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{{Short description |American choral director and composer (1917–1987)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| background        = person
| name              = Norman Luboff
| image             = Norman Luboff 1963.JPG
| alt               = A bearded man holding a cigarette
| caption           = Luboff in 1963
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1917|05|14}}
| birth_place       = [[Chicago, Illinois]], US
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1987|09|22|1917|05|14}}
| death_place       = [[Bynum, North Carolina]], US
| occupation        = {{ubl|Choir director|music arranger|music publisher}}
| years_active      = 1943–1987
| label             = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[RCA Victor|RCA]]
| spouse            = {{ubl|{{marriage|Betty Mulliner|6 Nov 1944|1966|end=divorced}}{{efn |name="date-divorce"}}|{{marriage|Gunilla Marcus|1974|<!-- Omission per Template:Marriage instructions -->}}}}
}}

'''Norman Luboff''' (May 14, 1917 – September 22, 1987) was an American choir director, music arranger, and music publisher. Luboff was the founder and conductor of the '''Norman Luboff Choir''', one of the leading choral groups of the 1950s and '60s. He won a Grammy Award in 1961 for Best Performance by a Chorus, and the holiday albums ''Songs of Christmas'' (1956) and ''Christmas with the Norman Luboff Choir'' (1964) were bestsellers for many years. In addition to recording, Luboff arranged and conducted for radio, television, and film. He also founded Walton Music, a choral music publisher.

==Early years==
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Norman Kador Luboff was born on May 14, 1917 to a working class family in Chicago, Illinois. His music experience began at home, where Luboff, his older brother Avy, and their parents entertained themselves with group singing. He took piano lessons, and participated in his school choir and orchestra. He graduated from high school in 1935.<ref name="bio-pickles" />

Luboff entered a music competition and won a scholarship to [[Central YMCA College]], where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in music in 1939. It was there that he became friends with [[Ray Charles (musician, born 1918)|Ray Charles]], who like Luboff would go on to a distinguished career as a choir director. After graduation, he continued his studies at the [[University of Chicago]] and the [[American Conservatory of Music]], including with noted composer [[Leo Sowerby]].<ref name="obit-upi" /><ref name="tgl" /> In addition to tutoring, Luboff picked up singing jobs to make ends meet, including as a caroler at [[Marshall Field's]] department store during the holidays. He was part of a quartet with his friend Ray Charles, professor Rus Wood, and future singing cowgirl [[Dale Evans]] that sang on Chicago radio stations. When he couldn't afford tuition, he sometimes [[Academic audit|audited]] classes to further his education.<ref name="bio-pickles" />

Luboff served in the [[United States Army Signal Corps]] during World War II. After his military service ended in the spring of 1943, he moved to New York City to pursue a career in music.<ref name="bio-pickles" />

==Radio, TV, and film==
In New York City, Ray Charles helped Luboff get an audition with [[Lyn Murray]], an important contractor for singers in the city. He quickly found work singing baritone on various radio programs, including ''[[Your Hit Parade]]''. It was there that, in addition to singing, he began to serve as the backup choral director. By 1945, Luboff had quit singing and was writing [[Arrangement|arrangements]] and [[conducting]] choirs full time.<ref name="bio-pickles" /><ref name="tjn" />

Luboff moved to Los Angeles in 1948 to become the choral director for ''[[The Railroad Hour]]'', a new radio program starring [[Gordon MacRae]]. The success of the show led to offers to conduct choirs for Hollywood films. The first film he worked on was ''[[Lullaby of Broadway (film)|Lullaby of Broadway]]'' starring [[Doris Day]], released in 1951.<ref name="bio-pickles" /> Luboff went on to work on more than 80 motion pictures.<ref name="tjn" /> He provided arrangements for films including ''[[The Jazz Singer (1952 film)|The Jazz Singer]]'' (1952), ''[[The Desert Song (1953 film)|The Desert Song]]'' (1953), and ''[[Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)|Rock-A-Bye Baby]]'' (1958), and served as a vocal coach for actors like [[Kirk Douglas]] in ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1954) and [[Grace Kelly]] in ''[[The Country Girl (1954 film)|The Country Girl]]'' (1954).<ref name="bio-pickles" /><ref name="alamy-kelly" /> He also composed and arranged for television shows like the ''[[Bell Telephone Hour]]'', the ''[[Dinah Shore Show]]'', and ''[[Ford Star Jubilee]]''.<ref name="bio-loc" />

