Val Rosing

Rosing sang on the original BBC recording of "Teddy Bears' Picnic"[2] as well as "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room".

During March 1960, Russell performed in Tonight at the Opera starring Kathryn Grayson at the Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix, Arizona.

[3] Russell sang the final scenes from Faust with Jean Cook, to an audience that included then first lady Mamie Eisenhower.

In the 1960s, Gilbert Russell worked as one of Hollywood's top vocal coaches, with students that included Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, June Lockhart and Tina Louise.

Gilbert Russell (Val Rosing) died of colon cancer in 1969 at the age of 59 and is buried at Eden Cemetery in Los Angeles.