848064004882

Definitive Collection

Mitch Miller

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Cat No: RLGM4004882PMI

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Release Date:  12 August 2016

Label:  Real Gone Music

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  848064004882

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    There was never anybody like Mitch Miller in the music business. And there never will be again. Head of A&R for Columbia for over 15 years, star of his own television show on NBC, accomplished oboist and NBC, accomplished oboist and enormously influential on pop music during the '50s and early '60s, producing and nurturing the careers of such popular artists as Doris Day, Frankie Laine, Jo Stafford, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell and many others, while famously passing on more rock and roll-oriented acts like Elvis, The Beatles, and Buddy Holly. But Miller's contribution didn't stop there—he was also a successful recording artist in his own right, recording 13 Top Ten albums and a series of bestselling singles with an orchestra and chorus, often credited to Mitch Miller and the Gang. Spanning the years 1950 to 1962, The Definitive Collection covers virtually his entire recording career at Columbia, and includes such chart-topping highlights as "The Yellow Rose of Texas," "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," "Meet Mister Callaghan," the famous "The River Kwai March"/"Colonel Bogey March" medley, "Song for a Summer Night," and more, plus the movie themes "The Guns of Navarone" and "The Longest Day." Gene Sculatti's notes (festooned with photos from the Columbia vault) trace a career arc like no other in the annals of the music industry. 38 freshly remastered tracks (by Maria Triana at Battery Studios) for you to sing along with Mitch!

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Yellow Rose of Texas
      • 2. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
      • 3. Meet Mister Callaghan
      • 4. Autumn Leaves (Les feuilles mortes)
      • 5. Lisbon Antigua (In Old Lisbon)
      • 6. Song for a Summer Night
      • 7. Elaine (Gitane)
      • 8. Napoleon
      • 9. Without My Lover (Bolero Gaucho)
      • 10. Under Paris Skies (Sous le ciel de Paris)
      • 11. The Bonnie Blue Gal
      • 12. Piece for English Horn
      • 13. Greensleeves
      • 14. Song of Delilah
      • 15. The Bowery Grenadiers
      • 16. Medley: The River Kwai March/Colonel Bogey March
      • 17. The Children’s Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)
      • 18. You Are My Sunshine
      • 19. Do-Re-Mi

      Disc 2

      • 1. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)
      • 2. On Top of Old Smokey
      • 3. Shenandoah
      • 4. When the Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin’ Along
      • 5. Tunes of Glory
      • 6. Jeepers Creepers
      • 7. It’s Only a Paper Moon
      • 8. Red River Valley
      • 9. That Old Gang of Mine
      • 10. The Longest Day
      • 11. I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
      • 12. Beautiful Ohio
      • 13. The Gang That Sang “Heart of My Heart”
      • 14. The Whistler and His Dog
      • 15. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
      • 16. Bidin’ My Time
      • 17. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
      • 18. The Guns of Navarone
      • 19. Goodnight Sweetheart