==The Norman Luboff Choir==
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Doris Day also recorded a [[Lullaby of Broadway (album)|companion album]] for ''Lullaby of Broadway'', with Luboff again arranging and conducting the choir as he had for the film, credited as "The Norman Luboff Choir". This began a decade-long relationship with [[Columbia Records]], providing choral accompaniment to Columbia recording artists such as [[Frankie Laine]], [[Jo Stafford]], [[Paul Weston|Paul Weston & his Orchestra]], and [[Frank Sinatra]].<ref name="bio-pickles" /> The Norman Luboff Choir accompanied [[Jimmy Boyd]] on his 1952 {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1 hit "[[I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus]]". They also accompanied [[Bing Crosby]] on his 1955–1962 series of [[A Christmas Sing with Bing (1955–1962)|Christmas Eve radio specials]] on [[CBS]] and the accompanying album for [[Decca Records]], ''[[A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World]]'' (1956). Though not credited on the original release, they contributed to three songs on [[Harry Belafonte|Harry Belafonte's]] [[RCA Victor]] album ''[[Calypso (album)|Calypso]]'' (1956), the first LP to sell one million copies.

The Norman Luboff Choir began to release recordings under their own name in 1952, when they produced the 7" EP ''Christmas Carols''. An expanded 10" LP version with the same title was released the following year, along with an album of children's lullabies titled ''Sweet Dreams''. Their first full-length (12") album was ''Easy to Remember'' in 1954. They went on to record dozens of albums over the next fifteen years.{{efn |name="album-count" |Several sources claim that they recorded 75 albums,<ref name="bio-loc" /><ref name="bio-walton" /><ref name="bio-singers1" /><ref name="obit-upi" /><ref name="obit-nyt" /><ref name="obit-lat" /> but this probably includes albums by other artists which feature contributions by the Norman Luboff Choir. Albums with the Norman Luboff Choir as the primary performer only number about half that many. See [[#Discography]]}} Luboff won a Grammy for Best Performance by a Chorus at the [[3rd Annual Grammy Awards]] for the 1960 album ''Songs of the Cowboy'', beating out his old friend Ray Charles, who was nominated in the same category for ''Deep Night'' by the [[Ray Charles Singers]].<ref name="grammy" /> On February 8, 1960, Luboff was awarded a star for Recording on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1620 Vine St.<ref name="wof" />

In 1961, Luboff left Columbia Records and signed with RCA Victor, where he continued to record for the rest of the decade. RCA offered the opportunity to record with larger choruses and orchestras, prompting Luboff to make the change.<ref name="bio-pickles" /> He was nominated for a Grammy again at the [[4th Annual Grammy Awards]] for ''This Is Norman Luboff!'' (1961), losing to the [[Johnny Mann Singers]].<ref name="grammy" /> The following year he was nominated for Grammies in two categories: Best Performance by a Chorus for ''A Choral Spectacular'' (1962), and Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording for ''Inspiration: Great Music for Chorus and Orchestra'' (1962) with [[Leopold Stokowski]] and the [[New Symphony Orchestra (London)|New Symphony Orchestra of London]]. Neither album won.<ref name="grammy" />

The studio choir was an [[ad hoc]] group of session singers.<ref name="bio-pickles" /> There were frequent contributors like [[Norma Zimmer]], [[Betty Noyes]], and [[Thurl Ravenscroft]], but membership varied from one recording session to the next depending on the requirements of the project and the availability of the performers.<ref name="finnley" /> In 1963, Luboff assembled a touring choir for live performances. This version of the choir consisted of 20-30 regular members who traveled with Luboff to perform concerts, sometimes appearing in more than a hundred shows per year.<ref name="tco" /><ref name="tjn" /><ref name="tgl" />

By the end of the 1960s, declining record sales and changing musical tastes brought the Norman Luboff Choir's recording career to a close.<ref name="bio-pickles" /> However, the touring choir continued to perform until Luboff's death in 1987.<ref name="bio-singers2" />

