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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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To: Tennessee Nana
was he related to Glen Miller ???

No

21 posted on 08/02/2010 12:04:34 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: MasonGal

I kinda had the same reaction.
Still sad to hear the news.


22 posted on 08/02/2010 12:05:07 PM PDT by LuciaMia
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thanks so much!

Such clean-cut, ordinary looking, but talented singers!


23 posted on 08/02/2010 12:05:20 PM PDT by happygrl (Continuing to predict that 0bama will resign)
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To: null and void
Stink along with Mitch.

To each his own.

24 posted on 08/02/2010 12:05:20 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: xzins

Many happy memorys of Singing Along With Mitch while driving the kids to school. We belted out our songs together every morning. That was ten years ago. They are all gifted and talented singers today. Thanks MITCH! RIP


25 posted on 08/02/2010 12:06:19 PM PDT by Broker (Psalm 109)
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To: happygrl

A name from a simpler,more innocent era.


26 posted on 08/02/2010 12:07:10 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor,9/11/01)
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To: xzins

Another ‘Energizer Bunny’ that keeps on going- Jack Lalane!


27 posted on 08/02/2010 12:09:23 PM PDT by LuciaMia
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To: null and void
Hey, if I make it to 99 years old, you can joke about my death all you want! People who make it to that ripe age should be thankful as not many can say the same.

At my age, it is rare to hear about living celebrities that were before my time but Mitch Miller is definitely one of them. I'm almost 50 years old and I have no idea who he was but obviously he was famous at one time. Must have been before 1970.

28 posted on 08/02/2010 12:11:03 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 22 days away from outliving Francis Gary Powers)
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To: happygrl

Great memories of happy days.
Rest In Peace, Mitch Miller


29 posted on 08/02/2010 12:11:19 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military Men And Women)
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To: happygrl

oneanatwoanathree.........


30 posted on 08/02/2010 12:11:27 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: happygrl

THANK YOU Mitch for all of your contributions and positive influences in our culture and society. Your music and influence will live on as people play your timeless tunes.

One of my favs is the Mitch Miller’s Christmas Album. His rendering of “The Christmas Song” was only second behind Nat King Cole’s.


31 posted on 08/02/2010 12:11:42 PM PDT by TMA62 (TMA62)
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To: happygrl

Isn’t Mitch the guy who said Rock’n Roll would never last?


32 posted on 08/02/2010 12:13:20 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: happygrl
I recall seeing "Sing Along with Mitch" on TV when I was in kindergarten. That was 1960. A old B&W TV in Navy housing in Honolulu.
33 posted on 08/02/2010 12:21:48 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Boiler Plate

“Isn’t Mitch the guy who said Rock’n Roll would never last?”

If he was, he was right. Rock ‘n Roll died a long time ago, replaced by Discordant Crap.


34 posted on 08/02/2010 12:26:41 PM PDT by beelzepug ("Don't be a wise a**.")
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To: rockabyebaby

That ‘bouncing ball’ was like early karaoke!!


35 posted on 08/02/2010 12:32:15 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SamAdams76

We used to sing along with him. That was back when families watched TV together, ate sitting down at a dinner table and engaged in a lot of other abnormal behaviors.


36 posted on 08/02/2010 12:35:25 PM 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

“Be kind to your friends in the swamp, for a duck may be somebody’s Mother”


37 posted on 08/02/2010 12:39:22 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: happygrl

Mitch Miller was also a successful studio musician. I believe that’s him playing the oboe solo on Frank Sinatra’s “It Was a Very Good Year.”


38 posted on 08/02/2010 12:42:19 PM PDT by Hackle
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To: SamAdams76
...but obviously he was famous at one time. Must have been before 1970.

I don't want to appear to be the smart a**, but yep, things did occur before 1970. In this case, the 1950s, a glorious time to have lived, what with a country that was proud of itself and which had music that actually (ACTUALLY) had melodies. Imagine that!

39 posted on 08/02/2010 12:42:34 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: LuciaMia

Someone told me once, that LaLane didn’t even start exercising until he was in his 50’s. Do you know if that’s true?


40 posted on 08/02/2010 12:43:25 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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