In 1973, on the day before Easter, Diane Divelbess received an unexpected visitor to her California home: Norma Tanega, the folk singer who, just a few years prior, had become famous through her ...

Norma Tanega, during her 26 June 1966 appearance on British TV’s weekly pop show 'Ready Steady Go!' At that time, the nature of Springfield and Tanega’s sexuality had to remain a secret. The music ...

Norma Tanega was an important if under-the-radar figure in the creative community of Claremont, where the singer-songwriter attended college on the cusp of the 1960s and returned in 1972 after ...

Drugs, for the better or worse, are a central theme of Norma Tanega's current exhibition at White Columns, the late artist’s first New York show. Internal Landscapes: Paintings 1967-2005 includes 19 ...

Cult '60s folk singer-songwriter Norma Tanega has died, The New York Times reports. According to her lawyer, Alfred Shine, she passed away at her home in Claremont, California on 12/29 after a battle ...

The late, great singer-songwriter Norma Tanega is overdue for fame. Credit: Ralph Weiss Although she had a hit 56 years ago with “Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog” and has enjoyed the aforementioned ...

Norma Tanega can be uncommonly expressive. She might close her eyes and scrunch up her face in deep thought or bury her face in her hands in mock horror. Often, though, she simply looks impassive, ...

She had only one hit record, but it was a memorable one: a quirkily titled song about freedom, dreaming and her cat, who really was named Dog. By Richard Sandomir In 1966, when Norma Tanega released ...