Adele Girard's father, Leon, was a violinist who conducted and played in the pit orchestra for silent movies at the Bijou Theater in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

At age fourteen, she was given harp lessons by Alice Mikus, a family friend who played in the Springfield Broadcasting Symphony.

[citation needed] In 1946, Marsala found a job at ABC as a studio musician while Girard worked for NBC.

Although Marsala was unhappy with the work, he wrote the song "Don't Cry Joe" which became a hit when it was recorded by Frank Sinatra.

He helped organize the album Warm and Sentimental by clarinetist Bobby Gordon on which Girard recorded.

[1] Back in Chicago, Girard drifted out of music and spent her time restoring furniture, drawing, painting, and ice skating.

She and Marsala performed publicly for the last time in 1970 during a two-week residency at Donte's in North Hollywood, where visiting sidemen included Shelly Manne, Dick Cary, Neil Hefti, and Leonard Feather.