Anita Kerr
Anita Kerr was born in Memphis, Tennessee. When Anita Kerr was 4 years old,… Read Full Bio ↴Anita Kerr was born in Memphis, Tennessee. When Anita Kerr was 4 years old, she started taking piano lessons. In the 4th grade, Anita Kerr started playing organ in church for mass. When Anita Kerr was 15 years old, she took a radio staff musician job. She also worked with various orchestras in Memphis where she brought her own arrangements for the orchestra to play. Anita Kerr moved to Nashville in 1948 where she formed a 5-voice vocal harmony group for the fun of singing and hearing her own arrangements performed. The program director at WSM heard about Anita Kerr’s group and hired Anita Kerr to lead and arrange for an 8-voice choir.

Anita Kerr’s first recording session, during which the producer named her group The Anita Kerr Singers, was with Red Foley. Producers started hiring Anita Kerr’s group to back up singers such as Eddy Arnold, Burl Ives, Ernest Tubb, and other country artists. By 1955, The Anita Kerr Singers were recording a national radio program at WSM with Jim Reeves. The Anita Kerr Singers, after winning the talent show in 1956, started performing on the Arthur Godfrey Show in New York. During this time, Anita Kerr and The Anita Kerr Singers sang with top stars such as Brenda Lee, Perry Como, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Bobby Vinton, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Floyd Cramer, and Al Hirt. She also received her first NARAS nomination. In 1964, Anita Kerr opened for Chet Atkins and Jim Reeves on European tour.

In 1965, Anita Kerr moved to Hollywood in Los Angeles, California to do more orchestral writing and other music, where she learned to conduct an orchestra. Over the next two years, Anita Kerr won 3 NARAS Grammy awards for “We Dig Mancini”, “Southland Favorites”, and “A Man and a Woman.” In 1967, Anita Kerr collaborated with Rod McKuen and recorded for Warner Brothers Records. She also received a gold record for the San Sebastian String LP “The Sea.”

Anita Kerr moved to Switzerland in 1970 where she signed with Phonogram International to record albums and performs on television shows in Holland. Anita Kerr received an Edison Award for hits of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Anita Kerr conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1971. In 1972, Anita Kerr scored the music for “LIMBO”, and American movie produced by Universal. Anita Kerr opened and managed Mountain Recording Studio in Montreux, Switzerland with her husband, Alex Grob. Today, Anita Kerr lives in Geneva, Switzerland.
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All You Need Is Love Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love There's …
Begin The Beguine When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound of…
Bye Bye Love Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody When you croon croo…
Don't Get Around Much Anymore Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Cou…
Four Walls Out where the bright lights are glowing You're drawn like a…
Hey Joe Hey Joe! Where'd ya find that pearly girlie Where'd ya get t…
How Deep Is The Ocean How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie How…
I When I lost my baby (baby) I almost lost my mind When…
I'll Never Smile Again I'll never smile again Until I smile at you I'll never laugh…
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Never thought I'd fall, But now I hear love call, I'm gett…
Is It You Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love There's …
LOVE The look of love Is in your eyes A look your smile…
My Love Please come and walk with me please come and talk…



Never My Love Please come and walk with me please come and talk…
The Old Master Painter The old master painter from the faraway hills Painted the vi…


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