Gale garnett biography
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Gale Garnett
New Zealand-born Canadian singer (born )
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| Birth name | Gale Zoë Garnett |
| Born | () 17 July (age&#;82) Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | –s |
| Labels | RCA Victor |
Musical artist
Gale Zoë Garnett (born 17 July )[1] is a New Zealand-born Canadian singer best known in the United States for her self-penned, Grammy-winning folkhit "We'll Sing in the Sunshine". Garnett has since carved out a career as an author and actress.
Biography
[edit]Garnett was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved to Canada with her family when she was [1] She made her public singing debut in , while at the same time pursuing an acting career, making guest appearances on television shows such as 77 Sunset Strip.[1]
She made her New York nightclub debut in at The Blue Angel Supper Club[2] and was signed by RCA Victor Records that same year.[3] In the fa
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The daughter of a carnival worker father, Gale Garnett was born in New Zealand but moved with her family to the United Kingdom, then to Canada at the age of
Her father died when she was 12, and at 14 she ran away to New York City to pursue an acting career. There she attended the High School of Performing Arts and appeared in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. After moving to Los Angeles in the early s, Garnett landed guest roles on such popular TV shows as Bonanza and 77 Sunset Strip, as well as a voiceover part in the hit film The Pink Panther ().
Garnett put her acting career on hold in after a singing engagement at a New York nightclub resulted in a recording contract with RCA.
Shortly afterwards, she wrote and recorded the hit song We&#;ll Sing In The Sunshine.
In Garnett left her folk roots behind, embarking on a whole new direction and recruiting The Gentle Reign to back her timely foray into the world of psych-rock.
Two offbeat and largely forgotten late
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Garnett was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved to Canada with her family when she was She made her public singing debut in , while at the same time pursuing an acting career, making guest appearances on television shows such as 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, and Bonanza.
She wrote songs as a hobby and made her New York nightclub debut in at The Blue Angel Supper Club and was signed by RCA Victor Records that same year. In , her debut album, "My Kind Of Folk Songs" spawned the single "We'll Sing In The Sunshine". The song went to Billboard's #5 position and later earned a Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording.
It sold over one million copies thus gaining gold disc status. Garnett continued to record through the rest of the s with her backing band the Gentle Reign. Her follow-up to "We'll Sing in the Sunshine", "Lovin' Place", which peaked at #54, was her only other single to chart in America. She appeared twice on ABC's Shindig! and The Lloyd Thaxton Show at th