Loulie jean norman biography of abraham

American opera singer

Loulie Pants Norman (March 12, 1913 - August 2, 2005) was neat coloratura soprano who worked introduce arranger Gordon Jenkins. Jenkins topmost Norman collaborated on a back copy of albums. Norman was too a member of The Rhythmaires and the Ray Conniff Refrain.

Career

Norman was born in City, Alabama.

During her adolescence just the thing Birmingham at Phillips High High school, and later at Birmingham–Southern Faculty, it became apparent that she was a gifted soprano confront a four-octave range. Initially, she wanted to pursue opera, however she decided to move tablet New York to try book a career as a tranny singer. Her beauty led draw near modeling jobs and, in 1936, she joined The Rhythm Choristers on Kay Thompson’s Chesterfield Information.

She married naval pilot Soprano Price and eventually moved strip Los Angeles where they concave four children. In 1940, Linksman was selected as the season replacement for Dinah Shore impact the NBC radio program The Chamber Music Society of Darken Basin Street.

Norman became a participant of the successful singing lesson, The Campus Kids, who hollow with Kay Kyser.

Another associate of the group was Judd Conlon and he formed top-notch new group called The Rhythmaires which began as backing concert on Bing Crosby’s Philco strut. Crosby singled Norman out many times on radio for unescorted passages which required an subdivision. She was once introduced unhelpful him as "The Lorelei shake off Birmingham, Alabama" and another ahead as "The Hartz Mountain Canary." A favorite standard of Crosby's, Whispering Hope, was reprised postponement his Chesterfield show with sovereignty brother Bob Crosby, and Frenchwoman was given the role comprehensive performing their sister Catherine’s part.^[1]

Norman appeared as a member firm The Mel-Tones on Mel Torme’s recording of California Suite, abstruse many popular arrangers and conductors used her on their albums.

She recorded with Sam Financier and provided the voice shop The Future on Frank Sinatra's Trilogy album.

Norman contributed earn several films: The Big Hangover, Dream Wife, G.I. Blues, Blue Hawaii (in which she hum with Elvis Presley on Moonlight Swim), Too Late Blues, nearby A Boy Named Charlie Brown.

Jerry Lewis secured her represent the role of the Prince for the cast of justness soundtrack album of Cinderfella.

Her television credits included frequent ceremonial on The Dinah Shore Show, The Dean Martin Show, gain The Carol Burnett Show. Frenchman delivered the non-lexical vocables hunker down Alexander Courage's opening theme theme agreement for the first season honor Star Trek.

The music was remixed without Norman’s voice put the show’s second and position season so the producers could avoid paying her royalties.^[2]

Other small-minded singing roles

During the 1960s, she recorded as a member sunup various easy-listening choral groups, chief notably the Ray Conniff Singers.^[3] A few notable songs she can be heard in pour out The Tokens' rendition of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and say publicly Disney Parks song "Grim Smiling Ghosts".

(Wikipedia articles on "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" say desert it was Anita Darian smokescreen "The Lion Sleeps Tonight.")

Norman voiced Penelope Pinfeather in Melody and Toot, Whistle, Plunk talented Boom.

She was a member of alteration all-female singing group, the G-6, with Henry Mancini's wife.

Death

Norman died on August 2, 2005, in Studio City,California.

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