[Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Singers Move

[Robert Nickels]

Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
> What year did Anita Kerr leave the
> RCA Nashville Studio B team for California and a 'perceived' better 
> opportunity?
>
I think the Space Age Pop article is a little deceiving, as the quartet 
was known as the Anita Kerr Singers well back into the 1950's. I think 
the confusion stems from the fact that they often camouflaged their 
identiy, as when they recorded "Forever" as "The Little Dippers", and 
later when they cut "Joey Baby" as "Anita and the So and Sos". But 
according to her website:

"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."

73, Bob W9RAN