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"My Greatest Sin"
by The Normanaires
on M-G-M 11622
released in 1953
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"My Greatest Sin"
by The Normanaires
on M-G-M 11622
released in 1953
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Above Left: M-G-M 11622 released in November 1953.Above Right: Fred Norman... Orchestra leader, arranger, trombonist, and namesake of The Normanaires. He was a member of Claude Hopkins Orchestra in the 1940's.
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Above Left: Sheet music showing The Normanaires. The group possibly included Terry Merritt (female lead), Herb George (tenor), George Fisher (bass), and Joe Lewis (baritone). At top in this photo is possibly Alfred Cain... and Brock Peters may have been in the group at this time.Above Right: This Air Check AC 1000 78-rpm contains six songs total, all by The Normanaires or members thereof. At least two other Air Check records contain Normanaires cuts. The Normanaires provided backup for Herb George (including a full version "Anytime" song) and Gwen Davies for two releases each on NYC's Top Ten Label. They also had at least one release on the Imperial Crown label (1952). The Normanaires, although not credited on the labels, may be the group backing Doris Browne on some of her Gotham releases (1953-54).
Listen to this week's selections: [Audio restoration by Dave Saviet.]
A) Click on an option below to listen to "The Normanaires" using Streaming RealAudio.
My Greatest Sin - M-G-M 11622 - 1953
Anytime - Air Check AC 1000 B - ca 1952
"BOTH SONGS" played in sequenceB) Click on an option below to listen to "The Normanaires" using Downloading RealAudio.
My Greatest Sin - M-G-M 11622 - 1953 (file size=471KB)
Anytime - Air Check AC 1000 B - ca 1952 (file size=185KB)
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