She produced over 2,500 music albums including 15 RIAA Certified Gold Records and hits by Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Al Hirt, Henry Mancini, and Roger Whittaker, among many others.
Gabriel began her employment at RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey while still in school to help pay tuition and living expenses.
[5] When Gus Gabriel was hospitalized, Frank Sinatra sent autographed photos to all of the nurses to make sure he got the best care.
[6] Gabriel previously resided in the Poconos region of Pennsylvania in a home she designed herself[3] before moving to Rochester, New York to be closer to family, as she had no children.
[8] In 1940, a relative helped Gabriel gain employment at the RCA Victor plant in Camden, New Jersey.
She learned a lot about hit records, having had to listen to so many different styles and types of music.
Gabriel suspected that her boss, who was not in favor of women in the record industry, put her in charge of the moribund Camden label as a way to possibly force her out of RCA Victor.
[3] Gabriel was transferred from Camden, New Jersey to New York City to work for RCA Victor's educational and international record department.
The tune topped the charts for 10 weeks in 1955 and helped fire the Mambo craze in the United States.
[15] Gabriel served as the A&R representative for several popular RCA Victor recording artists such as Perry Como, Cleo Laine, and Roger Whittaker.
Gabriel also produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Henry Mancini, Harry Belafonte, Perez Prado, The Ames Brothers, Eddie Fisher, Jaye P. Morgan, Hugo Winterhalter, Henri René, The Three Suns, Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops Orchestra, Peter Nero, Neil Sedaka, Paul Anka, Norma Jean, The Limeliters, Wilf "Montana Slim" Carter, Lana Cantrell, John Gary and several others, achieving top record sales for several of these artists.
[16] During the 1970s, Gabriel was the producer of the popular RCA Pure Gold and A Legendary Performer reissue series of albums.
In 1984, Gabriel gave her entire RCA retirement ($251,485.92) to a friend, former United States Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson, to form a new recording company.
Having lost her entire life's savings, Gabriel's memorabilia from her career with RCA Victor was put up for auction in Pennsylvania in 2007.