Guy Mitchell
b. Albert Cernick, 22 February 1927, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 1 July 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Mitchell was an enormously popular singer in the USA and especially the UK, particularly during the 50s, with a straightforward style, rich voice and affable personality. Although his birthplace is often given as Yugoslavia, his parents' homeland, Mitchell confirmed in a 1988 UK interview that he was born in Detroit, and was brought up there until the family moved to Colorado, and then to Los Angeles, California, when he was 11 years old. In Los Angeles, he successfully auditioned for Warner Brothers Records and, for the next few years, was groomed for a possible movie career as a child star, in addition to singing on the Hollywood radio station KFWB. The possibility of the world having another Mickey Rooney was averted when the family moved again, this time to San Francisco. Mitchell became an apprentice saddle-maker, and worked on ranches and in rodeos in the San Joaquin Valley, and also sang on cowboy singer Dude Martin's radio show. His affection for country music stayed with him for the remainder of his career. After a spell in the US Navy, Mitchell joined pianist Carmen Cavallaro, and made his first records with the band, including "I Go In When The Moon Comes Out" and "Ah, But It Happens". He then spent some time in New York, making demonstration records, and also won first place on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Show. In 1949, he recorded a few tracks for King Records, which were subsequently reissued on Sincerely Yours when Mitchell became successful.
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Albums
- (1953) 16 Most Requested Songs
Top Tracks
- Singing The Blues
- My Heart Cries For You
- My Truly, Truly Fair
- Chicka-Boom
- Crazy With Love
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