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Normie Rowe. A Headline Act

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Normie Rowe  is a much sought after live performer and can be booked through  Westside Talent ,   Normie Rowe had already sung in the local church choir and performed in a high school band, when at the age of 14, he appeared at his music school’s concert and was spotted by the concert’s compere, prominent Melbourne radio personality Stan Rofe.   Impressed, Stan made the appropriate introductions to dance promoters. By the time he released his first single, Normie already had several years of experience behind him, in the traditional dance circuit where, (as in the Big Band era), several featured singers stepped up to perform in front of the house band.  It Ain't Necessarily So The Beatles era changed all that, but Normie had served his apprenticeship that way. At the same time, he was one of the first Melbourne entertainers with the ‘long hair’ of the new Beatles-influenced music era. Famously, Normie had to choose between his hair and his job with the PMG (now Te