Trivia

Collaborated with poet Rod McKuen on a trilogy of albums in the late 1960s: "The Sea", "The Earth", and "The Sky"; each also featured the San Sebastian Strings.

Among those who performed as part of The Anita Kerr Singers: Robert Tebow, Gene Merlino, Jackie Ward, Bill Lee, B.J. Baker, and Bill Cole.

As "The Dixie Belles", several female members of The Anita Kerr Singers recorded "Down at Papa Joe's" in 1963, which reached #9 on the Billboard charts. Since the Anita Kerr Singers were all white, and the record sounded as if it were recorded by a black group, the record company assembled a trio of black female singers to go on tour as "The Dixie Belles", but they were not the singers who originally recorded "Papa Joe's".

The Anita Kerr Singers signed with RCA Victor in 1961. Their first album for the label was From Nashville...The Hit Sound. Subsequent RCA Victor LPs extended the quartet's repertoire as they explored the soul songs of Ray Charles and the compositions of Henry Mancini.

Anita Kerr, was an American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer.

In 1974, Kerr began a five-year professional relationship with Word Records. In addition to recording four gospel albums with the Singers, Kerr arranged and produced a series of Hallelujah... instrumental albums for Word. She received Grammy nominations twice for her Word inspirational recordings.

She recorded and performed with her vocal harmony groups in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Europe.

In 1985, she composed, arranged, and conducted Switzerland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Kerr also wrote choral and instrumental arrangements for Hal Leonard Corporation, the world's largest music print publisher.

In 1972, Kerr wrote-and MCA Music published-a 103-page book (accompanied by five 45rpm records) called VOICES. With Complete Recorded Examples.

During the early 1970s, Kerr also made numerous personal appearances on television in the Netherlands.

In 1985, Kerr conducted her own composition of Piano, Piano as the Swiss entry for the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest in Göteborg, Sweden. There she earned her rank as the third female conductor in Eurovision history since the debut of two female conductors at the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, these being Monica Dominique for Sweden and Nurit Hirsh for Israel.

In 1992, Kerr received a NARAS Governors Award " in recognition of her outstanding contribution to American Music.".

The Anita Kerr Singers or The Jordanaires sang background on just about every Nashville hit in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Kerr moved to Switzerland in 1970. Her recording sessions held in London, she launched the Anita Kerr Singers anew with UK talent: Anne Simmons, Ken Barrie (Postman Pat narrator & singer), and Danny Street.