Norma Tanega (1939–2019), folk singer who had a hit with “Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog”

Norma Tanega  was a folk singer and experimental musician who had a single hit, the 1966 song “Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog.” The track reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was later covered by artists including Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, Yo La Tengo, and They Might Be Giants. Her other songs include “You’re Dead,” which was used as the theme song for the 2015 movie “What We Do in the Shadows.” Tanega was also a songwriter who wrote and cowrote songs for Dusty Springfield, with whom she had a romantic relationship, including “No Stranger Am I,” “The Colour of Your Eyes,” and Midnight Sounds.”

Dusty in Memphis

When Dusty Springfield's career was lagging in 1968, she traveled across the ocean to record one of the most critically-acclaimed albums of all time...