Anita Kerr, ‘Little Miss Nobody’ behind Nashville Sound, dies at 94

[firepoint525]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/10/13/anita-kerr-country-singer-dead/

https://www.billboard.com/music/country/anita-kerr-nashville-sound-dies-94-1235154701/

Memphis-born vocalist Anita Kerr dies

The Grammy-winning singer and composer's vocal group the Anita Kerr Singers helped create the “countrypolitan” sound of country music in the ‘50s and ‘60s.

dailymemphian.com

Anita Kerr, an Architect of the Nashville Sound, Dies at 94

She and her background vocalists were heard “oohing” and “aahing” on thousands of country and pop hits recorded in the 1950s and ’60s.

www.nytimes.com

Anita Kerr, a key voice in the Nashville Sound, dies at 94

Anita Kerr, a singer and composer whose vocal group provided the lush backdrop to the sound of country music in the '50s and '60s, has died at 94.

www.usatoday.com

 

[gr8oldies]

Also recorded jingles for WLS and other stations

 

[KeithE4]

I don't remember anything from her, other than WLS jingles. I wasn't into country music as a kid.

Here's a few, from YouTube:

 

[Oldie919]

Played a lot of cuts from Anita Kerr Singers albums over the years at various stations.....
Funny....I never caught the "Nashville Connection".....

 

[firepoint525]

Played a lot of cuts from Anita Kerr Singers albums over the years at various stations.....
Funny....I never caught the "Nashville Connection".....

I didn't either, and I have lived in Nashville for many years. I have that We Dig Mancini album (mentioned in one of the articles above), but we got it through my parents. My dad had worked for the RCA plant in Memphis, and brought that record home. I kept it for the Pink Panther theme song by them.