Background
He was born Norman Joseph Arie, the son of Lebanese parents, in Montreal in 1928.
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Norman Brooks
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He played Jolson in the 1956 film, The Best Things in Life Are Free. Brooks performed in nightclubs and on television in the United States and Canada during the 1950s and 1960s. He played himself in the 1960 film Ocean"s Eleven.
His records "Hello Sunshine" and "You Shouldn"t Have Kissed Maine The First Time" for the Zodiac Records label were national hits in 1953.
His song "A Sky-Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie" reached Number. 17 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart in November 1954.
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Canada