# Norman Mapp

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'''John Norman Mapp''' (1928–1988) was a [jazz](/source/jazz) vocalist, lyricist and composer.

==Biography==
Mapp was born to John Offir Mapp and Frances Edwina Carter Mapp; and raised in [Queens](/source/East_Elmhurst%2C_Queens%2C_New_York), New York. He was married to Marilyn Patricia Folk Lewis Mapp, and was the father of four sons, one daughter and one stepson, David (aka David P Newman), John, Brian, Eric, Robin and Norman A. Lewis, respectively. He started his music career as a singer with the [U.S. Army](/source/U.S._Army) band during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) while stationed in Europe. He returned home a disabled veteran, after his honorable discharge.

[Dinah Washington](/source/Dinah_Washington), after an evening of performing, went into a [Harlem](/source/Harlem) night club to hear Mapp sing at his debut, and she adopted him as her protégé, encouraged him to continue singing and writing songs, and helped him start his career as a soloist and big-band musician.

In February 1988 upon Mapp's death at age 59, [Anthony Scaduto](/source/Anthony_Scaduto) wrote Mapp's obituary for ''[New York Newsday 1988](/source/New_York_Newsday_1988)'' and quoted Mapp's friend, trumpeter [Clark Terry](/source/Clark_Terry), who said, "He was the warmest human being who ever lived. Very beautiful, very talented.".<ref>{{cite news|work=New York Newsday|year=1988}}</ref> In the same obituary, Norman Mapp was quoted from a previous ''Newsday'' interview in 1986 as saying he "never regretted making music his career...because it brought him a wealth of experience, plus the opportunity to know and work with people such as Count Basie, Dinah Washington, Sy Oliver." On learning of his passing, Arthur Prysock said, "I thought he was a great fellow. He's going to be missed.<ref>{{cite news|work=New York Newsday|year=1988}}</ref>

Mapp's songs include "Jazz Ain't Nothin' but Soul", "I Worry 'Bout You", "Mr. Ugly", "In the Night", "Free Spirits", and "Foul Play". His songs were performed by [Count Basie](/source/Count_Basie), [Betty Carter](/source/Betty_Carter), [Marvin Gaye](/source/Marvin_Gaye), [Gigi Gryce](/source/Gigi_Gryce), [Peggy Lee](/source/Peggy_Lee), and [Arthur Prysock](/source/Arthur_Prysock).

== Discography ==
* ''Jazz Aint Nothin but Soul''

==References==
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[David P. Mapp, aka: Newman, son](/source/David_P._Mapp%2C_aka%3A_Newman%2C_son)

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Category:1928 births
Category:1988 deaths
Category:American jazz singers
Category:American male jazz composers
Category:Musicians from Queens, New York
Category:Jazz musicians from New York City
Category:Singers from New York City
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II
Category:United States Army soldiers
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:20th-century American jazz composers
Category:20th-century American male composers

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