Background
He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Gage joined National Broadcasting Company"s Hollywood announcing staff in 1937. Later that year, he became the announcer for the Olsen and Johnson radio program On May 20, 1940, Blue Network Varieties was launched on the National Broadcasting Company Pacific Blue network.
Gage was the singing announcer of the five-day-a-week half-hour program
That same year, he and Mary Jane Barnes were "featured singers" on Remember This Song?, a weekly program also on National Broadcasting Company Pacific Blue. In September 1941, he joined the Bob Hope Show, replacing Bill Goodwin as announcer.
He served as announcer and vocalist for Maxwell House Coffee Time, a musical summer replacement program in 1946. In 1947, he was a regular on Meredith Willson"s Ford Showroom, serving as singer and announcer.
He also played Doctor Crenshaw on the Joan Davis Show.
In 1948, he was the announcer for the Danny Thomas Show. On November 19, 1954, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Records released an album, Foreign Sentimental Reasons by Gage and Williams. During World World War II, Gage was a sergeant in the United States. Army Air Force.
He worked with the American Advertising Federation"s band on Soldiers With Wings on Columbia Broadcasting System radio.