==Music publishing==
Luboff claimed to have composed more than 6000 arrangements during his career.<ref name="bio-pickles" /> During the 1950s, he founded Walton Music to publish his works.<ref name="bio-walton" />{{efn |name="date-walton" |Sources differ about the founding date. The biography on the old Walton Music website, and other sites that appear to be derived from it, say that it was founded in 1950.<ref name="bio-walton" /><ref name="bio-singers1" /><ref name="grammy" /> However, the biography at the Library of Congress says that it was founded in the late 1950s.<ref name="bio-loc" /> The Tom Pickles biography just says that it was founded in the 1950s.<ref name="bio-pickles" />}} Later it became an important outlet for both domestic and international choral composition, allowing composers such as Waldemar Åhlén of Sweden and [[Egil Hovland]] of Norway to have their works published in the United States.<ref name="bio-loc" /><ref name="wof" /> After Luboff's death in 1987, his widow Gunilla continued to operate the company until it was sold to [[GIA Publications]] in 2013.<ref name="gia" />

In 1965, Luboff published an anthology of folk music that he co-wrote with [[Win Stracke]]. Titled ''Songs of Man: The International Book of Folk Songs'', the book details 180 folk songs from around the world with music and illustration.<ref name="som" />

==Personal life and death==
One of Luboff's fellow singers on ''Your Hit Parade'' was Elizabeth "Betty" Mulliner.<ref name="bio-pickles" /> Born November 15, 1916 in upstate New York, she attended [[Syracuse University]] before moving to New York City. Luboff and Mulliner began dating, and they were married on November 6, 1944.<ref name="swm" /> Betty continued to sing on radio, including on ''Your Hit Parade'' and ''The Railroad Hour''. She also sang soprano in the Norman Luboff Choir and as a session singer in Los Angeles. She had several recording credits, often under her maiden name, including "[[Some Day My Prince Will Come]]" from the 1944 Decca album ''Selections from Walt Disney’s Feature Production Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' and early [[Mickey Mouse Club]] recordings from the 1950s.<ref name="ehrbar-23" /><ref name="ehrbar-20" /> The couple divorced in the mid-1960s.{{efn |name="date-divorce" |Sources differ about the date of their divorce. The Tom Pickles biography says they "...divorced in 1966 after 22 years of marriage.",<ref name="bio-pickles" /> but Betty Luboff's obituary in ''The Argonaut'' says they divorced in 1968.<ref name="obit-argonaut" />}} On February 19, 2006, Betty died in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name="obit-argonaut" />

The couple had two children: Peter Luboff, born 1945, and Bettina "Tina" Luboff, born 1948. Peter Luboff, a 1967 graduate of [[Dartmouth College]], was a singer-songwriter who co-wrote songs for [[Patti LaBelle]] and [[Bobby Womack]] in the 1980s. He died at the age of 77 on May 21, 2023.<ref name="obit-tcc" /><ref name="dam" /><ref name="obit-goldmine" />

As his recording career diminished in the late 1960s, Luboff continued to find himself in demand as a guest conductor and educator, participating in choral workshops at home and abroad, especially in the Scandinavian countries.<ref name="bio-singers1" /><ref name="obit-lat" /> During a trip to Sweden in 1971 to conduct the [[Swedish Radio Choir]], Swedish public broadcaster [[Sveriges Television]] produced a documentary about his visit titled {{lang|sv|Norman Luboff i Sverge}} (''Norman Luboff in Sweden''). Luboff became acquainted with the producer of the program, Gunilla Marcus, and two and a half years later they were married.<ref name="bio-pickles" />

Luboff and Gunilla moved from New York to [[Bynum, North Carolina]], in 1985 to enjoy the rural lifestyle. It was there that Luboff died on September 22, 1987, after a ten month battle with lung cancer.<ref name="obit-nyt" /><ref name="obit-lat" /> He was cremated, and his wife took his ashes to [[Gotland]], Sweden, where they had a summer home.<ref name="obit-upi" />

Much of his personal archives were donated to the [[Library of Congress]] in 1993 as the Norman Luboff Papers.<ref name="loc" />

