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21. Feb. 2010 · The beautiful and gifted Gayle Caldwell performs "Cycles", her Grammy nominated, timeless composition. It has been recorded countless times, most famously by Frank SInatra. A rare video moment...
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About Gayle. At nineteen Gayle Caldwell wore a black-lace gown to sing in Carnegie Hall with the Roger Wagner Chorale. Then went on to play tambourine and sing her lil` heart out as an original member of the famed New Christy Minstrels, recording six albums with the group which received a Grammy Award. "With the Christies," she remembers, "I ...
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Gayle Caldwell (20 February 1941 - 14 April 2009) was an American musician. Born Judith Gayle Geddes in Eugene, Oregon, she was married to Dick Ziker and Russ Caldwell.
In the fall of 1962, following a tip from a friend, Gayle was hired to be a featured soloist in an “off-Broadway” musical comedy revue at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles. One night, after the show, a man from the audience by the name of Sid Garris came into the dressing room and asked her to audition for his group, The New Christy Minstrels. She'd not heard of them.
In spite of their promising success, one of the women in the group had left abruptly, eager to get back to solo work. Sid was in urgent need of a suitable replacement. To Gayle, it was a welcome opportunity; in fact, the prospect of a weekly paycheck seemed like a godsend.
Gayle fit well into the Christy team and her talents brought much to the group's sound. Even when she was not featured in a step out solo (every Minstrel was given time in the spotlight), her sound was apparent in the blend, and her clear, liquid soprano was used often to great effect in accent parts. Within the group, she and Jackie Miller, the other woman in the group, developed a tight, distinctive blend as a duo and, on stage, they looked great together. The group's career continued its amazing trajectory and, within a few months, Gayle had attracted her own loyal following among the group's burgeoning audience of fans.
At the end of the first season of The Andy Williams Show, Randy Sparks and his partners decided not to return for a second year; instead, they opted to put the group on the more lucrative concert trail. In 1963, they recorded four albums; among them were Ramblin' (which earned a gold record and has become a pop folk classic) and – perhaps their most beloved release – Merry Christmas!, which showcased Gayle beautifully on several songs. By the close of the year, they were full-fledged stars.
When the Christies embarked on the concert trail, the business managers had told Gayle in no uncertain terms to keep the fact that she had a daughter a secret. The public would judge her too young to have a child, and she must not do anything that would jeopardize the group's squeaky clean image – or she’d be fired on the spot. On top of that, her relationship with Russ was falling apart.
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Connelly was replaced by vocalist Gayle Caldwell. In early December, the group appeared at the Cocoanut Grove with comedian George Gobel and then at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl with singer/comedian Allan Sherman. Sherman released the performance on the album My Son, the Celebrity in 1963.
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Gayle Caldwell was one of the original singers of The New Christy Minstrels, a folk music supergroup founded by Randy Sparks in 1961. She left the group in 1963 and pursued a solo career, releasing several albums and singles, including "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight".
30. Apr. 2009 · Gayle Caldwell was a versatile singer, composer and performer who worked with the Christy Minstrels, Frank Sinatra and others. She moved to Fort Bragg in 1991 and shared her musical talents with the community until her death in 2009.
