Gale Garnett, born Gale Zoë Garnett on July 17, 1942, in Auckland, New Zealand, was a singer who moved to Canada at age 11. She began her public singing career in 1960 and made her New York nightclub debut in 1963 at The Blue Angel Supper Club, leading to a signing with RCA Victor Records. Garnett's breakthrough came with the release of "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" in 1964, which reached number 4 on the pop charts and topped Billboard's Adult Contemporary singles chart for seven weeks. This self-penned composition won a Grammy for Best Folk Recording in 1965 and sold over one million copies. Garnett continued to record through the rest of the 1960s with her backing band, The Gentle Reign, releasing albums such as My Kind Of Folk Songs (1964) and Lovin' Place (1965), with the title track "Lovin' Place" charting in America. Garnett appeared on television shows like ABC's Shindig! and delivered a notable performance in the Rankin-Bass feature Mad Monster Party? She later branched out into journalism and authored several novels, including Visible Amazement (1999) and Transient Dancing (2003).