==Discography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center; font-size:90%"
|+ List of albums by the Norman Luboff Choir<ref name="bsn" />
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Label
! scope="colgroup" colspan="2" | Catalog {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Peak chart
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
! scope="col" | Mono
! scope="col" | Stereo
|-
! scope="row" | ''Sweet Dreams''
| rowspan="2" | 1953
| rowspan="20" | [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| CL-6252
| —
| —
| {{unbulleted list |10" LP}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Christmas Carols''
| CL-6272
| —
| —
| {{unbulleted list |10" LP |Includes material from 1952 7" EP ''Christmas Carols'' (B-1511)<ref name="bio-pickles" />}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Easy to Remember''
| 1954
| CL-545
| —
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of the West''
| 1955
| CL-657
| CS-8329{{efn-ua |Reissued November 1960 in [[Columbia Records#Stereo|electronically rechanneled stereo]]}}
| 14
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of the South''
| rowspan="3" | 1956
| CL-860
| CS-9045{{efn-ua |Reissued September 1964 in electronically rechanneled stereo}}
| 19
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Just a Song''
| CL-890
| —
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of Christmas''
| CL-926
| CS-8846{{efn-ua |Reissued October 1963 in electronically rechanneled stereo}}
| 22
| {{unbulleted list |Includes material from 1953 10" LP ''Christmas Carols'' (CL-6272)<ref name="bio-pickles" />}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of the Sea''
| rowspan="2" | 1957
| CL-948
| CS-8775{{efn-ua |Reissued March 1963 in electronically rechanneled stereo}}
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Calypso Holiday''
| CL-1000
| —
| 19
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''The Hymnal''
| rowspan="5" | 1958
| CL-1106
| —
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Broadway''
| CL-1110
| CS-8052
| —
| {{unbulleted list |First true stereo release}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Sleepy Time Songs / Wide Awake Songs''
| CL-1179
| —
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of the World, Vol. 1''
| CL-1218
| CS-8140
| —
| rowspan="2" | {{unbulleted list |Also released as a double album (C2L-13)}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of the World, Vol. 2''
| CL-1219
| CS-8141
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''Reverie''
| rowspan="4" | 1959
| CL-1256
| CS-8074
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''But Beautiful''
| CL-1296
| CS-8114
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of the British Isles''
| CL-1348
| CS-8157
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of the Caribbean''
| CL-1357
| —
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Moments to Remember''
| rowspan="2" | 1960
| CL-1423
| CS-8220
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of the Cowboy''
| CL-1487
| CS-8278
| —
| {{unbulleted list |Grammy winner}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''This is Norman Luboff!''
| rowspan="3" | 1961
| rowspan="17" | [[RCA Victor]]
| LPM&nbsp;2342
| LSP&nbsp;2342
| —
| {{unbulleted list |Grammy nominated}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Apasionada''
| LPM 2341
| LSP 2341
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''You're My Girl''
| LPM 2368
| LSP 2368
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Sing! It's Good for You''
| rowspan="4" | 1962
| LPM 2475
| LSP 2475
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Choral Spectacular''
| LPM 2522
| LSP 2522
| —
| {{unbulleted list |Norman Luboff conducting a 100 Voice Chorus and the [[RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra]] |Grammy nominated}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''The Gospel Truth''
| LPM 2548
| LSP 2548
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Inspiration: Great Music for Chorus and Orchestra''
| LM 2593
| LSC 2593
| —
| {{unbulleted list |With [[Leopold Stokowski]] conducting the [[New Symphony Orchestra (London)|New Symphony Orchestra of London]] |Grammy nominated}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Aloha From Norman Luboff''
| rowspan="2" | 1963
| LPM 2602
| LSP 2602
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Grand Tour''
| LPM 2521
| LSP 2521
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''On the Country-Side''
| rowspan="4" | 1964
| LPM 2805
| LSP 2805
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Great Movie Themes''
| LPM 2895
| LSP 2895
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Go Team, Go''
| LPM 2924
| LSP 2924
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Christmas with the Norman Luboff Choir''
| LPM 2941
| LSP 2941
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Blues–Right Now!''
| rowspan="2" | 1965
| LPM 3312
| LSP 3312
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Remember''
| LPM 3400
| LSP 3400
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of the Trail''
| rowspan="2" | 1966
| LPM 3555
| LSP 3555
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Latin Luboff''
| LPM 3637
| LSP 3637
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''Side by Side''
| 1967
| [[RCA&nbsp;Camden]]
| CAL&nbsp;2129
| CAS&nbsp;2129
| —
| {{unbulleted list |Final mono release}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''The Night Before Christmas''
| 1968
| Elba Productions
| —
| none
