Mitch Miller

Mitch Miller
Mitch Miller (center) in December 1961
Background information
Birth name	Mitchell William Miller
Born	(1911-07-04)July 4, 1911 Rochester, New York, U.S.
Died	July 31, 2010(2010-07-31) (aged 99) New York City, U.S.
Genres	Choral, traditional pop
Occupation(s)	Musician singer conductor record producer record company executive
Instrument(s)	English horn, oboe, vocals
Years active	1928–2005

Mitchell William Miller (July 4, 1911 – July 31, 2010)^[1][2] 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.