Anita Kerr and her Anita Kerr singers were heard on countless Country singles and albums throughout the fifties. By the sixties she was helming one of the largest vocal groups in the country, backing up several pop artists, making several appearances on television and even winning a grammy for the fantastic 1965 LP "We Dig Mancini" all out of Nashville Tennessee.
By the late 60's she relocated to Los Angeles where she reformed the Kerr singers, recorded lounge covers of Beatles, Bacharach, and Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass (under the Mexicali Brass moniker,) as well as branching off into radio jingles and producing other groups. My favorite recordings from this period are the Rod McKuen concept albums... but that is definitely an acquired taste.
BUT... what I offer today is none of the above. Here we have a collection of singles she recorded to capture the European market. Most were recorded the early 60's during the peak of her international fame... the last couple after she relocated to the Netherlands in the 70's.
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