Norman, Is That You?

Artist:  Tony Perkins
Song:  Indian Giver (a-side) (b-side is Just Being Of Age)
Label:  RCA Victor
Number:  47-7155
Songwriter:  Tony Perkins (arranged by Shorty Rogers)
Time: 2:28
Released:  1958

Today's artist was primarily known for being a "Psycho."  But, he was no psycho when it came to singing; in fact, he had a pretty good voice.  Of course I'm talking about Anthony Perkins, who was famous for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 motion picture "Psycho."  He was born on April 4th, 1932 and was primarily known as an actor, with an acting career that lasted from 1953 until 1992, the year he died.  He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting actor in his second film, Friendly Persuasion, which was released in 1956.  He was so well known in his Norman Bates role, that he ended up doing three sequels to Psycho.  Some of his other movies were On The Beach (1959), Murder On The Orient Express (1974), Mahogany (1975), and one of my favorites, The Black Hole (1979).
In the 1950s he branched out and released three pop music albums, along with several singles, on the Epic and RCA labels, using the name Tony Perkins.  Although his musical career seems to have only lasted for the two years of 1957 and 1958, he did have a modest hit with his single Moon-Light Swim, which reached number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1957.
You'd be crazy not to want to hear Tony Perkins singing "Indian Giver", a song he wrote himself!