Effective period / Period of releases: 1954 - 1958

Born: March 22, 1940 . In 1954, he was recording for the Emerald Recording company with the LMC trio out of Indianapolis. George D. Hay was publisher of Pickin' and Singin' News out of Nashville back in 1954 and featured Gayle in a small feature. In the summer of 1954, appeared several times at the Shady Acres Ranch that was located near Mulberry, Indiana with Curly Myers and the Ranch Boys. He also appeared in front of the audiences at Bill Monroe's Brown County Jamboree in Bean Blossom, Indiana. His first television appearance was on August 14, 1954 as a guest on Shorty Sheehan's "Hillbilly Heaven" show that was popular on WISH-TV in Indianapolis. He later appeared on Uncle Bob Hardy's show, the "Hayloft Frolic" on August 26, 1954 over in Bloomington, Indiana.