Anita Kerr (born Anita Jean Grilli on October 31, 1927, in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer, composer and music producer. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing
Kerr's career peak was during the 1960s, a time when women in her field were rare. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Among her works were jingles for WLS-AM in Chicago, a trilogy of albums with poet Rod McKuen, titled The Sea, The Earth, and The Sky (each featuring the San Sebastian Strings), and choral music for the first season of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (directing her own group, The Anita Kerr Singers). A jingle is a memorable Slogan, set to an engaging Melody, mainly broadcast on Radio and sometimes on Television commercials. WLS is a Chicago Radio station. The call letters stand for W orld's L argest S tore (for its original owner Sears Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Rod McKuen (born April 29, 1933) is a bestselling American Poet, composer and singer instrumental in the revitalization of popular poetry that took place For the musical composition see Chorale. A choir, chorale, or chorus is a Musical ensemble of Singers The Smothers Brothers are an American music-and- Comedy team consisting of the brothers Tom ("Tommy" and Dick Smothers.
The Anita Kerr Singers also had a hit record called "Forever", released under the name The Little Dippers on the University record. Anita also recorded the #91 charting record Joey Baby (released as by Anita And Th' So-And-So's) by overdubbing her voice 4 times to create a group sound.
The Anita Kerr Singers also sang backup for some of Roy Orbison's biggest hits in the early 1960s, when he was recording for Monument Records in Nashville. Roy Kelton Orbison ( April 23 1936 &ndash December 6 1988) nicknamed "The Big O" was an influential Grammy Award -winning Monument Records was a Record label founded in 1958 by Fred Foster and Bob Moore. The group sang background vocals for Brenda Lee, Perry Como, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Bobby Vinton, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Bobby Bare, Floyd Cramer, Al Hirt and many more. Brenda Lee (born December 11, 1944) is an American country - pop Singer, who was popular during the 1950s and 1960s Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como ( May 18 1912 &ndash May 12 2001) was an Italian-American singer and television personality Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone (born June 1 1934) is an American Singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s Rosemary Clooney ( May 23, 1928 &ndash June 29, 2002) was an American Singer and actress whose warm radiant Bobby Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is an American Pop music singer Roy Kelton Orbison ( April 23 1936 &ndash December 6 1988) nicknamed "The Big O" was an influential Grammy Award -winning Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor. James Travis "Jim" Reeves ( August 20 1923 &ndash July 31 1964) was an American country and Pop singer Bobby Bare (born Robert Joseph Bare on April 7, 1935 in Ironton Ohio) is an American Country music singer and songwriter Floyd Cramer ( October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997) was an American Hall of Fame Pianist who was one of the architects Alois Maxwell Hirt (November 7 1922 – April 27 1999 was an American Trumpeter and Bandleader.
Anita Kerr was both composer and conductor of the Swiss entry "Piano, piano" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 4, 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Gothenburg ( Swedish:) /jœte'bɔrj/ is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden. She is one of the very few female conductors in the history of the contest. In 1998 Anita was credited as a co-author of the song "Drowned World/Substitute for Love", which appeared on Madonna's album Ray of Light. " Drowned World/Substitute for Love " is a pop song written by American singer Madonna, William Orbit, Rod McKuen Ray of Light is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on March 3 1998 by Maverick Records.
Bibliography
- Voices: With Complete Recorded Examples, (MCA Music, 1972)
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