Norma began her recording career in 1966 on the Maltese label as lead vocalist with a girl group billed as Norma Jenkins And The Dolls. In 1967 she recorded Need Someone To Love b/w Me Myself And I, produced by Joe Evans and written by Winfred Lovett which was released as a single for the Carnival label and earned Norma a mention in the May, 1967 issue of Billboard magazine in the R&B Spotlight column. Later that same year Norma recorded a duet with Troy Keyes for the ABC label. I973 saw the release of a string of 45s on the George Kerr owned Jean, Kerr and Alithia labels respectively, including a duet with J. Ray which was released on Alithia. In 1976 Norma recorded her first full length album, the aptly titled Patience Is A Virtue, the vinyl of which has become highly coveted among collectors of rare soul music, especially in the UK where Norma still gets a lot of play on the Northern Soul scene.