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''"Four Walls" and Other Country Classics''
| 1969
| RCA Camden
| —
| CAS 2294
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row" | ''ChristmasSing: A Gift of Carols For One and All''
| 1981
| Triangle Records
| —
| TR-144
| —
| 
|-
|colspan="7" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that format.
|}
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==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist |refs=
<ref name="bio-pickles">{{Cite AV media notes |last=Pickles |first=Tom |date=Aug 2016 |title=Songs of Christmas * Christmas with the Norman Luboff Choir |type=booklet |publisher=Real Gone Music |id=RGM-0525}}</ref>
<ref name="bio-loc">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=n.d. |title=Norman Luboff papers, 1940-1988: Biographical Note |url=https://findingaids.loc.gov/db/search/xq/searchMfer02.xq?_id=loc.music.eadmus.mu020019&_faSection=overview&_faSubsection=bioghist&_dmdid=d148896e16 |website=[[Library of Congress]] |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="bio-walton">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=n.d. |title=Walton Music Norman Luboff Biography |url=http://www.waltonmusic.com/bio.html |website=Walton Music |location=[[Cleveland, Tennessee]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531183859/http://www.waltonmusic.com/bio.html |archive-date=31 May 2013 |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="bio-singers1">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=n.d. |title=Norman Luboff Biography |url=https://www.singers.com/bio/3683 |website=Singers.com |location=[[Marin County, California]] |publisher=Primarily A Cappella |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="bio-singers2">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=n.d. |title=Norman Luboff Choir History |url=https://www.singers.com/grouphistory/2498 |website=Singers.com |location=[[Marin County, California]] |publisher=Primarily A Cappella |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="obit-upi">{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=24 Sep 1987 |title=American composer and choral director Norman Luboff, who arranged... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/09/24/American-composer-and-choral-director-Norman-Luboff-who-arranged/4979559454400/ |publisher=[[United Press International]] |place=[[Bynum, North Carolina]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="obit-nyt">{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=24 Sep 1987 |title=Norman Luboff, Head of Choir and Composer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/24/obituaries/norman-luboff-head-of-choir-and-composer.html |url-access=registration |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214235032/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/24/obituaries/norman-luboff-head-of-choir-and-composer.html |archive-date=14 Dec 2024 |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="obit-lat">{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=28 Sep 1987 |title=Norman Luboff; Composer and Conductor of Chorus |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-28-mn-6797-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="tco">{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=14 Nov 1963 |title=Personalities |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016844/1963-11-14/ed-1/?sp=7&st=image |work=Twin City Observer |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |page=7 |via=[[Library of Congress]] |quote=The Norman Luboff Choir appeared in [[Northrup Auditorium]]{{sic|expected=Northrop Auditorium}} Wednesday to a “sold out” audience on the group’s first tour of the country. The nucleus of the choir is 30 virtuoso singers accompanied by four versatile instrumentalists. |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="tjn">{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=25 Feb 1972 |title=Luboff Choir In Cincy Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news/2969725/ |url-access=registration |work=[[Hamilton JournalNews|The Journal News]] |location=[[Hamilton, Ohio]] |page=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="tgl">{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=14 Mar 1979 |title=Luboff An Unusual Man With An Unusual Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2969588/the_gaffney_ledger/ |url-access=registration |work=[[The Gaffney Ledger]] |location=[[Gaffney, South Carolina]] |page=22 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="alamy-kelly">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=n.d. |title=GRACE KELLY in Edith Head dress with vocal coach NORMAN LUBOFF on set candid during filming THE COUNTRY GIRL 1954 director George Seaton Perlberg - Seaton Productions / Paramount Pictures Stock Photo - Alamy |url=https://www.alamy.com/grace-kelly-in-edith-head-dress-with-vocal-coach-norman-luboff-on-set-candid-during-filming-the-country-girl-1954-director-george-seaton-perlberg-seaton-productions-paramount-pictures-image330141150.html |website=[[Alamy]] |location=Milton Park, UK |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211194215/https://www.alamy.com/grace-kelly-in-edith-head-dress-with-vocal-coach-norman-luboff-on-set-candid-during-filming-the-country-girl-1954-director-george-seaton-perlberg-seaton-productions-paramount-pictures-image330141150.html |archive-date=11 Feb 2025 |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="finnley">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=29 Jun 2024 |title=The Norman