Loulie jean norman biography

Loulie Jean Norman was.
Loulie Jean Norman (March 12, 1913 - August 2, 2005) was a coloratura soprano who worked with arranger Gordon Jenkins.
Loulie Jean Norman was a coloratura soprano who worked with arranger Gordon Jenkins.

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Loulie Jean Norman Loulie Jean Norman (1913-2005) was a studio actress and vocalist whose background roles contributed greatly to many film and television productions from the 1940s to the 1960s and enhanced the performances of other actors. Having a remarkable vocal range, she was best known for singing the theme to the original Star Trek television series and for being the singing voice of Clara in the film version of Porgy and Bess. During her long career, she performed as a back-up singer for such major acts as Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, Ray Charles, Dean Martin, Frankie Lane, Bing Crosby, Sam Cooke, and Elvis Presley and made regular appearances on the Dean Martin Show, the Carol Burnett Show, and the Dinah Shore Show. Although Norman was much in demand during her many decades in the entertainment industry, she never became a major Hollywood name or sought fame for herself, preferring a more private life centered on her family and friends.

Norman was born on March 12, 1913, in Birmingham, Jefferson County, the daughter of Edward and Rebecca Norman; she had three

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Loulie Jean Norman

Nationality

American

Spouse

Norman Henry Price (?-?; his death)

Children

Patricia
Pamela
Priscilla
Norman, Jr.

Loulie Jean Normanwas a famous American coloratura soprano, who, for Disney, was the singer of the soprano opera-singing ghost in Disney's Haunted Mansionride, and Bubbles of the Sun Bonnetsin the Country Bear Jamboree. She also voiced Penelope Pinfeatherin Melodyand Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boomand was also among the voices of the townsfolk in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" segment of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

Norman was born in Birmingham, Alabama and attended Birmingham at Phillips High School and later at Birmingham–Southern College. After school, she began to pursue a career in radio and also found modeling jobs on the side. By the 1940s, she had been a part various vocal groups, such as The Rhythm Singers on Kay Thompson’s Chesterfield Program, The Campus Kids with Kay Kyser, The G-6 with Henry Mancini's wife, The Ray Conniff Singers, The Rhythmaires led by Judd Conlon, and was a soloist for The Chamber Music

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Loulie Jean Norman

American opera singer

Loulie Jean Norman (March 12, 1913 - August 2, 2005) was a coloratura soprano who worked with arranger Gordon Jenkins. Jenkins and Norman collaborated on a number of albums. Norman was also a member of The Rhythmaires and the Ray Conniff Singers.

Career

Norman was born in Birmingham, Alabama. During her adolescence in Birmingham at Phillips High School, and later at Birmingham–Southern College, it became apparent that she was a gifted soprano with a four-octave range. Initially, she wanted to pursue opera, but she decided to move to New York to try for a career as a radio singer. Her beauty led to modeling jobs and, in 1936, she joined The Rhythm Singers on Kay Thompson’s Chesterfield Program. She married naval pilot Norman Price and eventually moved to Los Angeles where they raised four children. In 1940, Norman was selected as the summer replacement for Dinah Shore on the NBC radio program The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street.

Norman became a member of the successful singing group, The Campus Kids, who worke