Gisele Mackenzie - 'My Favourite Song'

The mellifluous voice of the late Gisele Mackenzie - known as 'Canada's First Lady of Song'.

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.
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 Gisèle, before moving to Los Angeles, California in 1951. She became a naturalized US citizen in 1955.
MacKenzie possessed a crystalline, resonant singing voice. She had perfect pitch. It has been said that she was one of the greatest female vocalists 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.

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Music

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• Pop
• Ballad
• Dance
• Gisele
• Mackenzie

[CarlDuke]

Great posting. Do you have The Star You Wished Upon Last  Night and Hard to Get by her?

[trooper7h]

CarlDuke,

thank you for your interest and comment.

I have both those tracks in my collection and as Gisele is one of my top five favourite lady singers it will give me great pleasure to answer your request ...

However,

I am at the moment on holiday in Australia and will not be back at my own computer until the 10th of March...[I am using my son's PC at the moment]

Regards,

trooper7h.

PS. I also have Gisele's duet with Helen O'Connell "Water Can't Quench the Fire of Love"

[CarlDuke]

I appreciate your kind offer. Hope your vacation is enjoyable. I just spent 6 hours shoveling snow today, I wish I were in Australia as well.

[sturdle]

Helen O'Connel did a duet with Her called Water Can't quench the fire of love, can remember borrowing it on a 78 from someone who lived near me in the 1950's would like to hear that again...

[glummdelclitch]

So easy going, soothing and melodious, you find yourself sitting back and closing your eyes. Dear old Dad used to love this gal in the fifties.He probably thought she was really Italian....