With plenty of rousing marches, novelty songs, happy-go-lucky movie choruses and the like, it captures the essence of Mitch's approach

Mitch Miller was a hugely influential personality in the US record business in the 1950s in his position as A&R Director of Columbia Records, guiding the careers of major stars during that era. He was also a hit-making artist in his own right, an oboist, conductor and producer who championed a style of novelty singalong pop which struck a chord with a market still recovering from the dark days of WWII. Many artists hated the material he insisted they record, but there's no denying his success, although he never adapted to the changes that rock 'n' roll brought about. However, right through into the 1960s his series of hugely-popular 'Singalong' albums defied the march of musical time. This 56-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides of his releases on the Columbia label during this era, and features all his 16 career hits including the No. 1 'Yellow Rose Of Texas', and the top 20 entries 'Tzena, Tzena, Tzena', 'Lisbon Antigua', 'Song For A Summer Night', 'March From River Kwai/Colonel Bogey' and 'Children's Marching Song'. With plenty of rousing marches, novelty songs, happy-go-lucky movie choruses and the like, it captures the essence of Mitch's approach, and it's one that will lift the spirits for many listeners who enjoyed his singalong style back in the day

Track Listing

• Tzena Tzena Tzena
• In My Arms
• Song Of Delilah
• Autumn Leaves
• Sea Of The Moon
• Keep Me In Mind
• Cider Night (The Drinking Samba)
• Greensleeves
• Love Makes The World Go Round
• Kalamazoo To Timbuktu
• Cuban Nightingale (Sun Sun Babae)
• Meet Mr Callaghan
• Just Dreaming
• Oriental Polka
• Tira Lira Madeira
• Under Paris Skies
• Frou Frou
• Napoleon
• Sabrina
• Follow Me
• On Honolulu Bay
• Yellow Rose Of Texas
• Bonnie Blue Gal
• Lisbon Antigua
• Willie Can
• Madeira
• St. Lawrence River

• President On The Dollar
• Song For A Summer Night
• Jubilation T. Cornpone
• War And Peace
• Song Of The Sparrow
• A Very Special Love (Song For The Ninth Day)
• Java
• Whistle Stop
• The River Kwai March - Colonel Bogey
• Bonnie Eloise
• The Key (To Your Heart)
• Bluebell
• Moonlight And Roses
• Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)
• Holiday For Lovers
• Hey Betty Martin
• Alouette March
• Do-Re-Mi
• Sing Along
• Walkin Down To Washington
• Must Be Santa
• That Old Gang Of Mine
• Tunes Of Glory
• The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa! Baa! Baa!)
• Poor Butterfly
• I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
• Guns Of Navarone
• Aura Lee
• The Longest Day

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Run Time: 143 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/07/24

UPC: 824046351724