Monty Norman piano sheet music of popular songs

Monty Norman (born 4 April 1928) is a singer and film composer best known for composing the "James Bond Theme". Norman was born Monty Noserovitch in Stepney in the East End of London, the only child of Jewish parents, Annie (née Berlin) and Abraham Noserovitch, on the second night of Passover in 1928. When Norman's father was young, he travelled fr om Latvia to England with his mother (Norman's grandmother). As a child during World War II, Norman was evacuated from London but later returned during the Blitz. As a young man he did national service in the RAF, wh ere he became interested in pursuing a career in singing. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Norman was a singer for big bands such as those of Cyril Stapleton, Stanley Black, Ted Heath, and Nat Temple.