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Monty Norman was born on 4 April 1928 in Stepney in the East End of London. [1] [2] His father, Abraham Noserovitch (anglicised to Norman), was a Jewish cabinet maker who immigrated to the United Kingdom from Latvia when he was a child; [1] [3] his mother, Ann (Berlyn), who was also Jewish, worked as a seamstress.
Norman is both a surname and a given name. The surname has multiple origins including English, Irish (in Ulster), Scottish, German, French, Norwegian, Ashkenazi Jewish, and Jewish American. The given name Norman is mostly of English origin, though in some cases it can be an Anglicised form of a Scottish Gaelic personal name.
"Norman" is a popular song written by John D. Loudermilk. Recorded by Sue Thompson in 1961, the song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 . [ 1 ] The next year, Carol Deene released her version of the song in the United Kingdom on His Master's Voice , where it reached No. 24 on the UK Singles Chart . [ 2 ]
"Spirit in the Sky" is a song by American singer-songwriter Norman Greenbaum, originally written and recorded by Greenbaum and released in late 1969 from his album Spirit in the Sky. [3] The single became a gold record in the United States, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970, and reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 [ 5 ] where ...
Norman Joel Greenbaum (born November 20, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter, known for his 1969–1970 hit song "Spirit in the Sky". The song makes Greenbaum one of the most famous and best-selling one hit-wonders of all time.
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Originally written by frontman Ed Kowalczyk and producer Glen Ballard for the film The Mummy Returns, [1] the song was eventually included in the band's album V. [2] Radioactive Records had no intent of making a single out of "Forever May Not Be Long Enough", at most recording a music video featuring the band performing the song in an ancient ...
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