Composer, Choir Director. He received world-wide recognition as an American choir director, who founded and conducted the award-winning Norman Luboff Choir during the second half of the 20th century. The choir toured yearly from 1963 to 1987 and recorded more than seventy-five easy listening albums including "The Songs of Christmas" in 1956 and "Christmas With the Norman Luboff Choir" in 1964. His albums featured Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Doris Day, Ezio Pinza and many others. He released a series of albums for Columbia Records, which had music from a variety of genres with titles including "Calypso Holiday," "Broadway!," and "Songs of the Caribbean." With the performance of "Song Of the Cowboy," the choir was the recipient of the 1961 Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Choir. The Luboff choir also performed an eclectic mix of Mozart, Bach and Beatles compositions, coupled with folk, gospel and spiritual songs. After studying piano as a child and participating in high school choirs, he decided music would be his lifelong profession while in college. He attended the University of Chicago and Central College in Chicago, Illinois, and did graduate work with the noted composerLeo Sowerby. He relocated to New York City after World War II to further his career as the choral director of "The Railroad Hour," a weekly radio show featuring Gordon McRae. During this time he received public recognition for his accomplishments and talents by scoring dozens of television programs and more than eighty films. In 1948 he relocated to Hollywood, California singing and composing film music for Warner Brothers Studios. In 1950 he formed the Walton Music Corporation to make his compositions available in print and producing dozens of song books. He was honored to conduct all-state, clinic and festival choirs of every description in the United States and abroad especially the Scandinavian countries. Many of his compositions were collected and donated to the Library of Congress in 1993. His cause of death was cancer. He has a star on the Hollywood Star Walk located at East side of the 1600 block of Vine Street.
Composer, Choir Director. He received world-wide recognition as an American choir director, who founded and conducted the award-winning Norman Luboff Choir during the second half of the 20th century. The choir toured yearly from 1963 to 1987 and recorded more than seventy-five easy listening albums including "The Songs of Christmas" in 1956 and "Christmas With the Norman Luboff Choir" in 1964. His albums featured Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Doris Day, Ezio Pinza and many others. He released a series of albums for Columbia Records, which had music from a variety of genres with titles including "Calypso Holiday," "Broadway!," and "Songs of the Caribbean." With the performance of "Song Of the Cowboy," the choir was the recipient of the 1961 Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Choir. The Luboff choir also performed an eclectic mix of Mozart, Bach and Beatles compositions, coupled with folk, gospel and spiritual songs. After studying piano as a child and participating in high school choirs, he decided music would be his lifelong profession while in college. He attended the University of Chicago and Central College in Chicago, Illinois, and did graduate work with the noted composerLeo Sowerby. He relocated to New York City after World War II to further his career as the choral director of "The Railroad Hour," a weekly radio show featuring Gordon McRae. During this time he received public recognition for his accomplishments and talents by scoring dozens of television programs and more than eighty films. In 1948 he relocated to Hollywood, California singing and composing film music for Warner Brothers Studios. In 1950 he formed the Walton Music Corporation to make his compositions available in print and producing dozens of song books. He was honored to conduct all-state, clinic and festival choirs of every description in the United States and abroad especially the Scandinavian countries. Many of his compositions were collected and donated to the Library of Congress in 1993. His cause of death was cancer. He has a star on the Hollywood Star Walk located at East side of the 1600 block of Vine Street.
Bio by: Linda Davis
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