 The Melody Girls, also formed in Sioux City, was made up of five or six pieces and was formed with some of the musicians from her first band.The band played all around the city, in all of the clubs, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Martin Hotel, where they played for two years and were broadcast every night on the local radio station KSCJ.When Gilbert's father died in November 1927, she decided she needed to start a career in the entertainment business in order to support her mother and grandmother.