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Anita Kerr

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Aliases
Anita Kerr and The Anita Kerr Singers
The Anita Kerr Orchestra
The Anita Kerr Quartet
The Anita Kerr Quartette
Anita Kerr Singers
The Anita Kerr Singers
The Little Dippers
Real name
Anita Jean Grilli
Born
October 31, 1927
Died
October 10, 2022
Country
United States
IPI
00016126909 4 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Singer, arranger, composer, conductor and music producer, who recorded and performed successfully with her vocal harmony groups
Member of
San Sebastian Strings Composer, arranger, and conductor
The Beasley Sisters
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Dorothy Dillard Member of The Anita Kerr Singers
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
1964 Fiddlin' John Carson, The Journeymen, Bobby Bare
August 3, 1959 Ernest Hare
1970 Simon and Garfunkel
1969 Brook Benton
August 19, 1957 Ray Charles
  November 1962 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
1969 Cilla Black
1960 Phil Regan
  February 1965 Don Ameche PRF, Mel Tormé with Orchestra directed by George Cates REC,REL
December 1967 The Beatles
1973 Gilbert O'Sullivan
1960 Irving Kaufman
August 1958 Homer Rodeheaver
1970 Paul Simon
1969 Dionne Warwick
1963 George Hamilton IV and The Country Gentlemen
1963 Georgia Brown [GB]
1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
1975 Janis Ian
1964 Erika Brüning u.d. Schöneberger Sängerknaben
i 1965 Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
August 3, 1959 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Benny Davis
August 3, 1959 Ruth Etting
August 3, 1959 Prince's Band
  1973 Streisand REC, Dionne Warwicke REL
1975 Duane Dee
  1974 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
1972 Jim Reeves [US]
1964 Jim Reeves [US]
1972 Jim Reeves [US]
October 1955 The Cheers with Les Baxter's Orchestra and Chorus
  1972 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
1970 Simon and Garfunkel
1979 Art Garfunkel
1965 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra REL, Henry Mancini REC, Ceil Clayton
1962 The Everly Brothers
1965 Henry Mancini and His Orchestra with Chorus
1973 Neil Diamond
1958 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Connie Haines
1963 Fleetwoods
i 1966 Nico Fidenco
March 1964 (unknown)
1979 Stevie Wonder
1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
1957 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra
  1965 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
1965 Joanie Sommers with The Bobby Troup Sextet
1970 Billy Grammer
1979 Bread
  1972 Roy Orbison REL, Jim Reeves [US] REC
February 1965 Count Basie and His Orchestra, Bobby Darin
  1972 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
1969 Dionne Warwick
1979 Stevie Wonder
August 1951 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
1969 Harry Simeone Chorale
1969 Dionne Warwick
1965 Henry Mancini
November 1962 Sonny Thompson - Vocal by Lula Reed
1972 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1970 (unknown), Orquesta del Zoológico REL, (unknown performer) PRF, Simon and Garfunkel
1971 The Beatles
1971 Laura Nyro
1972 Fred Neil
1979 Quincy Jones
1975 Charlie Rich
  February 1965 Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
1970 Simon and Garfunkel
i 1966 Tony Bennett with Ray Ellis and His Orchestra
1970 Paul Simon
  1958 John Boles BRD, Joe Green's Marimba Band REC
1960 Margaret Whiting with Orchestra conducted by Jerry Gray
1962 Jim Reeves [US]
1964 Jim Reeves [US]
listen on Internet Archive Friends and Neighbors Owen Bradley and His Quintet - Vocal by Anita Kerr Singers (Anita Kerr, Owen Bradley) 1954 Unverified
April 1965 Billy Walker
1970 Don Ho
November 1962 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
1964 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
April 1965 Don Gibson
July 1969 Billie Holiday
October 1962 Meister Glee Singers
  July 1969 The Beatles REC, Mary Hopkin REL
listen on Internet Archive   February 1959 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC
1973 The Beach Boys
  1962 Ken Marvin REC, Curley Williams and The Georgia Peach Pickers REL
  1974 Ethel Waters BRD, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
July 1969 Andy Williams
November 1962 Ray Charles
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Gene Arnold
1969 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
August 1958 Al Hibbler with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
July 1965 Ray Price
December 1954 The Jewels [US1]
1960 The Statesmen Quartet with Hovie Lister
1972 Billy Brown
1964 Billy Brown
April 1965 Dottie West
June 1, 1959 Rev. F. W. McGee
listen on Internet Archive 1957 Ken Curtis and The Top Hands
1962 Carl Smith
listen on Internet Archive April 29, 1955 The Sunnysiders
1975 B.J. Thomas
  November 1962 Ray Charles and His Orchestra REL, Percy Mayfield REC
June 1, 1959 Lester McFarland and Robert Gardner
December 1967 Bee Gees
1972 Jim Reeves [US]
February 1965 (unknown)
1974 Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra
December 1967 The Young Rascals
1972 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
1979 Bee Gees
July 1958 (unknown), Bill Carle with Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus
1965 Henry Mancini, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
1969 Steve and Eydie (Eydie Gormé, Steve Lawrence)
i 1966 Ivory Joe Hunter
  August 1958 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
November 1962 Ray Charles and His Orchestra
1967 Dean Martin
August 1958 Sleepy Hall and His Collegians [Red Nichols]
