Sail on Mitch Miller

[ph4ever]

Mitch Miller Dies: Musical Industry Innovator (For Better and Worse)
Mitch Miller, a musician and record-company executive who became one of the 20th century's most influential forces in popular music as the producer who launched the recording careers of singers Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Mathis and Patti Page, died July 31 at a hospital in New York. He was 99.

Mr. Miller was a talented conductor and oboist who became a recording star in the 1950s and 1960s, with dozens of defiantly backward-looking "sing-along" albums that sold millions of copies. As the host of a popular television show in the early 1960s, "Sing Along With Mitch," he has been credited by some with being the inventor of karaoke.

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[dnw]

Sail on, Mitch.

[SMLCHNG]

I so remember the 'Sing Along' with the bouncing ball.


Sail on Mitch..

[surfpirate]

Holy Crap! If you had asked me I would have assumed he died years ago.
I remember that bouncing ball too (of course I was a mere toddler).

Sail on Mitch.

[East Texas Parrothead]

I loved his shows ... follow the bouncing ball ... Honestly, I didn't know he was still alive.

Sail on, Mr. Miller.

[pair8head]

I would have bet money he had been dead for twenty or more years.

Sail on Mitch

[JollyMon66]

I so remember the 'Sing Along' with the bouncing ball.


Sail on Mitch..

What bouncing balls? That must have been before my time
Sail on Mitch

[surfpirate]

[Karacal]

I so remember the 'Sing Along' with the bouncing ball.


Sail on Mitch..

Me too!

Sail on, Mitch.......

[ejr]

I have vivid memories of singing along with Mitch Miller. Remember when Lesley Uggams would appear on the show?

Sail on, Mitch.

[nutmeg]

Sing along with Mitch was a never-miss show in our household. Why, I don't know, since none of us can carry a tune in a barrel.

I, too, assumed he has passed on years ago.

Sail on Mitch!

[Bfan53again]

Mr. Miller's living was obviously a well-kept secret........

I, too, thought he had passed a long time ago, but......sail on Mr. Miller

[Tropic_Al]

Rest in Peace Mr. Miller.