Gisèle MacKenzie (January 10, 1927 - September 5, 2003) was a Canadian singer, most famous for her performances on the popular television program Your Hit Parade. is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Your Hit Parade was a popular United States music radio and television program. ...

She was born Gisèle Marie-Louise Marguerite LaFlèche in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and studied violin and voice at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Ontario. She had her own Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio program, Meet Giséle, before moving to Los Angeles, California in 1951. She became a naturalized US citizen in 1955. Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... The Royal Conservatory of The Hague (in Dutch: Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag) is a music school in The Hague (the Netherlands) with many foreign students. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

MacKenzie possessed a crystalline, resonant singing voice. She had perfect pitch. It has been said that she was the greatest female vocalist of her generation. She recorded albums and 45rpm singles on various record labels, most notably Capitol and RCA. Her biggest selling song was "Hard To Get" in 1955. In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... 45 is the natural number following 44 and followed by 46. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ... Hard to Get is a popular song. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...

MacKenzie was also an accomplished violinist and performed many comedic musical duets with mentor Jack Benny. She reported that Benny was so enthusiastic about his own violin playing that at each break in rehearsal he would get his violin and they'd play duets. In an often-played clip, she and Benny perform a violin duet of Getting To Know You, in which she breaks their synchronization several times to add some extra musical flourishes, to his mock irritation. Finally, he breaks in with a lengthy (and stereotypically mediocre) flourish of his own, and evokes audience laughter with mock indignation: "Fool around with me, sister!" Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois – December 26, 1974 in Beverly Hills, California), born Benjamin Kubelsky, was an American comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor. ... Getting to Know You is a science fiction short story by David Marusek, that was published in the March 1998 issue of Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine. ...

She sang frequently on early television shows such as The Jack Benny Program, and The Ed Sullivan Show. She appeared often at Las Vegas venues in her burgeoning career and in numerous concerts throughout her life. The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, was a radio-TV comedy series which ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century comedy. ... The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by former entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. ... Vegas redirects here. ... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2005 Kasia Kowalska concert in Warsaw A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. ...

In the United States, she appeared on radio on such stars' programs as Bob Crosby and Mario Lanza. She also hosted a radio show entitled Airtime. Bob Crosby (August 23, 1913 - March 9, 1993) was an American bandleader and singer. ... Mario Lanza as Giuseppe Verdis Otello. ...

In 1952 and 1953 she toured with Jack Benny, who recommended her for Your Hit Parade. During her tenure on Your Hit Parade the song "Hard to Get" became one of the chart hits. MacKenzie appeared on the show for several years, finally leaving in 1957 to head her own short-lived variety program, The Giséle MacKenzie Show. She returned to television in 1963, appearing as a regular on The Sid Caesar Show. Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In later years MacKenzie performed widely in musical theater in such shows as Mame, Gypsy, The Sound of Music, and Hello, Dolly!. She turned to acting in the 1990s, making guest appearances on episodic television. Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... MAME is an emulator application designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software, with the intent of preserving gaming history and preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten. ... Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... For other uses, see The Sound of Music (disambiguation). ... Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilders 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

MacKenzie has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. She died from colon cancer, aged 76, in 2003. Her daughter is contemporary jazz artist Gigi Mackenzie. Buskers perform on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Diagram of the stomach, colon, and rectum Colorectal cancer includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gigi MacKenzie is a jazz artist, daughter of the famous singer Gisele MacKenzie. ...

External links

• Gisele in the Canadian Encyclopedia
• IMDb