1973 Bread
  June 1, 1959 Carter Family REC, Clyde Moody and Brown's Ferry Four REL
August 1958 Archie Lewis with Jan Corduwener and His Orchestra
1979 Stevie Wonder
April 1957 Rising Star Gospel Singers
1972 Bob Dylan
June 1, 1959 Brown's Ferry Four
  1974 (unknown), Dick Powell PRF, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain REC
November 1962 Southern Tones, Ray Charles and His Band
  February 1965 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
  1960 Dean Martin BRD, Dean Martin with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
June 1, 1959 Rev. J.M. Gates
1962 Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plowboys
July 1958 J. B. Whitmire Blue Sky Trio
June 1, 1959 J. B. Whitmire Blue Sky Trio
1958 Ed Lang REC, Joe Venuti's Blue Four REL, Ruth Etting
  1974 Percy Faith PRF, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL
1975 Seals and Crofts
August 1958 Moon Mullican
1975 Tom T. Hall
1963 The Paris Sisters
1972 Leon Payne
July 1958 Blue Ridge Quartet
June 1, 1959 Blue Ridge Quartet
1974 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
1974 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1975 Jessi Colter
May 1956 Blue Harmony Boys, George Jones
August 1958 Lewis James
1969 Dionne Warwick
July 1958 Wally Fowler and The Oak Ridge Quartet
April 1965 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
1969 Dionne Warwick
1972 Billy Deaton
1972 Jim Reeves [US]
  1972 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Freddy Ellis and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Seymour Richards
1972 Armando Manzanero, Perry Como - Arranged and conducted by Marty Manning
1966 Tom Jones
I've Got Love Going For Me Anita Kerr and The Anita Kerr Singers 1968 Unverified
1974 Dick Powell & Alice Faye
  1972 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 The Peerless Quartet
September 1951 Blackwood Bros. Quartet
1969 Bobby Helms
1963 Betty Madigan - Orchestra conducted by Joe Lipman
August 1958 (unknown)
August 3, 1959 Nelstone's Hawaiians
July 1965 Don Gibson
1979 Stevie Wonder
1967 Jack Jones
July 1969 Frankie Randall - Arranged and conducted by Al Capps
June 1, 1959 (unknown)
1963 Gilbert Bécaud, Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Arthur C. Clough
  1972 Irving Aaronson and His Commanders REC, Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson PRF
1979 Stevie Wonder
1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
1975 Neil Sedaka
1975 Major Harris
1972 George Shearing Quintet, Ella Fitzgerald - Chorus and Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver
  1970 Timi Yuro REL, Ray Price REC
  1974 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
1958 Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
1957 Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers
1960 Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers
Marie Fred Lowery with The Anita Kerr Singers (Fred Lowery [US1], Anita Kerr) 1960 Unverified
  August 1958 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar REC,REL, Tallulah Bankhead PRF
1973 The Beatles
1966 Sergio De Karlo, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Lynn
June 1957 Stubby and The Buccaneers
i 1966 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 American Quartet with Orchestra
  1965 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
1971 Matthews Southern Comfort
i   1965 Henry Mancini REC,REL,BRD
1970 Simon and Garfunkel
1973 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Robert Mersey
1962 Floyd Cramer, Joni James
1966 Petula Clark
1970 Perry Como with The Anita Kerr Quartet
August 26, 1957 Sonny Land Trio
July 1969 Claude François, Frank Sinatra
1970 John Hartford
March 1952 (unknown)
December 1967 The Association
1962 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
1964 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
December 1967 The Mamas & The Papas
July 1969 The Beatles
1962 Don Gibson
1964 Don Gibson
October 1962 (unknown)
1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 George Reneau
August 1950 (unknown)
i 1966 Judy Garland
i Over the Rainbow Fred Lowery with The Anita Kerr Singers (Fred Lowery [US1], Anita Kerr) 1960 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   February 1959 Stanley Kirkby REC,REL, The Harlequinaders PRF
  1972 Judy Holliday, Ensemble PRF, Carmen McRae with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC,REL
December 1953 Savannah Churchill with Ray Charles Singers
  August 3, 1959 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
  February 1965 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
  1958 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
August 3, 1959 Emerson Military Band
Red River Valley Fred Lowery with The Anita Kerr Singers (Fred Lowery [US1], Anita Kerr) 1960 Unverified
1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
August 3, 1959 Jockers Brothers
1958 Hoagy Carmichael
  1972 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Jackie Paris REC, Teddi King accompanied by Beryl Booker REL
November 1962 Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF, Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Lew Douglas and His Orchestra - Vocal by Jack Halloran Choir
1970 (unknown), Gordon Heath and Lee Payant, Simon and Garfunkel
1975 (unknown), Cat Stevens, Bata Illic
1979 Stevie Wonder
1974 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i 1966 Nat Adderley
1953 Faye Adams with The Joe Morris Orchestra
August 3, 1959 Sam Lanin's Orchestra
1970 Tammy Wynette
1962 Marty Robbins
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 (unknown)
