Gale Garnett

Gale Zo Garnett is a New Zealandborn Canadian singer best known in the United States for her Grammywinning folk hit Well Sing in the Sunshine. Garnett has since carved out a career as a writer and actress.

Garnett was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved to Canada with her family when she was 11. She made her public singing debut in 1960, while at the same time pursuing an acting career making guest appearances on television shows such as 77 Sunset Strip. She made her New York nightclub debut in 1963 and was signed by RCA Records that same year. In the fall of 1964, Garnett scored a number four pop hit with her original composition Well Sing in the Sunshine , and recorded her debut album, My Kind of Folk Songs, for RCA Victor. Riding the success of Well Sing in the Sunshine, which won a 1965 Grammy for Best Folk Recording, sold over one million copies thus gaining gold disc status, Garnett continued to record through the rest of the 1960s with her backing band the Gentle Reign. Her followup to Well Sing in the Sunshine, Lovin Place, was her only other single to chart in America. Garnett appeared twice on ABCs Shindig! and The Lloyd Thaxton Show at the height of her singing fame in t

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