Gale Storm

Josephine Owaissa Cottle (born April 5, 1922), better known as Gale Storm, is an American actress/singer. Born in Bloomington, Texas, her father, William Walter Cottle, passed away when she was 13 months old and her mother, Minnie Corina Cottle, struggled to raise five children alone. Minnie took in sewing, then opened a millinery shop in McDade, Texas, which failed, and then moved to Houston. Josephine learned to be an accomplished skater and dancer, and in Junior High and High School she performed in the drama club. When she was a 17-year-old senior in high school, two of her teachers urged her to enter the Gateway to Hollywood Contest held at the CBS Radio Studio in Hollywood, California where first prize was a one-year contract with a movie studio. She won and was given the name "Gale Storm," while her performing partner, Lee Bonnell from South Bend, Indiana (whom she later married) became Terry Belmont.

Recordings

• I HEAR YOU KNOCKING/NEVER LEAVE ME
• Memories Are Made of This/TEENAGE PRAYER
• WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE/I WALK ALONE
• I AIN'T GONNA WORRY/Ivory Tower
• TELL ME WHY/DON'T BE THAT WAY
• NOW IS THE HOUR/A HEART WITHOUT A SWEETHEART
• MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU/ORANGE BLOSSOMS
• LUCKY LIPS/ON TREASURE ISLAND
• Dark Moon/A LITTLE TOO LATE
• ON MY MIND AGAIN/LOVE BY THE JUKEBOX LIGHT
• GO 'WAY FROM MY WINDOW/WINTER WARM
• I GET THAT FEELING/A FAREWELL TO ARMS
• YOU/ANGRY
• SOUTH OF THE BORDER/SOON I'LL WED MY LOVE
• OH LONELY CROWD/HAPPINESS LEFT YESTERDAY
• I NEED YOU SO/ON TREASURE ISLAND
• PLEASE HELP ME I'M FALLING/HE IS THERE