His music experience began at home, where Luboff, his older brother Avy, and their parents entertained themselves with group singing.

After graduation, he continued his studies at the University of Chicago and the American Conservatory of Music, including with noted composer Leo Sowerby.

[2][3] In addition to tutoring, Luboff picked up singing jobs to make ends meet, including as a caroler at Marshall Field's department store during the holidays.

He was part of a quartet with his friend Ray Charles, professor Rus Wood, and future singing cowgirl Dale Evans that sang on Chicago radio stations.

[1][4] Luboff moved to Los Angeles in 1948 to become the choral director for The Railroad Hour, a new radio program starring Gordon MacRae.

[4] He provided arrangements for films including The Jazz Singer (1952), The Desert Song (1953), and Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958), and served as a vocal coach for actors like Kirk Douglas in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Grace Kelly in The Country Girl (1954).

Though not credited on the original release, they contributed to three songs on Harry Belafonte's RCA Victor album Calypso (1956), the first LP to sell one million copies.

The Norman Luboff Choir began to release recordings under their own name in 1952, when they produced the 7" EP Christmas Carols.

RCA offered the opportunity to record with larger choruses and orchestras, prompting Luboff to make the change.

[1] There were frequent contributors like Norma Zimmer, Betty Noyes, and Thurl Ravenscroft, but membership varied from one recording session to the next depending on the requirements of the project and the availability of the performers.

This version of the choir consisted of 20-30 regular members who traveled with Luboff to perform concerts, sometimes appearing in more than a hundred shows per year.

[7][c] Later it became an important outlet for both domestic and international choral composition, allowing composers such as Waldemar Åhlén of Sweden and Egil Hovland of Norway to have their works published in the United States.

[6][12] After Luboff's death in 1987, his widow Gunilla continued to operate the company until it was sold to GIA Publications in 2013.

Peter Luboff, a 1967 graduate of Dartmouth College, was a singer-songwriter who co-wrote songs for Patti LaBelle and Bobby Womack in the 1980s.

[22][23][24] As his recording career diminished in the late 1960s, Luboff continued to find himself in demand as a guest conductor and educator, participating in choral workshops at home and abroad, especially in the Scandinavian countries.