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Mitch Miller Dies at Age 99
http://www.newser.com/tag/54238/1/mitch-miller.html | August 2, 2010

Posted on 08/02/2010 11:45:19 AM PDT by happygrl

AP) - Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to "Sing Along With Mitch" on television and records, died Saturday at age 99. Miller was a key exec at Columbia Records in the pre-rock 'n' roll era, making hits with singers Rosemary Clooney, Patti Page, Johnny Mathis, and Tony...

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KEYWORDS: 2010obituaries; miller; mitchmiller; music; obituary
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Thanks for the Happy Times
1 posted on 08/02/2010 11:45:21 AM PDT by happygrl
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To: happygrl

http://www.newser.com/story/97067/music-pioneer-mitch-miller-dead-at-99.html


2 posted on 08/02/2010 11:46:18 AM PDT by happygrl (Continuing to predict that 0bama will resign)
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Follow the bouncing ball.........


3 posted on 08/02/2010 11:46:24 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: happygrl

Who’dda thunk he was still alive? Sing along with Mitch. Just follow the bouncing ball. RIP, Sir.


4 posted on 08/02/2010 11:47:25 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Hitler Was Their Fate and their Fate Could Not Be Stayed. Von Braustitch.)
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To: happygrl

Sure brings back welcome memories of simpler, happier times... {sigh}

RIP....


5 posted on 08/02/2010 11:48:18 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: happygrl

RIP.

Glad he lived to be so old.


6 posted on 08/02/2010 11:50:58 AM PDT by umgud (Obama is a failed experiment.)
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To: happygrl
Sing Along With Mitch!
7 posted on 08/02/2010 11:52:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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To: happygrl

Oh, my goodness - I remember Mitch Miller and the bouncing ball.......truthfully, I thought he passed away quite a long time ago. Sorry to hear the news.


8 posted on 08/02/2010 11:52:32 AM PDT by MasonGal
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To: Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows

9 posted on 08/02/2010 11:52:32 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: happygrl

Oh, my goodness - I remember Mitch Miller and the bouncing ball.......truthfully, I thought he passed away quite a long time ago. Sorry to hear the news.


10 posted on 08/02/2010 11:53:02 AM PDT by MasonGal
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To: happygrl

Oh, my goodness - I remember Mitch Miller and the bouncing ball.......truthfully, I thought he passed away quite a long time ago. Sorry to hear the news.


11 posted on 08/02/2010 11:53:16 AM PDT by MasonGal
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12 posted on 08/02/2010 11:53:25 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: happygrl

A pioneer in interactive television.


13 posted on 08/02/2010 11:53:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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Oops - sorry for the double post.


14 posted on 08/02/2010 11:54:20 AM PDT by MasonGal
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To: happygrl

was he related to Glen Miller ???


15 posted on 08/02/2010 11:55:31 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Follow the bouncing ball.........

Stink along with Mitch.

16 posted on 08/02/2010 11:56:36 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 555 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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I can’t believe I said that. It’s in shockingly bad taste even by my admittedly low standards.


17 posted on 08/02/2010 11:57:19 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 555 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: happygrl

his chorus sounded great, too. few remember that it was mitch miller’s boys who sang the theme for “the longest day.”


18 posted on 08/02/2010 11:57:51 AM PDT by dep (all that is necessary for liberals to triumph is for honest people to do nothing)
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Rock and roll music knocked him off the charts in the late 1950s. He hated rock music.


19 posted on 08/02/2010 12:01:43 PM PDT by mono
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RIP, Mitch.

What an era you were part of.


20 posted on 08/02/2010 12:02:11 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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