Gale Zoë Garnett (born 17 July 1942) is a New Zealand–born Canadian singer best known in the United States for her self-penned,

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We'll Sing in the Sunshine "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" is a 1964 hit song written and recorded by Gale Garnett which reached No. 2 in Canada, and No. 4 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for the week ending 17 October 1964. It also enjoyed success on easy listening a ...

". Garnett has since carved out a career as an author and actress.

Biography

Garnett was born in

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, 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 ''

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.'' She made her New York nightclub debut in 1963 at The Blue Angel Supper Club and was signed by

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that same year. In the fall of 1964, Garnett scored a number four pop hit, with her original composition "

" (also No. 1 on Billboard's

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singles chart for seven weeks and a Top 50 country hit), and recorded her debut album, ''My Kind of Folk Songs,'' for

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. Riding the success of "We'll Sing in the Sunshine", which won a 1965 Grammy for Best Folk Recording, sold over one million copies thus gaining

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status, Garnett continued to record through the rest of the 1960s with her backing band the Gentle Reign. Her follow-up to "We'll Sing in the Sunshine", "Lovin' Place", was her only other single to chart in America. She appeared twice on ABC's ''

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'' at the height of her singing fame in the mid 1960s. Garnett delivered a notable performance in the

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'' in the late 1960s, with the memorable tunes "Our Time to Shine" and "Never Was a Love Like Mine." At this period she had begun to be more influenced by the counterculture, and had embraced psychedelic themes to some extent. In the late 1960s she recorded two albums of psychedelic-inflected music with the Gentle Reign. In 1975, Garnett participated in an

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theater production of ''Starfollowers in an Ancient Land,'' written and directed by H. M. Koutoukas, at the

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in New York City's East Village. Garnett performed in the cast, and also co-wrote the music for the production with

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Later career

Although Garnett had retired from the music business by the 1980s, she continued occasionally appearing in feature films (including the 2002

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'') and on television shows, usually in supporting roles. In subsequent years, she branched out into journalism, writing essays, columns, and book reviews for various newspapers and magazines. She also wrote and performed two one-person theater pieces, ''Gale Garnett & Company'' and ''Life After Latex.'' Garnett also did the voice of the "Mother KOIT" liners for KOIT-FM (93.3 FM) in San Francisco in the mid to late 1960s during its progressive rock formatted era (1968–1970).

Books by Garnett

Garnett published her first novel, a romance titled ''Visible Amazement,'' in 1999. She followed with ''Transient Dancing'' (2003), the novella ''Room Tone'' (2007), and ''Savage Adoration'', her latest release (2009).

Discography

Albums

Track listings: * ''My Kind of Folk Songs'' (1964) ** Track listing: I Know You Rider / Take This Hammer / Oh Brandy Leave Me Alone / Malaika / Little Man, Nine Years Old / I Came To The City / Pretty Boy / Wanderin' / Prism Song / We'll Sing In The Sunshine / Sleep You Now / Fly Bird ** 1997 CD reissue additional tracks: Lovin' Place / St. James Infirmary / God Bless The Child / Excuse Me Mister / We'll Sing In The Sunshine (alternate version) * ''Lovin' Place'' (1965) ** Track listing: Lovin' Place / You Are My Sunshine / You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby / Where Do You Go To Go Away / Big Grey City / Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out / What-cha Gonna Do / I Used To Live Here / The Sunny Song / St. Louis Is A Long Way Away / Little Poppa / O Freedom * ''The Many Faces of Gale Garnett'' (1965) ** Track listing: Won't You Be My Lover / Excuse Me Mister / As Much As I Can / Marionette / Ain't Gonna Stay In Love Alone / God Bless The Child / Settle Down / The Question Song / Long Time Blues / Forget It / I Wish You Were Here / St. James Infirmary * ''Variety Is the Spice of Gale Garnett'' (1965) ** Track listing: Why Am I Standing At The Window / A Little Bit Of Rain / Has Anyone Here Seen Me? / Small Potatoes / The Same Game / Carrick Fergus / The Other Side Of This Life / Love Games / I'm Gonna Be Myself By Myself / If You Go Away Again / People Come And Go / Sometime You Gotta Let Somebody Down * Growing Pains, Growing Pleasures (1966) ** Track listing: Just Wait And See / It's Been A Lovely Summer / Little Something On The Side / Blue Prelude / Starting Anew / Put Your Hands Down / Morning Dew / Sun Must Shine / You've Got To Fall In Love Again / No Other Name / This Child / Nice Man * ''New Adventures'' (1966) ** Track listing: Oh There'll Be Laughter / Calm And Collected / Where Did You Go? / Angle Song / Scarlett Ribbons (For Her Hair) / That Was Me You Ran Over / So Long / Let The Lonely Go / Followin' The Rain / Back With Me / It Ain't Necessarily So * ''Gale Garnett Sings About Flying and Rainbows and Love and Other Groovy Things'' (1967) ** Track listing: I Make Him Fly / Don't Hurt Him / You're Gone Now / Just Wait And See / No Other Name / This Child / Over The Rainbow / Lie To Me Easy / You're Doing Me No Good / The Sun Is Gray / Look Who's Here / I Am Shining * ''An Audience with the King of Wands'' (1968; with The Gentle Reign) ** Track listing: Breaking Through / Fall In Love Again / Mini-Song #1: Ophelia Song / Ballad For F. Scott Fitzgerald / Big Sur / Mini-Song #2: Tropicana High / That's Not The Way / A Word Of Advice / Believe Me / Mini-Song #3: Lament For The Self-Sufficient / You Could Have Been Anyone / Bad News / Dolphins / Mini-Song #4: Tropicana Low * ''Sausalito Heliport'' (1969; with The Gentle Reign) ** Track listing: Freddy Mahoney / Peace Comes Slowly To The Trashing Fish / The Pretty Is Gone / This Year's Child / Berkeley Barb Want Ad / Deer In The City / Water Your Mind / My Mind's Own Morning / The Trip Note Song / Man In The Middle / Freely Speaking

