Grave of singer Gayle McCormick
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- I talk about the very interesting life of Gayle McCormick, who grew up in the St. Louis suburbs and rose to fame as a member of the short-lived music group Smith. She sang lead on their biggest hit song, "Baby It's You" (penned by Burt Bacharach), which hit #5 on the Billboard charts. Gayle would also have a short-lived solo music career before distancing herself from the spotlight and moving back to St. Louis. Learn more about her story in this video!
She is buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery in St. Ann, Missouri, next to her mother.
Gayle had a tremendous voice!! Smiths rendition of Baby it's You was FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥 with Gayle on lead and the accomplishment of the band members. Her solo It's a Crying Shame was great. Also a beautiful woman. RIP Gayle.
I was 15 in '69 and I was given a 45 of Baby it's You. I wore out the needle on my little RCA record player listening to that song and Gayle was a huge teenage crush of mine. Ahh those were the days. Thanks for this video.
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WITH A FANTASIC VOICE...TALENTED MUSICIANS...GREAT BAND...
I love her. She was a great singer and artist.
Gayle had a fantastic voice.
A happy birthday to you this day Nov. 26,2023.we will always cherish you and your sweet voice.
Oh my! She was my favorite and only lived a few miles from me!!! Things you find out in the internet!
Sorry to be that guy! Did you go to h.s. with her?
@@HistoricallyMarked no, just saw her around town
Remembering Gayle McCormick today.. What a fiery & soulful Voice!! March 1 2016
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She absolutely belted out that song. My favorite top 40 song from 1969!
I have always loved her . I have her 45 vinyl I use to play a thousand times . Thank you for sharing this . Thank you from Texas .
I was 10 years old back in 69,,i remember watching the group Smith on the Ed Sullivan show,,good singer too...RIP Gayle,,you had a beautiful voice..❤❤❤
With a face to match.
Thank you, jason. I remember when "it's a crying shame came out." I was 11 years old and in the 6th grade. I'll never forget the memories attached to that song. It should have been much higher up on the charts. Definitely top 20. I still listen to it quite often. Update: I couldn't even find it listed in my Billboard top 40 hits book. But the internet says it was top 10 on the A/C charts!! Definitely deserved it.
She was a very good singer and very pretty.Her record of Baby It's You is the definitive rendition to me.May she rest in peace.
Thank you for the video and history of Gayle. She was a beautiful woman with a voice that matched. I still have the song "Baby It's You'" in my playlist. That song never gets old.
When i saw that album cover i was blown away, it looked like my kind of music,it was the 80s so i grabbed it, little did i know what a surprise lay insde!!!!now one of my fave albums of all time,wow Gayle McCormick❤.
THANKYOU FOR YOUR VOICE I HAD LONG TIME LOOKING FOR THE SONG FOUND IT THANKYOU MEMORIES
I'm British and had never heard of Gayle until a couple of years ago. It is so typical that I discovered her a few years after she passed. I now shout her praises wherever I can. A voice that's got Janis Joplin, Dusty Springfield and Tina Turner all in one package. With the Internet and youtube, at least some of her videos have now reappeared, just a shame she's not here to find so many compliments and new fans she now has. Thanks for the interesting video .
This is all hearsay but a local guy named Beatle Bob (R.I.P.) told me he once sent printed out copies of RUclips comments on her songs to Gayle and of course she was very surprised and happy. But yes I agree that I hope she knew her fanbase was growing again during her last years. Thanks for the comment and for watching!
She was really good, I had all her albums. Thanks for this.
That's awesome! Thanks for watching
Thankyou Jason, A Very Very well done for remembering Gayle
Appreciate it Bob!
Thinks the trip down memory lane. I have not thought of Gail in years. But for some reason today she popped into my mind. Of course I Googled her and found out she died of cancer 7 years ago. I met her years after she was out of the music industry while working at Sears in Northwest Plaza, we were co-workers. I was thinking of looking her up since I moved back to St Louis recently. I was sad to hear of her death. And the death of her mother who she lived with during the time I worked with her.
That's great that you got to work with Gayle and her mom! I'm sure it was interesting chatting with her, especially performing at places all around STL
Smith was a GREAT hard rock band of the late '60s and their two albums stand with anything that was done at the time, including The Beatles. Their lack of greater success beyond the "one hit wonder" of Baby, It's You is really puzzling.
