Norma TenegaNorma Tanega (January 30, 1939 - December 29, 2019) was a musician, singer, songwriter, and painter who reached worldwide recognition after the release of her 1966 hit single, "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog." In addition to her solo career, she wasa songwriter for Dusty Springfield, and performed with a number of groups well into the 2000s. A painter throughout her life, Tanega first began exhibiting her work at the age of sixteen, and received her MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 1962, with her later work often supported by the Claremont Museum of Art. She passed away in December 2019, at the age of eighty. Read More Read Less