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Norma Tanega (born Norma Cecilia Tanega on 30 January 1939 in Vallejo, CA; died 29 December 2019) was an American folk and pop singer-songwriter, painter, and experimental musician. In the 1960s she had a hit with the single "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" and wrote songs for Dusty Springfield and other prominent musicians. In the decades before her death, Tanega worked mostly as a percussionist, playing various styles of music in the bands Baboonz, hybridVigor, and Ceramic Ensemble. <a href="https:
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Norma
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Vallejo
- Place of death
- Claremont
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- experimental music
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1939-01-30
- birth name
- Norma Cecilia Tanega
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- date of death
- 2019-12-29
- cause of death
- Colorectal cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described at URL
- www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/arts/music/norma-tanega-dead.htm
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