Voiceover talent Norman Rose read the "poem" and Melissa Manchester was a background singer on the chorus section of the song.
Norman | Norman Mailer | Rose | Rose Bowl Game | Norman architecture | Rose Bowl | Pete Rose | Norman conquest of England | Anglo-Norman | Norman Rockwell | rose | Norman, Oklahoma | Norman Lear | Greg Norman | Axl Rose | The Name of the Rose | Charlie Rose | Jessye Norman | Gypsy Rose Lee | Norman Jewison | Norman Wisdom | Britten-Norman Islander | Norman Foster | Norman Whitfield | Mary Rose | Leonard Rose | White Rose | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Norman Tebbit | Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. |
Among established name artists to appear on Cricket were Gene Autry, William Bendix, Smiley Burnette, Bobby Colt, Dennis Day, Eddie Dean, Leif Erickson, Ray Heatherton, Boris Karloff, Maury Laws, Gisele MacKenzie, Norman Rose and David Wayne.
The NNJR charter members are, Eugene Broberg, J. Howard Bryan, Francis Chambers, G. Harry Cusak, John Entwistle, Charles Fowler, Theodore Garrick, Robert Hammett, Edwin Hewitt, Joseph Hilton, Elroy Hull, Robert Jamison, Edward Jekkal, Arnold Ladd, Fred Linda, Don McDonnell, Edgar McHutchinson, Wesley Mock, Jr., William Olthoff, Alfred Parsons, Charles Pearce, David Preis, Norman Rose, Bengt Soderstrom, Clifford Sweetra, C. L. Thompson, John Tieman, Lake Underwood, Gerald White, and Wilfred Wing.