In this video, singer Frankie Laine talks about working with Mitch Miller from 1949-1959, at both Mercury and Columbia Records. Thanks to Mitch Miller, Laine transformed from a jazz singer to a pop icon of mostly Western themed songs of the 1950s, singing hits from "That lucky old sun" (1949) to "Rawhide" (1958). In one of his stories, Laine recalls a young singer plugging a song in 1950 called "Satan wears a satin gown". (The singer was Tony Bennett). Other songs mentioned in the interview were: "Mule train", "Swamp girl", "The cry of the wild goose", and "Shine" (Mercury label); "Jezebel", "Rose, Rose, I love you", "High noon", "Jealousy", "I believe", "Hey Joe", "Hawkeye" and "Moonlight gambler" (Columbia label).
Alternative title
Mitch Miller collection of audio and moving image.
Forms part of: Mitch Miller collection of audio and moving image.
Local note
Preservation file: (1 video file (9 min.) : digital, 10 bit compressed YUV; copied from A.O.) in long term storage, Digital Library Repository server [myh_lvh2770_v01_pm]