Normie Rowe

Norman John Normie Rowe AM is an Australian singer of pop music in the 1960s, and an actor of theatre and soap opera for which he remains best known as Doug Morrell in 1980s serial . As a singer he was credited for his bright and edgy tenor voice and dynamic stage presence. Many of Rowes most successful recordings were produced by Nat Kipner and later by Pat Aulton, house producers for the Sunshine Records label. Backed by his band, The Playboys, Rowe released a string of Australian pop hits on the Sunshine Records label that kept him at the top of the Australian charts and made him the most popular solo performer of the mid1960s. Rowes doublesided hit Que Sera Sera Shakin All Over was one of the most successful Australian singles of the 1960s.

Rowe was born in Melbourne. He was drawn to music early in life. He began singing with his local church choir in Melbourne while at primary school. He was hooked on rock and roll music even before his teens and Col Joye became one of his early idols and inspirations. He took up guitar and formed his first amateur band, The Valiants, while he was in high school, at Northcote High. They performed once a month at Alphington Methodist Hall. He concentrated on singing and made his first stage appearance as a lead vocalist in a music school concert, aged 14.

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