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| | Dark Moon: The Best of Gale Storm | | | Music Artist : | | Gale Storm | | Music Style : | | Traditional Vocal Pop | | Record Label : | | Varese Sarabande | | Release Date : | | 1994-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $9.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $9.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. I Hear You Knocking
2. Never Leave Me
3. Memories Are Made of This
4. Teenage Prayer
5. For Someone [#]
6. Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
7. Ivory Tower
8. Sweet Georgia Brown
9. Making Believe [#]
10. Now Is the Hour [Maori Farewell Song]
11. Oh, Lonely Crowd
12. On Treasure Island
13. Tell Me Why
14. If I Had You
15. Lucky Lips
16. Dark Moon
17. High School Play [#]
18. Love by the Jukebox Light
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 ooh, what a songbird--BRAVO, GALE STORM !!!
Submitted on: 2009-06-30 |
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Gale Storm sang beautifully; she never let her fans down! This CD has quite a few songs all of which Gale handles as gracefully as a swan; and I love it. The quality of the sound is excellent and I love that artwork as well.
"I Hear You Knocking" begins the CD with Gale singing at her very best--what a terrific number this is! Gale delves deeply into this very special; and her voice is as clear as a bell. She never lets go of a single superfluous note, either; and that's grand. "I Hear You Knocking" is a strong opening number for this album. In addition, "Never Leave Me" has Gale Storm squarely front and center--which is quite all right by me! Gale sings this sweetly and I'm very impressed. The horn solo works wonders for this ballad, too. "Memories Are Made of This" gets a rather spirited arrangement and the backup singers enhance the tune--not that Gale really needed backup, but they do sound pretty good anyway.
"Teenage Prayer" is easy on the ear; Gale sings this faultlessly. I also like "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" has Gale singing perfectly--she handles complex key modulations like the pro she always was and always will remain! It shows her versatility as a songbird, too. "Ivory Tower" has a lovely musical arrangement to go with Gale's vocals; and listen for Gale to do a splendid job on "Sweet Georgia Brown." "Sweet Georgia Brown" gets a faster tempo that I'm used to hearing; but make no mistake about it--it all holds its own very well and that brass enhances the number quite a bit.
"Making Believe" is another stunner; this is certainly a major highlight of this CD. I think you'll like this especially if you haven't heard it sung by Gale Storm already. It's charming. "Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)" is poignant yet exquisite; I could never tire of hearing Gale Storm perform this song. "Oh, Lonely Crowd" is another fine Gale Storm number; and there's "On Treasure Island." "On Treasure Island" shines brighter than silver and gold combined when Gale Storm sings it--this music is all THAT good! I love that percussion, the drums--and the backup vocalists all work to make "On Treasure Island" truly special.
"If I Had You" is quite well done; Gale sings this to perfection--and beyond! Gale makes it all her own with her fine treatment of this classic ballad; her excellent diction enhances her performance all the more, too. "Lucky Lips" has an infectiously catchy upbeat tempo that I always enjoy hearing from Gale; and I also like "High School Play" with that 1950s flavor. The CD ends very well with Gale Storm performing "Love by the Jukebox Light." "Love by the Jukebox Light" couldn't have been done any better--BRAVO, GALE STORM!
Gale Storm will always be remembered as one of the best songbirds of the twentieth century; and albums like this prove that she had genius. I highly recommend this CD for her fans; and this is also a fine CD for people just discovering the incredible artistry of Gale Storm. |
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 My Little Margie Could Sing Too
Submitted on: 2007-09-30 |
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Josephine Cottle, born May 4, 1922 in Bloomington, Texas, relocated to Hollywood when she was 17 where she won "The Gateway to Hollywood Contest" held in 1940 at the CBS Radio Studio. First prize was a one-year contract with the Monogram movie studio, and throughout the 1940's and early 1950's she appeared in many films under her stage name Gale Storm. In 1952 she landed her own TV series, My Little Margie, which lasted to 1955, and from 1956 to 1962 hosted The Gale Storm Show.
In 1955 she landed a recording contract with Dot and, with the backing of the Billy Vaughn orchestra on all her ensuing hits, she chalked up 12 to 1957. And here you get all but one. And that one omission is one reason why I knocked off 3 stars, especially when tracks 5, 9 and 17 represent previously-unreleased recordings, 8 and 14 are from albums, and 11 and 18 were failed singles.
Her first was actually her best as her cover of the Smiley Lewis R&B hit, I Hear You Knockin', went to # 2 Billboard Pop Top 100/# 15 R&B in late 1955 b/w Never Leave Me, which is regarded as a Billboard "follow-along" hit. As the year drew to a close she had a cover of the Dean Martin hit, Memories Are Made Of This, commence its rise to # 5 Top 100 b/w Teen Age Prayer, a cover of a release by both Gloria Mann (# 19) and Kitty White (# 68), but despite being a B-side, Gale's finished higher at # 6 early in 1956.
