Blog: Geezer Music Club

I would imagine that most of us remember comedian George Gobel, even though he died over two decades ago. Often introduced as 'Lonesome' George Gobel, he was a fixture on TV for many years beginning in the early 1950s. He even hosted his own show for a while, and later appeared in movies and on stage. But what you might not know is that he began his career as a child star, a country music singer often billed as Little Georgie Gobel or 'The Littlest Cowboy". The Chicago native began life as George Leslie Goebel (he [...]