[NormsRevenge]

RIP Mitch

[reagan_fanatic]

Wow - I didn’t know he was still alive. I remember him from when I was a wee little kid and Dad played his LP’s on the hi-fi.

May God rest his soul.

[socal_parrot]

RIP Mitch. “Colonel Bogey March” going currently going through my head.

[walford]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFWOr3FDJI8

[April Lexington]

I loved his show when I was a kid. RIP, Mitch...

[smokingfrog]

Follow the bouncing ball....

RIP

[Publius]

Mitch Miller was one of the most important producers of the Fifties. He defined the country and rockabilly sound at Columbia Records, where he was the director of A&R (artists and repetoire). Marty Robbins and other country singers got a huge leg up with Miller's male chorus backing them on recordings.

He was a genuine giant.

[NormsRevenge]

NYT thread here
Mitch Miller, Music Executive and TV Host, Dies
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2563257/posts

[Commander X]

Listening to his Christmas album was a tradition in our house during the holidays. Now..I have the cd and play it for my kids at Christmas!

[Larry Lucido]

RIP Mitch.

[TexasTransplant]

Original Karaoke.... Follow the Bouncing Ball!

(Mom used to use his show as an unpaid Baby sitter)

RIP Mitch

TT

[laweeks]

No disrespect, but I thought he died many years ago. Class act and a class show.

[I see my hands]

Stupid internet! No bouncing ball generator. Rest in peace, MItch.

[ol' hoghead]

Be kind to our web footed friends,
for duck may be some body's mother.

Be kind to our friends in the swamp,
where the weather is very, very, daump.

Now you might think that this is the end
well, it is.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

RIP.
Below is the only stanza that I remember.

Be kind to your web-footed friends
For a duck may be somebody’s mother
Be kind to your friends in the swamp
Where the weather is very, very damp [pronounced to rhyme with “swamp”]
Now, you may think that this is the end...
WELL, IT IS! [abrupt cut to closing credits]

[Red Badger]

OMG, I thought he had been dead for decades!.............RIP, Mitch. You can Sing Along with the angelic choir, now..............

[lupie]

Wow.. I didn’t know he was still around either. What great memories of Friday nights as a child. As I recall, Rawhide with a very young Clint Eastwood, came on right after, or right before his show.

[Dr. Thorne]

Still the most fun Christmas album ever.

[KEmom]

My all-time favorite Christmas Album as a kid. I had to search all over to find it on CD a couple years ago.

Thanks for some great Christmas Sing-a-longs!! RIP

[Inspectorette]

Brings back memories. My Dad owned a little neighborhood bar, we lived upstairs. When “Sing Along With Mitch” would come on, the entire contingent of regulars (Norm and Cliff types) would sing lustily through the whole show. Those were good days.