Normie Rowe
Norman John "Normie" Rowe AM (born 1 February 1947) 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 1980's serial (in Sons and Daughters). As a singer he was credited for his bright and edgy tenor voice and dynamic stage presence. Many of Rowe's 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 mid-1960s. Rowe's double-sided hit "Que Sera Sera" / "Shakin' All Over" was one of the most successful Australian singles of the 1960s.
Between 1965 and 1967 Rowe was Australia's most popular male star but his career was cut short when he was drafted for compulsory military service (called National Service in Australia) in late 1967. His subsequent tour of duty in Vietnam effectively ended his pop career and he was never able to recapture the success in music he enjoyed at his peak, and instead carving out a career in theatre.
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Normie Rowe
ALBUMS
- The Fable Years released: 2005
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by Tyler Hilton
Nora Marie
by: Tyler HiltonI know, you know, that I just can't decide
which way my heart will lead me
But you just sit, I think
Boy what should you do now
Just wait until you sink me
Girl I don't see nothin wrong with you and me together
I'll come out and shout it loud, there ain't nothing better, then my
Nora Marie, baby can't you see
I'll make time for you, but I'll need to decide
If my Nora Marie feels the same way for me
Well I know you're new, in a way so am I, Nora Marie
Well you think you are through, but girl you ain't seen nothing yet
I get twice of what you feel
Well I'm so sure you know that I might even bet
I'll be playing this reel to reel
Girl I don't want nothing like "boy, where have you been?"
Cause things will be going fine you take one look again, oh my
Nora Marie, baby can't you see
I'll make time for you, but I'll need to decide
If my Nora Marie feels the same way for me
Well I know you knew, in a way so did I, Nora Marie
You might say Ty, it would be so much safer
even though you might be lying
But one day I swear I'll write this down on paper
but for now I'm improvising
Girl I can get all mixed up trying to be true
I think you can see the problem