The covers continued in March when her version of the Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers hit, Why Do Fools Fall In Love? topped out at # 9 Top 100 b/w I Walk Alone (not here). Both she and Otis Williams & His Charms then covered Cathy Carr's Ivory Tower, and both lost out to the Fraternity release as Cathy took her version to # 2 while Gale's settled in at # 6 early in the summer of 1956 b/w I Ain't Gonna Worry (not included here). The Otis Williams rendition made it to # 5 R&B and # 11 Top 100.
Still another cover, this time of The Crew Cuts' Tell Me Why, finished at # 52 Top 100 in July 1956 b/w Don't Be That Way (Please Listen To Me) which is also excluded. The Crew Cuts finished a bit higher at # 45, but a decade later Elvis Presley would top them both with a # 33 rendition. Later in 1956 she reached back to a 1948 hit for seven different artists, Now Is The Hour, and saw it peak at # 59 Top 100 b/w A Heart Without A Sweetheart, which made it to # 79 and is the hit excluded from this album.
Her last three hits came in 1957 as her version of the old Tommy Dorsey hit from 1938, On Treasure Island, stalled at # 74 in April b/w a cover of the Ruth Brown hit, Lucky Lips, which also struggled before settling at # 77. Then, later that April, one of two versions of Dark Moon released by Dot, started it's climb to # 4 Top 100 on Dot 15558 b/w A Little Too Late (not here), while on Dot 15550 they released the same tune by Bonnie Guitar after picking up her version from the small Fabor label. In the end, Gale's would win out, but not by much as Bonnie finished at # 6 Top 100 and also made it to the Country charts at # 14.
The six pages of liner notes by Todd Everett, written in July 1994, are interesting enough, and there are a few more nice photos of Gale, one with fellow Dot artist Pat Boone, along with album/45 rpm/poster reproductions. There is, however, no listing of the tracks in the insert, which makes the one on the reverse even more of a detriment since, being printed in dark purple over the hair portion of a background of her face, itself on dark orange, makes it nearly impossible to read. That, and the complete lack of uncharted B-sides in favour of obscure cuts. is why I knocked off an additional 2 stars.
Perhaps if Varese Sarabande is thinking of re-releasing this volume, they'll doctor it up accordingly. The sound quality is also not the best, at least not on my copy, especially as it relates to Dark Moon which sounds warped in several spots. |
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GREW UP WITH GALE AGE 5-6/ZENITH RADIO & "KASL" NEWCASTLE WY
Submitted on: 2004-10-27 |
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MY WONDERFUL AUNT RUTH GAVE ME A ZENITH RADIO (OLD LARGE NOSTALGIC WOODEN FLOOR MODEL) AND I KNOW LOTSA MUSIC FROM THE 40'S-50'S AND I AM APPROX 53.
SIRIUS.COM AND XMRADIO.COM SATELLITE RADIO HAVE BROUGHT WONDERFUL SINGERS FROM THE PAST BACK TO LIFE AND WE CAN REMEMBER WHO DID WHAT AND THE TITLES, AND THEN ORDER (WWW.GALESTORM.TV) OR (SALES@GALESTORM.TV) AS WELL AS AMAZON. THE CD AT AMAZ WAS ABOUT 69.00 AND I FOUND THE SAME CD AT GALES WEB SITE FOR APPROX 19.95 + S/H 4.95=APRX $24.00 TOTAL.
AS OF THIS DATE GALE STORM IS APPROX 82;-) WE ALL WISH HER WELL AND SEND OUR LOVE FOR THE GIFT OF MUSIC AND ALL SHE HAS AND CONTINUES TO GIVE US---THANKS GAIL + YOUR WONDERFUL FAMILY;-) YOU ARE APPRECIATED ! HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR "RECOVERY" AND THE OLD STIGMAS THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE MEANT A DAMN!
WARM AUTUMN REGARDS FROM WYOMING WHERE WE SHALL SOON HAVE GALE FORCE WINTER WINDS;-) |
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Nostalgia from Florida
Submitted on: 2001-12-20 |
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| This CD brings back so many great listening memories. I only wish that the re-release also contain the beautiful song ..."Down Mexico Way" Her interpretation of "Dark Moon" is absolutely unsurpassed. Please reissue it soon. |
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ONE OF THE BEST GIRL SINGERS!
Submitted on: 2001-06-13 |
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| GALE STORM IS THE VERY BEST THIS CD NEEDS TO BE RELEASED SO WE CAN ALL ENJOY HER MUSIC! |
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