Singles (partial list)

* "

" (1964) – US No. 4 Pop, No. 1 Adult Contemporary, No. 42 Country b/w "Prism Song" (RCA 8388) * "Lovin' Place" (1964) – US No. 54 Pop b/w "I Used To Live Here" (RCA 8472) * "I'll Cry Alone" (1965) b/w "Where Do You Go To Go Away" (RCA 8549) * "Why Am I Standing at the Window" (1965) b/w "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" (RCA 8668) * "You've Got To Fall in Love Again" / "It's Been A Lovely Summer" (1966) (RCA 8961) * "This Kind Of Love" / "Oh There'll Be Laughter" (1966) (RCA 8824) * "I Make Him Fly" / "The Sun Is Gray" (1966) (RCA 9020) * "Over The Rainbow" / "The Cats I Know" (1967) (RCA 9196) * "Malaika/Pretty Boy" (1970s) (RCA 40568)

Filmography

Movies

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'' (1963) (voice) as Princess Dala *''

'' (1967) (voice) as Francesca *''

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'' (1972) as Morgan, herbalist *''Happy Mother's Day, Love George'' (1973) as Yolanda *''

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'' (1980) as Hilary *'' The Children'' (1980) as Cathy Freemont *'' Overnight'' (1985) as Del *''

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'' (1990) as Mabel Ong *''

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'' (1993) as a Journalist *''

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'' (1997) as Eileen Janey *''

'' (2002) as Aunt Lexy (credited as Gale Zoë Garnett)

Television

*''Hong Kong'' as Miss Wong (1 episode, 1960) ** When Strangers Meet *'' Hawaiian Eye'' (2 episodes) ** White Pigeon Ticket (1960) as Joyce Gilbert ** The Trouble with Murder (1961) as Kiana Soong *''

'' (2 episodes) ** The Double Death of Benny Markham (1960) as China Mary ** Flight from Escondido (1962) as Velia *''

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'' (3 episodes) ** Pepino's Wedding as Maria ** Pepino's Inheritance as Angela ** The Auction as Angela *''

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'' as Maria Winters (1 episode, 1962) ** The Deserter *''

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'' as Ruth (1 episode, 1962) ** Winter Storm *''

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'' as Paca (1 episode, 1962) ** Death in a Village *'' Have Gun - Will Travel'' as Prudence Powers (1 episode, 1963) ** Debutante *''

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'' as Guest Vocalist (1 episode, 1964) ** Episode #14.8 *''Suspense'' (1 episode, 1964) ** I, Lloyd Benson *''

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'' as Safti (1 episode, 1967) ** The Trial by Fire Raid *'' Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist'' (1971) as Mrs. Donaldson *''

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'' as Elaine Kastos (1 episode, 1975) ** Night of the Piraeus *''

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'' as Carol (2 episodes, 1978) ** Carol's Arrival ** Double Standard *''

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'' as Madame Sybil (1 episode, 1980) ** Carnival of Fear *''

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'' as Renee (1 episode, 1983) ** She Shoots, He Scores *''

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'' as Lana Garbo (1 episode, 1985) ** Everyone a Rembrandt *'' The Park Is Mine'' (1986) (TV movie) as Rachel *''Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean'' (1990) (TV movie) as May *'' Friday the 13th: The Series'' as Dr. Sybil Oakwood (1 episode, 1990) ** The Tree of Life *''

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'' as Lady Lovene (1 episode, 1992) ** Two for the Show *''Janek: The Silent Betrayal'' (1994) (TV movie) as Ginette *'' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'' as Jo Emery (1 episode, 1995) ** The Return of Sing Ling *'' Wild Card'' as Oxsana Petrovich (1 episode, 2005) ** Russian Missus Gets No Kisses (credited as Gale Zoë Garnett)

Soundtrack

*''Penelope'' (1966) (music: "The Sun Is Gray")

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garnett, Gale 1942 births Living people Canadian television actresses Canadian women folk singers Canadian folk singers Canadian women novelists Grammy Award winners RCA Victor artists New Zealand emigrants to Canada People from Auckland 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers