Gale Storm - Ivory Tower

Gisele MacKenzie and Dorothy Collins spent a lot of weeks in the late 1950's singing this Gale Storm hit on "Your Hit Parade." After graduating from Hit Parade, Gisele moved from NYC to Cailornia, where she starred on her own TV show and had Gale Storm as a neighbor in Encino.

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Music

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• Gale
• Storm
• Ivory
• Tower

[TheBigwayner]

I have written two fan letters in my entire life. One was to the iconic Jean Arthur; the other, to Gale Storm when I was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. The reclusive Ms. Arthur, never replied; Ms. Storm did. During mail call, I was shocked to hear, "You have a letter from Gale Storm!" All were impressed. Along with the letter, she sent an autographed photo that picked up our office's morale. Not only was she talented and beautiful, she was a lovely human being. I will treasure her always.

[VideosTimes2]

Very nice story! It's great to hear about the good stars. At one time MS Storm lived in Encino, California, and was a neighbor of another gem, Gisele MacKenzie!

[waynebrasler]

Gale's particular talent is she could take literally any song and make it better than it was. People forget she covered Frankie Lyman's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" and had a big hit with it even though her trained soprano would certainly seem to have nothing to with r & b and rock. Her "Ivory Tower" covered the Cathy Carr single and sold almost as well.

[VideosTimes2]

It's also interesting that both Gale and Bonnie Guitar recorded and had hits with the song Dark Moon...and both were on Dot label.

[VideosTimes2]

I hadn't known that MS Storm had left us...I'm sad to hear that. She was once a close neighbor of another fine singer who left us, Miss Gisele MacKenzie.

[mkl62]

This hit by Gale Storm hit #6 on the Top 40 charts and finished at #61 for the year, 1956. On July 9, 1955, Bill Haley and His Comets hit #1 with Rock Around the Clock, signifying the start of the Rock Era. In April 1956, Elvis Presley hit #1 with Heartbreak Hotel, shooting this new sound into the stratosphere.

[mcfrdmn]

Lovely song!

[dungareedoll1]

I have always enjoyed Gale Storm on TV. She was also very successful as a singer. This is one of my favorite songs and Gale does a wondeful job on it. It is nice to read some nice things about her and how nice she was to everyone.

[pooky3961]

@TheBigwayner Great story!  I loved this song as a young boy in the 50s and always watched The Gale Storm Show.

[Taharah007]

@dekiser Mine too!!!

[gabrielle931]

Love it 100%

[pieceomeat]

Great story and it really shows what kind of woman she was. Thank you for sharing!

[waynebrasler]

Gale was that rare commodity, a successful and famous person in show business who remained sincere, kind, secure in faith and family and tackled her challenges with courage and without self-pity. As you can see here, she also was a great lip-syncher. Yes, it looks totally live, but it's not. Note at the start she has her lips set to move with the voice as it comes in and watching for a hand cue. She was good at it because she had a long history in film musicals.