Gilda Gray
I couldn't resist sending this song along given it is partly about Wisconsin winters. This song is a Lou and Peter Berryman song, Wisconsin singers and songwriters. The song is about a local Wisconsin girl named Marianna from Cudahy, WI (near Milwaukee) who her friends believed she has gone to Illinois and was the dancer known as Gilda Gray. And that she was the dancer that did`the "Shimmy". I have added several pictures that do show actual photos of Gilda Gray who was a Polish American dancer and actress who popularized the dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable around the roaring 1920s. Born in 1901 she passed away in 1959. Her real name was Marianna Michalska. If you haven't heard Lou and Peter Berryman you might like to listen to their fascinating and funny songs. They also have an interesting history but you can check that your self or ask almost any Wisconsinite about them.
I couldn't resist sending this song along given it is partly about Wisconsin winters. This song is a Lou and Peter Berryman song, Wisconsin singers and songwriters. The song is about a local Wisconsin girl named Marianna from Cudahy, WI (near Milwaukee) who her friends believed she has gone to Illinois and was the dancer known as Gilda Gray. And that she was the dancer that did`the "Shimmy". I have added several pictures that do show actual photos of Gilda Gray who was a Polish American dancer and actress who popularized the dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable around the roaring 1920s. Born in 1901 she passed away in 1959. Her real name was Marianna Michalska. If you haven't heard Lou and Peter Berryman you might like to listen to their fascinating and funny songs. They also have an interesting history but you can check that your self or ask almost any Wisconsinite about them.