[Dixielandjazz] RIP Mitch Miller.

[Hal Vickery]

For Sirius/XM Subscribers:  

The Sirius/XM OTR channel is playing a two-hour tribute to Freberg in honor of his birthday this week.  I've heard about an hour or so of it.  It's made up of shows from his 1957 CBS Radio summer series.  Great stuff with help from Daws Butler, June Foray, and others.

Hal Vickery

> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:44:44 -0500
> From: meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] RIP Mitch Miller.
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
> 
> Putting the whole Miller/Sinatra thing on the back burner, see if you can
> find yourself a means of listening to Stan Freberg's hilarious parody on
> Miller's major hit record, "The Yellow Rose of Texas"
> 
> I was motivated to give a listen to it yesterday after reading Mitch's obit.
> 
> Throughout the recording, he becomes increasingly irritated as he is being
> drowned out by what he refers to as a "smart alec Yankee drummer",
> threatening to "secede from the band, so help me, Mitch Miller I will"
> 
> Another Freberg classic.
> 
> Tides,
> HC
> 
> 
> On 8/3/10, macjazz <macjazz at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Mitch's job at that time was "if this isn't working, try that."  What
> > Sinatra was doing (at the time) was no longer working, by the accepted
> > standards. "O.K., let's try something else."  Miller obviously had more work
> > than those that didn't work. He held the A&R post for years.
> >
> > In the meantime, there can be no lower common denominator than "Sing along
> > with Mitch."  This was from an outstanding symphonic oboe playing Eastman
> > School of Music Graduate.  Yes, he knew how tacky it was!
> >
> > At the same time he help lots of  performers and other musicians earn a
> > living one way or another. (My personal favorite is his support for the
> > computer Alec Wilder).
> >
> > I don't think he should be remembered by just the story that he pissed off
> > Sinatra, even if Sinatra proved himself right (and Miller wrong). There was
> > a whole lot more than that.
> >
> > Mart
> >
> > Martin D. McKay (Designated Listener)
> > St. Augustine, Florida (Come on down and bring money)
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hal Vickery" <hvickery_80 at msn.com>
> > To: "Martin D. McKay" <macjazz at comcast.net>
> > Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 1:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] RIP Mitch Miller.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> I hate to speak ill of the dead, but Mitch Miller was responsible for this
> >> abomination that resulted in Frank Sinatra literally hating him:
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRNRaMToK1g
> >>
> >> This occurred as Sinatra's career was hitting bottom, and I'm sure it
> >> accelerated his descent.  Soon Sinatra would join Capitol records and then
> >> win his Oscar, but still can anyone be forgiven for insisting that he record
> >> this?
> >>
> >> Okay, I'm magnanimous and he's no longer with us.  I'm just wondering what
> >> how that conversation with Frank is going right now.  RIP Mitch.
> >>
> >> Hal Vickery
> >>
> >> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:07:19 -0400
> >>> From: mjl at ix.netcom.com
> >>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] RIP Mitch Miller.
> >>> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> >>> To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
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