[Dixielandjazz] RIP Mitch Miller.

[Harry Callaghan]

Being a Freberg fan since my pre-teens, I only a few months ago obtained a
coupla cassettes from "The Stan Freberg Show" that you speak of.

Frankly, as much as I've enjoyed all his satirical stuff on records, I was
rather disappointed in the series.

I can remember him having a radio sitcom that was entitled "That's Rich" but
he never made any reference to it in his 1988 autobiography.

I guess everyone knows by now that Stan and Daws were the voices of Beany
and Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent.

Tides,
HC


On 8/3/10, Hal Vickery <hvickery_80 at msn.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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