Luboff Choir |url=https://finnley.audio/2024/06/29/song-of-the-south-norman-luboff-choir/ |website=Finnley’s Audio Adventures |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="grammy">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=n.d. |title=Norman Luboff {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/norman-luboff/14850 |website=Grammy.com |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="wof">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=n.d. |title=Norman Luboff - Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://walkoffame.com/norman-luboff/ |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=[[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="gia">{{cite press release |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=17 Oct 2013 |title=Walton Music joins the GIA family |url=https://giamusic.com/WaltonPR10-13 |location=Chicago, Illinois |publisher=[[GIA Publications]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="som">{{cite book |last1=Luboff |first1=Norman |last2=Stracke |first2=Win |others=Illustrations by Paul Freeman |date=1965 |title=Songs of Man: The International Book of Folk Songs |url=https://archive.org/details/songsofmanintern00lubo |url-access=registration |publisher=Bonanza |via=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="obit-argonaut">{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=28 Mar 2006 |title=Marina Singers founder Betty Luboff dies |url=https://www.argonautnews.com/news/news-features/marina-singers-founder-betty-luboff-dies/article_99fa3179-7a5f-5dde-a6d3-fd468654e4dc.html |work=The Argonaut |location=[[Marina del Rey, California]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="swm">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=n.d. |title=Elizabeth Mulliner |url=https://snowwhitemuseum.com/merchandising/records/american-records/selections-from-walt-disneys-feature-production-by-lyn-murray-decca-a-368/elizabeth-mulliner/ |website=Snow White Museum |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="ehrbar-23">{{cite web |last=Ehrbar |first=Greg |date=21 Feb 2023 |title=“Snow White” and the Seven Labels, Part 1 |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/snow-white-and-the-seven-labels-part-1/ |website=Cartoon Research |location=[[Burbank, California]] |publisher=[[Jerry Beck]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="ehrbar-20">{{cite web |last=Ehrbar |first=Greg |date=17 Nov 2020 |title=The First Mickey Mouse Club Record Albums |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-first-mickey-mouse-club-record-albums/ |website=Cartoon Research |location=[[Burbank, California]] |publisher=[[Jerry Beck]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="obit-tcc">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=n.d. |title=Peter Luboff Obituary May 21, 2023 |url=https://www.tennesseecremation.com/obituaries/peter-luboff |website=Tennessee Cremation Care |location=[[Clarksville, Tennessee]] |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="dam">{{cite magazine |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=Jan–Feb 2024 |title=Deaths |url=https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/2024/1/deaths |magazine=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine |location=[[Hanover, New Hampshire]] |publisher=Trustees of Dartmouth College |page=79 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109022202/https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/2024/1/deaths |archive-date=9 Jan 2025 |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="obit-goldmine">{{cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Warren |date=1 Jun 2023 |title=In Memoriam: Tina Turner, Gordon Lightfoot, Andy Rourke and others |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/news/in-memoriam-tina-turner-gordon-lightfoot-andy-rourke-and-others |work=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]] |publisher=Project M Group |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="loc">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=n.d. |title=Norman Luboff Papers 1940-1988 |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/2006569271 |website=[[Library of Congress]] |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="bsn">{{cite web |last1=Callahan |first1=Mike |last2=Edwards |first2=David |last3=Eyries |first3=Patrice |last4=Watts |first4=Randy |last5=Neely |first5=Tim |display-authors=2 |date=17 Aug 2023 |title=Album Discographies |url=https://www.bsnpubs.com/discog.html |website=Both Sides Now |location=[[Williamson County, Texas]] |publisher=Mike Callahan |access-date=12 Feb 2025}}</ref>
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==Further reading==
{{Archival records |title=Norman Luboff papers 1940-1988 |location=Music Division, Library of Congress |description_URL=https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu020019}}
*{{cite thesis |last=Carter |first=Julie Lane |date=1993 |title=Norman Luboff: His Life, Career, and Professional Choir |degree=DMA |publisher=[[Arizona State University]] |lccn=95139626}}
*{{cite AV media |date=March 1972 |title=Norman Luboff i Sverge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUS5QA0pBbE |trans-title=Norman Luboff in Sweden |type=Television |language=English |location=Sweden |publisher=[[Sveriges Television]] |via=[[YouTube]]}} {{small |(titles in Swedish, dialog in English)}}
*{{AllMusic |<id>=mn0000885712}}
*{{IMDb name |id=0523951}}
*{{TCMDb name |id=1165419{{!}}118501}}

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