1. Anita Jean Kerr was an American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer.
18 Facts About Anita Kerr
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Anita Kerr recorded and performed with her vocal harmony groups in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Europe.
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In 1956, Anita Kerr's singers won a contest on the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts national television program.
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The Anita Kerr Singers signed with RCA Victor in 1961.
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Under her RCA contract, Anita Kerr arranged and produced a series of albums for The Living Voices on the RCA Camden budget label.
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In 1964, together with Chet Atkins, Bobby Bare and Jim Reeves, the Anita Kerr Singers toured Europe.
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Anita Kerr hired some lawyers to get her out of her contract with RCA's Nashville division, got a contract with Warner Bros.
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The Anita Kerr Singers won another Grammy Award for their recording of A Man and a Woman, released as a single on Warner Bros.
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In early 1967, Anita Kerr signed on as choral director for the first season of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
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Anita Kerr conducted the choir and orchestra during the sessions for It's Real, a 1967 Capitol LP by singer Dale Evans.
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The Anita Kerr Singers recorded a pair of Dot Christmas-music LPs.
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Anita Kerr's recording sessions held in London, she launched the Anita Kerr Singers anew with UK talent: Anne Simmons, Ken Barrie, and Danny Street.
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That same year, Anita Kerr wrote original music and lyrics for the Ampex album A Christmas Story, and she felt privileged to conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra during the recording sessions.
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That same year, the Anita Kerr Singers recorded two LPs for Philips and Kerr scored and conducted original music for the motion picture soundtrack to Limbo, a drama starring Kate Jackson.
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In 1974, Anita Kerr began a five-year professional relationship with Word Records.
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Anita Kerr received Grammy nominations twice for her Word inspirational recordings.
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In 1985, Anita Kerr conducted her own composition of Piano, Piano as the Swiss entry for the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest in Goteborg, Sweden.
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Anita Kerr died in Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland on October 10,2022, three days short of her 95th birthday.