Grammy winning singer and arranger Anita Kerr, whose vocal ensemble the Anita Kerr Singers became a staple of hit pop and country recordings in the 1950s and ’60s, has died at age 94.

Anita Kerr, who scored numerous classic country hits as a background vocalist, arranger and architect of the "Nashville Sound," has died. The New York Times reports that Kerr died on Monday (Oct ...

By Bill Friskics-Warren Anita Kerr, the prolific session singer and arranger who was an architect of the sumptuous Nashville Sound and later had a multifaceted career in pop music, died on Monday ...

Via her website, Kerr, born in Memphis in 1927 as Anita Jean Grilli, writes that she was the daughter of a classically trained operatic vocalist mother who insisted that she take piano lessons.

Anita Kerr, whose gentle voice and ear-catching background arrangements transformed the sound of country music, replacing fiddles and steel guitars with string ensembles and lush choruses ...

The Anita Kerr Singers were featured on enduring hits from Brenda Lee, Eddy Arnold and more. By Jessica Nicholson Vocalist, music arranger and producer Anita Kerr, who played an essential role in ...

Anita Kerr -- the woman in many ways largely responsible for the globalization of the Nashville Sound -- died on October 10 at the age of 94. Beyond Nashville and country music, few artists ...

Anita Kerr, a prolific session singer and arranger who was an architect of the sumptuous Nashville Sound and later had a multifaceted career in pop music, died Monday in Geneva. She was 94.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning singer and composer Anita Kerr, whose vocal group the Anita Kerr Singers provided the lush backdrop to the Nashville Sound, has died. She was 94.