 104
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Milk and Honey (musical)|Shalom]]"
| —
| 105
| —
| —
|-
| 1962
| align="left"| "[[Arrivederci Roma]]"
| 112
| 142
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1965
| align="left"| "[[Sunrise, Sunset]]"
| 119
| 119
| 22
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Young and Foolish]]"
| —
| —
| 25
| —
|-
| 1966
| align="left"| "[[Games That Lovers Play (song)|Games That Lovers Play]]"
| 45
| 41
| 2
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1967
| align="left"| "[[People Like You (single)|People Like You]]"
| 97
| 74
| 4
| —
|-
| align="left"| "[[Now I Know (1967 song)|Now I Know]]"
| 131
| 135
| 23
| —
|-
|}

===Studio albums===
*''[[Eddie Fisher Sings]]'' (10-inch album) ([[RCA Victor]] 1952)
*''[[I'm in the Mood for Love (Eddie Fisher album)|I'm in the Mood for Love]]'' (RCA Victor 1952/55)
*''[[Christmas with Eddie Fisher]]'' (10-inch album) (RCA Victor 1952)
*''Eddie Fisher Sings Irving Berlin Favorites'' (10-inch album) (RCA Victor 1954)
*''May I Sing to You?'' (RCA Victor 1954/55)
*''[[I Love You (Eddie Fisher album)|I Love You]]'' (RCA Victor 1955)
*''Eddie Fisher Sings Academy Award Winning Songs'' (RCA Victor 1955)
*''Bundle of Joy'' (film soundtrack) (RCA Victor 1956)
*''As Long as There's Music'' (RCA Victor 1958)
*''Scent of Mystery'' (film soundtrack) (Ramrod 1960)
*''[[Eddie Fisher at the Winter Garden]]'' (Ramrod 1963)
*''[[Eddie Fisher Today!]]'' (Dot 1965)
*''When I Was Young'' (Dot 1965) (re-recordings of his RCA Victor hits)
*''[[Mary Christmas (album)|Mary Christmas]]'' (Dot 1965)
*''[[Games That Lovers Play (album)|Games That Lovers Play]]'' (RCA Victor 1966)
*''[[People Like You]]'' (RCA Victor 1967)
*''[[You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet]]'' (RCA Victor 1968)
*''[[After All (Eddie Fisher album)|After All]]'' (Bainbridge Records 1984)

===Compilations===
*''Thinking of You'' (RCA Victor 1957)
* ''Heart!'' ([[RCA Camden]] 1958)
*''Eddie Fisher's Greatest Hits'' (RCA Victor 1962)
* ''Bring Back the Thrill'' (RCA Camden 1963)
* ''The Best of Eddie Fisher'' (RCA Victor 1965, reissue of 1962 "Greatest Hits" LP) 
* ''This is Eddie Fisher'' (RCA Victor 1972)
* '' Eddie Fisher's Greatest Hits'' (RCA 1975, reissue of 1962 LP)
*''The Very Best of Eddie Fisher'' (MCA 1988)
*''All Time Greatest Hits Vol.1'' (RCA 1989)
*''Eddie Fisher – Greatest Hits'' (RCA 2001)

==Books==
*Fisher, Eddie (1981). ''Eddie: My Life, My Loves''. HarperCollins. {{ISBN|0-425-05656-2}}.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/eddiemylifemylov00fish/page/n5/mode/2up |isbn=978-0-425-05656-1 |title=Eddie : My life, my loves |date=1982 |last1=Fisher |first1=Eddie |publisher=Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated }}</ref>
*Fisher, Eddie; Fisher, David (1999).''Been There, Done That''. {{ISBN|978-1-5311-9694-3}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*{{IMDb name|279472|Eddie Fisher}}
*{{IBDB name}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604150117/http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/efisher.html Thinking Of You: Eddie Fisher] on The Interlude Era site
*[https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/09/24/arts/music/AP-US-Obit-Eddie-Fisher.html?hp Obituary], ''The New York Times''
*[http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/49271/eddie-fisher-life-and-times Eddie Fisher: Life and Times] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926015708/http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/49271/eddie-fisher-life-and-times |date=September 26, 2010 }} – slideshow by ''[[Life magazine]]''
*{{Discogs artist}}

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