Guy Mitchell - 20 Golden Hits - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Guy Mitchell's career reflects a journey through the golden age of music. This collection captures the essence of his timeless country and pop hits, showcasing why he remains a beloved figure whose melodies still resonate today. Album Tracks 1. She Wears Red Feathers 2. Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie 3. Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po) 4. Chicka Boom 5. Cloud Lucky Seven 6. The Cuff of My Shirt 7. Sippin' Soda 8. Side By Side 9. My Heart Cries for You 10. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You 11. The Roving Kind 12. Singing the Blues 13. Knee Deep in the Blues 14. Rockabilly 15. Call Rosie on the Phone 16. Heartaches By the Number 17. There's a Pawnshop on a Corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 18. Music, Music, Music 19. Sparrow in the Tree Top 20. My Truly, Truly Fair

He was born Al Cernick in Detroit in 1927, into a Yugoslavian immigrant family whose members sang as often as possible, for their own pleasure. He made his first appearance as a singer at age three, at a wedding reception. The Cernick family moved across the country in search of a place they liked, before reaching Los Angeles in 1938. He was spotted by a talent scout and signed up as a child performer at Warner Bros. Studios that same year, and managed to broadcast over a studio-controlled radio station. He joined the navy for a two-year hitch in 1944, resuming his radio singing career afterward. In 1947, he joined the Carmen Cavallaro orchestra, still billed as Al Cernick, as the featured vocalist, but a bout of food-poisoning caused him to drop out. In 1948, he cut some sides for King Records as Al Grant, and won first prize on Arthur Godfrey's Talents Scouts radio program. This led to his being hired as a demo singer by various music publishers (one of the songs he demoed was InchRudolph the Red Nosed ReindeerInch). The singer was signed up by impresario Eddie Joy, who intensified his training and finally introduced him to Mitch Miller, the head of Artists and Repertory for Columbia Records. It was Miller who transformed Al Cernick into Guy Mitchell, using his own first same for the surname. Mitchell's first five singles at Columbia failed, and his career was only rescued when Frank Sinatra, still with Columbia Records, declined to cut a pair of songs for which Miller had already set recording sessions and engaged musicians. Mitchell was brought into the studio, and the resulting recordings of InchMy Heart Cries for YouInch and InchThe Roving KindInch rode the charts for 21 weeks in 1951, selling nearly two million copies. Mitchell's recording career was made, although his performing career needed work-he'd hardly had the chance to develop a serious stage act or ef

Album Tracks 1. Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) 2. Running Scared 3. Crying 4. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) 5. Mean Woman Blues 6. In Dreams 7. Oh, Pretty Woman 8. It's Over 9. Good Night 10. The Great Pretender 11. Candy Man 12. Leah 13. The Crowd 14. Blue Bayou 15. Workin' for the Man 16. I Can't Stop Loving You 17. (Say) You're My Girl 18. Beautiful Dreamer 19. Distant Drums 20. My Prayer