1958 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
1969 "Tennessee" Ernie Ford
1971 Tom Rush
1970 Simon and Garfunkel
1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra, Freddy Quinn
i 1966 Ben E. King - Orch. arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
August 26, 1957 Hawkshaw Hawkins
August 3, 1959 Prince's Band
1967 Bert Kaempfert, Frank Sinatra - Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle
February 1965 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
1972 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Connie Boswell with Orchestra under direction of Harry Sosnik
March 1964 Hugo Winterhalter
1972 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
1972 Delaney & Bonnie and Friends featuring Eric Clapton
1979 Stevie Wonder
November 1962 Len Spencer
April 1965 Eddy Arnold
August 1958 Moon Mullican
  1968 Bing Crosby with The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir BRD, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1963 Carole King REC, Bobby Vee - With The Johnny Mann Singers REL
May 1951 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
1974 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1971 J. Vincent Edward
April 1965 John D. Loudermilk
June 21, 1952 Jimmy Boyd
1973 Dionne Warwicke
1968 Sonny & Chér
1969 Paul Evans - Orchestra arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach
1973 The Beatles
February 1965 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF, Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim
  February 1965 Ray Middleton PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL
  February 1965 Sacha Distel et son ensemble, Sergio Franchi, Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser REL, Betty Carter REC
1957 (unknown), The Original Yellow Jackets with Vocal Chorus Aubrey Yancey
1970 Rex Griffin
December 1967 Engelbert Humperdinck
1969 The Trapp Family Singers
  1973 Bud Shank with The Bob Alcivar Singers REL, The Beatles REC
  December 1967 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
February 1965 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1979 John Williams - Stanley Myers & Orchestra
  June 1, 1959 "T" Texas Tyler - The Man with a Million Friends REL, King's Sacred Quartet REC
  1962 Frank Sinatra and The Modernaires - Orchestra under the Direction of Axel Stordahl REL, Snooky Lanson with Beasley Smith and His Orchestra REC
i 1965 Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
July 1965 George Jones
March 1952 Flying Clouds of Detroit
i 1966 John W. Bubbles
March 1954 Jill Corey with Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus
August 1950 W.H. Thompson
listen on Internet Archive 1957 Ulla Billquist REC,REL, Naemi Briese PRF, Al Donahue and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Phil Brito
1970 Simon and Garfunkel
  April 1951 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys REL, Cowboy Copas REC
1965 Henry Mancini His Orchestra and Chorus
1957 (unknown)
July 1969 Noel Harrison
1969 Dionne Warwick
1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra
May 1952 Mac O'Dell and His Alabama Jubileers
  1960 George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC, (unknown performer) BRD
i 1966 Woody Guthrie
1960 (unknown), Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
October 1953 The Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca
1965 Victor Young and His Singing Strings, Steve Lawrence - Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser
1979 Stevie Wonder
  August 3, 1959 Al Jolson PRF,REC
1963 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
1963 The Escorts [US-KY]
1960 (unknown), Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
Waitin' For The Evening Train The Anita Kerr Quartet October 12, 1963 Unverified
January 13, 1958 Hal Wilis
1969 Dionne Warwick
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 (unknown)
1972 Jim Reeves [US]
1970 Simon and Garfunkel
November 1962 Ray Charles
1969 Tom Jones
1969 Jackie deShannon
November 1962 Ray Charles
June 1, 1959 Blackwood Bros. Quartet
July 1969 Edith Piaf, Bob Sands with Orchestra conducted by Bill Loose
May 1951 Imperial Quartet
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
April 1965 George Jones
January 1956 The Statesmen Quartet
June 1, 1959 The Jenkins Family
June 1, 1959 Beulah Gaylord Young and Clara Moister
Whistle a Happy Tune Fred Lowery with The Anita Kerr Singers (Fred Lowery [US1], Anita Kerr) 1960 Unverified
October 1954 Laurie Loman with Hank Russell's Orchestra and Chorus
  1969 Jill O'Hara PRF, Dionne Warwick REL
1960 Isham Jones and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Hazzard
1963 John Fraser with Tony Osborne and His Music and The Beryl Stott Group
July 1957 Johnny Mathis - Orchestra under the direction of Percy Faith
1974 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
1958 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
1967 Bert Kämpfert und sein Orchester, Anita Bryant with Lew Douglas Orchestra & Chorus
November 1962 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
1972 The Beatles
July 1969 Petula Clark
  1958 Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa & Libby Holman PRF
1973 Stevie Wonder
August 1958 Moon Mullican
1962 Eddy Arnold with Orchestra and Choir conducted by Charles Grean
July 1965 Roger Miller [US-OK]
  December 1967 Carole King REC, Aretha Franklin REL
1979 Anne Murray
1963 Ric Cartey with The Jiva-Tones
  1958 Jeanne Aubert & Lawrence Gray PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL
1975 Gordon Lightfoot
  1972 Elton John REC, Three Dog Night REL
1972 Carole King
July 1969 Brenda Holloway