Frankie Laine was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist", his other nicknames include "Mr. Rhythm", "Old Leather Lungs", and "Mr. Steel Tonsils". His hits included "That's My Desire", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Mule Train", "Jezebel", "High Noon", "I Believe", "Hey Joe!", "The Kid's Last Fight", "Cool Water", "Rawhide", and "You Gave Me a Mountain".
Joseph Raymond Conniff was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.
Mitchell William Miller was an American choral conductor, record producer, record-industry executive, and professional oboist. He was involved in almost all aspects of the industry, particularly as a conductor and artists and repertoire (A&R) man. Miller was one of the most influential people in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of A&R at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist with an NBC television series, Sing Along with Mitch. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the early 1930s, Miller began his musical career as a player of the oboe and English horn, making numerous highly regarded classical and popular recordings.
"Shine On, Harvest Moon" is a popular early-1900s song credited to the married vaudeville team Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. It was one of a series of moon-related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was debuted by Bayes and Norworth in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 to great acclaim. It became a pop standard, and continues to be performed and recorded in the 21st century.
"Baby I'm Yours" is a song written by Van McCoy which was a hit in 1965 for Barbara Lewis, the original recording artist. The song was featured in the 1995 film The Bridges of Madison County and was included on the soundtrack album. It was also featured in the TV movies The Midnight Hour (1985) and An American Crime (2007), as well as being briefly featured in Baby Driver.
Johnny's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by vocalist Johnny Mathis that was released by Columbia Records on March 17, 1958, and has been described as the "original greatest-hits package". The LP collected all but one of the songs from the first six singles he recorded, including eight A- and B-sides that made the singles charts in The Billboard as well as three B-sides that did not chart and one new track that was co-written by Mathis but not released as a single.
Pentatonix is an American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of vocalists Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Matt Sallee, and Kevin Olusola. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements with vocal harmonies, basslines, riffing, percussion, and beatboxing, they produce cover versions of modern pop works or Christmas songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with original material. Pentatonix was formed in 2011 and subsequently won the third season of NBC's The Sing-Off, receiving $200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music. When Sony's Epic Records dropped the group after The Sing-Off, the group formed its YouTube channel, distributing its music through Madison Gate Records, a label owned by Sony Pictures. Their YouTube channel currently has 20 million subscribers and more than 5.6 billion views. The group's video version of Hallelujah has over 719 million views as of September 24, 2023.
Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller & The Gang. It was released in 1958 on the Columbia label.
More Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller & The Gang. It was released in 1958 on the Columbia label.
Folk Song Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller & The Gang. It was released in 1959 on the Columbia label.
Party Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller & The Gang. It was released in 1959 on the Columbia label.
Christmas Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller & The Gang. It was released in 1958 on the Columbia label.
Sentimental Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller & The Gang. It was released in 1960 on the Columbia label.
Saturday Night Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller & The Gang. It was released in 1960 on the Columbia label.
Memories Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller & The Gang. It was released in 1960 on the Columbia label.
Happy Times! Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller and The Gang. It was released in 1960 on the Columbia label.
Holiday Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller and The Gang. It was released in 1961 on the Columbia label. This album consisted of more contemporary Christmas songs, while his Miller's previous Christmas album, Christmas Sing Along with Mitch, consisted of more traditional carols, a few of them of a religious character.
Fireside Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller and The Gang. It was released in 1959 on the Columbia label. The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on January 4, 1960, peaked at No. 10, and remained on that chart for 30 weeks.
TV Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller and The Gang. It was released in 1961 on the Columbia label. The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on June 12, 1961, peaked at No. 3, and remained on that chart for 40 weeks.
Mitch's Greatest Hits is an album by Mitch Miller, The Gang and Orchestra. It was released in 1961 on the Columbia label. The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on March 6, 1961, peaked at No. 9, and remained on that chart for eight weeks.
