Mitch Miller

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Mitch Miller

American conductor and music producer

Also known as: Mitchell William Miller

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- Columbia Records
  The CBS era and Columbia’s renaissance
  …be attributed in part to Mitch Miller, an accomplished producer and orchestral musician, who became the head of artists and repertoire at Columbia. Miller called the rock genre “pimple music,” according to a 1999 piece in the New York Daily News, and was adamant that Columbia not sign a rock-and-roll…
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  …be attributed in part to Mitch Miller, an accomplished producer and orchestral musician, who became the head of artists and repertoire at Columbia. Miller called the rock genre “pimple music,” according to a 1999 piece in the New York Daily News, and was adamant that Columbia not sign a rock-and-roll…
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- New York 1950s overview
  Mitch Miller was the first major-label A&R man to appreciate the potential in covering country hits, producing “The Tennessee Waltz” by Patti Page for Mercury in 1950 and the first pop cover of a Hank Williams song, “Cold, Cold Heart,” by Tony Bennett for Columbia…
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  Mitch Miller was the first major-label A&R man to appreciate the potential in covering country hits, producing “The Tennessee Waltz” by Patti Page for Mercury in 1950 and the first pop cover of a Hank Williams song, “Cold, Cold Heart,” by Tony Bennett for Columbia…
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