Steve Leeds Tribute Concert to Tony Bennett
Sunday, Feb. 25 | 3 pm
$40
DINING OPTION:
For an additional $35, add a pre-show Champagne Sunday Brunch, presented by Trama Catering. Call Trama Catering and Events Office for the 12:30 pm ballroom seating reservation and meal payment: 219-836-1930, Ext. 2.
Like many great vocal talents, Steve Leeds started singing from an early age. At the age of 10 through 13, Steve performed on The Children’s Hour TV show that aired on ABC Saturday evenings, as well as Star Time, a popular NBC variety show. By the time he was in high school, he formed his own acapella group called Steve and the Valatones and often shared the same bill with performers such as Bobby Rydell. Steve also sang with a jazz trio, performing at various nightclubs and venues in and around Manhattan, and was a regular on WFAS broadcasting live on Saturday nights from Sergio’s in Hartsdale where Frank Sinatra made the occasional appearance. Eventually, Steve joined the Larry Elgart Orchestra and began performing around the U.S. and Canada. This included playing the famous Riverboat in the Empire State Building before being discovered by songwriter Cy Coleman when he was 23. New Yorkers who loved the Big Band Sound could find Steve at the Rainbow Room where he performed weekly at the world-famous night club on the 65th floor of the NBC (now GE) building in Rockefeller Center. The late, great Tony Bennett, who passed away last year, paid Steve the ultimate compliment after catching the show late one night at the Rainbow Room, praising: “We need singers [like you Steve] that can really sing the great standards.”