歌手简介

中文名：安妮塔·柯尔合唱团

外文名：The Anita Kerr Singers

国籍：美国

简介：In the 1950s and '60s, the Anita Kerr Singers were one of the mostpopular group of backup vocalists in all of country music, appearing oncountless recordings byrenowned Nashville artists. Kerr was thegroup's leader, and she was joined by alto Dottie Dillard, tenor GilWright, and baritone Louis Nunley, as the quartet initially gainedattention by performing on the NBC radio program Sunday DownSouth in the early'50s, which led to a contract with Decca. In 1956, theAnita Kerr Singers landed a spot on the New York-based ArthurGodfreyTalent ScoutsTVshow, which led to further broadcastappearances (although the group never let their session work forothers subside).Around the same time, Chet Atkins (then the head ofRCA's country division) took the group under his wing, which led to thequartet appearing on countless recordings byrenowned artists.TheSingers continued to record and tour straight through the '6Os, evenmanaging to issue several of their own albums, including Anita KerrSingers Reflect on the Hits of Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Velvet Voicesand Bold Brass, and Simon &Garfunkel Songbook, among others.Anita Kerr died on October 10, 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland, where shehad relocated in the'7Os. She was 94 years old.