{"title":"Artist: Norma Jenkins","description":"Norma began her recording career in 1966 on the Maltese label as lead vocalist with a girl group billed as Norma Jenkins And The Dolls. In 1967 she recorded \"Need Someone To Love\" b\/w \"Me Myself And I,\" produced by Joe Evans and written by Winfred Lovett which was released as a single for the Carnival label and earned Norma a mention in the May, 1967 issue of Billboard magazine in the R\u0026amp;B Spotlight column. Later that same year Norma recorded a duet with Troy Keyes for the ABC label. I973 saw the release of a string of 45s on the George Kerr owned Jean, Kerr and Alithia labels respectively, including a duet with J. Ray which was released on Alithia. In 1976 Norma recorded her first full length album, the aptly titled \"Patience Is A Virtue,\" the vinyl of which has become highly coveted among collectors of rare soul music, especially in the UK where Norma still gets a lot of play on the Northern Soul scene.","products":[{"product_id":"mionartist-norma-jenkins-mionmasterproduct-patience-is-a-virtue","title":"Master Release: Patience Is A Virtue by Norma Jenkins","description":null,"brand":"MION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50165522202921,"sku":null,"price":10000299.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/4151\/5828\/files\/MS5qcGVn_f0ffd481-8211-4a31-bc95-93f59cded41f.jpg?v=1744188348"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/4151\/5828\/collections\/LTc2NDEucG5n.jpg?v=1744188342","url":"https:\/\/records-mion.myshopify.com\/collections\/mionartist-norma-jenkins.oembed","provider":"MION","version":"1.0","type":"link"}