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Early life

Born in Bloomington, Texas; her father, William Walter Cottle died when she was 13 months old, and her mother, Minnie Corina Cottle, struggled to raise five children alone. Bloomington is a census-designated place located in Victoria County, Texas. ...

Minnie took in sewing, then opened a millinery shop in nearby McDade, which failed, and then moved the family to Houston. Nickname: Space City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Incorporated June 5, 1837  - Mayor Bill White Area    - City  601. ...

Josephine learned to be an accomplished skater and dancer, and in Junior High and High School she performed in the drama club. When she was a 17-year-old senior in high school, two of her teachers urged her to enter the Gateway to Hollywood Contest held at the CBS Radio Studio in Hollywood, California where first prize was a one-year contract with a movie studio. She won and was given the name "Gale Storm," while her performing partner, Lee Bonnell from South Bend, Indiana (whom she later married) became Terry Belmont. CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County St. ...

Career Rise

After winning, she went on to become an American icon of the 1950s, performing in more than thirty-five motion pictures and starring in two highly successful television shows.

From 1952 to 1955, My Little Margie, co-starring former silent film actor Charles Farrell and originally a summer replacement for I Love Lucy, ran for 126 episodes and was immediately followed by The Gale Storm Show (aka Oh! Susanna), featuring another silent movie staple, ZaSu Pitts, that ran for 143 episodes between 1956 and 1960. Both programs later became local television station staples, shown countless times in reruns. My Little Margie is a situation comedy that seesawed between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955. ... Charles Farrell (August 9, 1901 - May 6, 1990) was a notable American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s and later a television actor. ... I Love Lucy, a CBS television sitcom that aired in the 1950s, was the most popular American sitcom of its generation and is still considered by viewers and experts alike to be one of the greatest television series of all time. ... The Gale Storm Show was a sitcom co-produced by ITC Entertainment and Hal Roach Studios. ... Zazu Pitts (1894-1963) sporting her famous bob hairstyle ZaSu Pitts (January 3, 1894 (?) – June 7, 1963) was a United States movie actress. ...

In Gallatin, Tennessee, a 10-year-old girl, Linda Wood, was watching Gale Storm on a Sunday night television comedy show hosted by Gordon MacRae in 1954, singing one of the popular songs of the day. Linda's father, hearing the singing, asked Linda who was singing and was told it was Gale Storm from My Little Margie. Gallatin is a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. ... Albert Gordon MacRae (born 12 March 1921 in East Orange, New Jersey, – died 24 January 1986 in Lincoln, Nebraska) was an American actor and singer, best known for his appearances in musical films of the 1950s. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Linda's father was Randy Wood, president of Dot Records, and he liked the sound so well that he called to sign Gale Storm before the end of the television show. Her first record, "I Hear You Knockin'" (a cover version of a rhythm and blues hit by Smiley Lewis, in turn based on the old Buddy Bolden standard "The Bucket's Got A Hole In It") sold over a million copies. Dot Records was a American record label which was active between 1950 and 1977. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Rhythm and blues (aka R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences — first performed by African American artists. ... Smiley Lewis (July 5, 1913 – October 7, 1966) was a Rhythm and blues musician. ... Buddy Bolden Charles Buddy Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was a cornetist and the first New Orleans jazz musician to come to prominence. ...

It was followed in 1957 by the haunting ballad of lost love, "Dark Moon" that went to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. In her career, Gale Storm had several top ten songs, headlined in Las Vegas, and appeared in numerous stage plays. Dark Moon is the name of a 1957 hit song written by Ned Miller. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...

In 1981, she published her autobiography, I Ain't Down Yet, which described, among other things, her battle with alcoholism. More recently, she was interviewed by author David C. Tucker for The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms, published in 2007 by McFarland and Company. Cover of An autobiography, from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write, is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ...

Gale Storm has four Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Radio, Music,Television and Motion Pictures. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...

Recordings

Singles

• 1956: I Hear You Knocking/Never Leave Me (Dot 15412) (#2)
• 1956: Memories Are Made of This/Teenage Prayer (Dot 15436)
• 1956: Why Do Fools Fall in Love/I Walk Alone (Dot 15448)
• 1956: I Ain't Gonna Worry/Ivory Tower (Dot 15458) (#6)
• 1956: Tell Me Why/Don't Be That Way (Dot 15474)
• 1956: Now Is The Hour/A Heart Without A Sweetheart (Dot 15492)
• 1956: My Heart Belongs To You/Orange Blossoms (Dot 15515)
• 1957: Lucky Lips/On Treasure Island (Dot 15539)
• 1957: Dark Moon/A Little Too Late (Dot 15558) (#4)
• 1957: On My Mind Again/Love By The Jukebox Light (Dot 15606)
• 1957: Go 'Way From My Window/Winter Warm (Dot 15666)
• 1957: I Get That Feeling/A Farewell To Arms (Dot 15691)
• 1957: You/Angry (Dot 15734)
• 1957: South Of The Border/Soon I'll Wed My Love (Dot 15783 )
• 1958: Oh Lonely Crowd/Happiness Left Yesterday (Dot 15861)
• 1958: I Need You So/On Treasure Island (Dot 16057)
• 1958: Please Help Me I'm Falling/He Is There (Dot 16111)

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External links

• Gale Storm at the Internet Movie Database
• Gale Storm at All Music Guide
• Official Gale Storm web site
• The Gale Storm Appreciation Society site
• John Beal's site devoted to Gale Storm
• Bio on "Films of the Golden Age"
• Another Gale Storm site
• The Women Who Made Television Funny