Being a songwriter, musician and vocalist myself. Playing 3 different instruments and started playing at 11-and-a-half-years-old, I can't believe that I never heard the song "Baby It's You" or even ever heard of Ms. Gail before until several years ago. And that was because of the movie Death Proof. I originally watched it because Kurt Russell was in it. Then when he was in that bar, the song Baby It's You came on and I was like: "That's a good song! Who is that?" But I never tried to find out until quite a few years later and when I saw her on youtube for the first time, I fell in love with her like everybody else who saw her for the first time did. lol However, by the time I finally looked her up and saw the video for the song, she had already passed away about 3 years before. Great vocals and very beautiful. Would have loved to have gotten to meet her. R.I.P. Thanks for sharing this. Also, I like the music riff you're using at the beginning of your video. I don't who it is, but it sounds really good.
Thanks for watching and thank you for the kind words and story. The song at the beginning is just something I found in the RUclips free music library. It is titled "American Idle"
Thank you for sharing! Greetings from Brazil!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this! I have a trip to Topeka and Kanas City coming up next month. I'm going to make it a point to take a day and travel to St. Ann to visit and pay my respects.
Sounds good. The cemetery is just off Lindbergh on St. Charles Rock Road. It is behind the Alexander White Mullen funeral home
Thanks for this
Thanks for sharing, I'm a huge fan.
My husband's grandparents are also buried there. We went yesterday and while there I tried to find Gayle's resting place.
It was actually challenging to find it, especially in that section. Took me about 20 minutes
@@HistoricallyMarked my grandparents in laws are near one of the lanes and I can see a very large building. I almost went to the office to ask where Miss Gayle is buried, but I didn't. Could you kind of give directions or tell me of an object close to her.
Thanks Jason.
Thank you for watching!
Gayle cantava com a alma!
Que descanse em paz! ❤🇧🇷
Greetings from Argentina!!!! She was amazing!!! Great voice!!!!! An underrated singer!!!! R.I.P
You should've interspersed the video with clips of her songs. I bought her solo LP on Dunhill & it had a lot of great stuff. It didn't matter that the label stopped in '75 because she only recorded for them in '71, then made an album with Decca in '72 & Fantasy in '74. Thank for the video. Sad to see her grave.
You're absolutely right - I wanted to include video clips of her songs especially the one she did with the Klassmen at Forest Park. Unfortunately I'm still using low budget editing software that keeps me from doing that 😕. Sounds like you were around during that time. Thanks for watching and for the corrections!
Gayle was a wonderful vocalist.
She worked at Circuit City(Rock Rd) & Macy's(Jamestown Mall)too according to Beatle Bob.She played Ike Turner's Club Imperial alternating 45 min sets w/ Tina Turner early in her career...So cool!
Very interesting stuff, this is all new to me. Speaking of Beatle Bob, wish I can do a video on him but I found out he was cremated. Thanks for watching and for the information!
Gayle. Always in my heart.
Good job!
Thanks 👍
To Jason : I worked side by side with Gail at sears, I can ad some to your story.
That's interesting you got to work alongside Gayle at Sears. I'm sure she was a sweetheart that didn't like to talk about her past (at least I can imagine how she was)
I think this is SO WILD. She was a performer and worked at Sears. This is SO COOL. 💘
I was 14 when I saw the Klassmen at chain of rocks pool party
I've seen a couple pictures from Jonnie King's collection of Gayle at COR park. Happy times it seemed. It seems like your generation had the most fun! I mean, watching bands from the pool sounds awesome!
RIP Gail McCormick to me in a lot of other people I know your voice was priceless I still Don't understand why you did not do more interviews or any interviews God bless you from Indiana USA I still think you had the voice Grace slick Janice Joplin
Gayle worked at Circuit City selling TV's.
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Del Shannon got them their record deal with Dunhill as he discovered her/them at the Ragdoll club in LA. Del produced the arrangement for Baby Its You in his living room. I have his gold record for Baby It’s You as the producer although he was robbed of the credit. Gayle and Del had an on and off again affair. When Dels first wife divorced Del she told me she always hoped Del and Gayle would hook up because she knew they both always loved each other. She tore up the songs she covered.
A lot of interesting stuff there that I did not know. I'm sure Gayle's friend (Jonnie, who I mentioned in the video) wanted to leave out the juicy stuff about her out of her story. But again, it's very interesting
By the way, I hope to one day visit the large historical marker about Del Shannon in his Michigan hometown sometime. I'll be sure to do an ep on it if I do!
Oops , Gayle !
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Did Gayle have any children?
Nope, it has never been said at least. Her only closest surviving family member is her brother, that I know of
Not the best RUclipsr by no means, too much talking, could have just shown the grave and made the video in less than half the time
Uhh thanks for watching. Just so you know I'm not the only one who does this kind of format when it comes to grave videos. I thought Gayle's interesting story was worth sharing. Have a good one
I think it was great! Very informative. I love taking the stroll with you to her resting place, and listening to her story. Great job!
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