Pierre Norman, songwriter: Reference Sources
Overview and Commentary: Pierre Norman
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Pierre Norman was born Joseph Pierre Coonor in Kingston, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1895. He earned his degrees including a Doctor of Music at St. Bonaventure College and his primary career later in life was as a chaplain and pastor though earlier on he wrote popular music. His two biggest successes as a songwriter came in collaboration with Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal on the songs "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" (1930) and "When I Take My Sugar to Tea" (1931). In his collaborations with Fain and Kahal, he most likely contributed more to the writing of the music than the words.
Pierre Norman Connor also contributed to the scores for movies such as The Big Pond, Young Man from Manhattan, The Perfect Fool, Blood and Sand, and Stars on Ice.
Research Resources: Pierre Norman
- DBOPM (Database Of Popular Music: song list, awards, hit songs, co-writers)
- Discogs.com (songwriting and arranging credits)
- Indiana University Sheet Music Collection (In Harmony): songwriter
- Internet Movie Database (brief biography, filmography, movie song credits)
- New York Public Library (catalog entries for books, personal papers, recordings, scores, etc.)
- The New York Times (obituary, PDF, Adobe Reader required)
- ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Cattell/Bowker, Fourth edition, 1980 (dates, collaborators, shows/movies, songs, etc., entry p. )
- Gary Marmorstein, Hollywood Rhapsody: Movie Music and Its Makers, 1900-1975,
New York: Schirmer Books, 1997 (brief but good Biog., p. 59). - Warren W. Vaché, The Unsung Songwriters: America's Masters of Melody, The Scarecrow Press, 2000 (brief bios; entry for Pierre Norman Connor, p. 69).
Notes
- Warren W. Vaché The Unsung Songwriters: America's Masters of Melody The Scarecrow Press, 2000
- He died March 23, 1952 in Teaneck, NJ US.
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Pierre Norman was born Joseph Pierre Coonor in Kingston, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1895. He earned his degrees including a Doctor of Music at St. Bonaventure College and his primary career later in life was as a chaplain and pastor though earlier on he wrote popular music. His
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Cite this page as "Pierre Norman, songwriter: Reference Sources," Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songwriters/n_o_p_q_sws/norman_pierre.html
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Also read Sammy Fain, songwriter (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songwriters/f_sws/fain_sammy.html); Iriving Kahal, songwriter (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songwriters/k_sws/kahal_irving.html); "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/x-y-z/you_brought_a_new_kind_of_love_to_me.html); "When I Take My Sugar to Tea" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/w/when_i_take_my_sugar_to_tea.html).
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