Gloria Wood was an American singer and voice actress.
12 Facts About Gloria Wood
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Shortly after leaving high school in 1941, Gloria joined Donna in The Horace Heidt Band.
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Gloria Wood became the lead singer for Kyser on occasion and enjoyed several hits.
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Gloria Wood became a member of The Rhythmaires vocal group which worked with Bing Crosby for nearly ten years.
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Gloria Wood can be heard on Crosby's 1950 recording and subsequent air checks of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," where she supplies the voice of Rudolph.
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Gloria Wood's recording of "The Woody Woodpecker Song" with Kyser's orchestra sold more than 4 million copies.
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Gloria Wood had an extensive film career as a ghost singer, her earliest venture in this field being in Diamond Horseshoe.
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Gloria Wood appears in Gaby singing "Where or When," and sang for one of the twins in The Parent Trap, Ladyfish in The Incredible Mr Limpet and Lucille Ball's young nephew in Mame.
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Gloria Wood recorded more than 2,500 singing commercials both on radio and television.
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On television, Gloria Wood supplied voices for The Bugs and Daffy Show and That's Warner Bros.
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Gloria Wood married in 1955, and it was around this time that she joined The Johnny Mann Singers.
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Gloria Wood died on March 4,1995, from complications of diabetes.