Singing The Blues - Music

Guy Mitchell 27 February 1927 - 1 July 1999 Was Born Albert George Cernik Son Of Immigrants From Croatia In Detroit Michigan USA. At The Age Of 11 He Was Signed By Warner Brothers Pictures To Be Groomed As A Child Star And He Also Performed On The Radio On Station KFWB In Los Angeles California. After Leaving School He Worked As A Saddle-Maker But Supplemented His Income By Singing Whenever He Could. At This Point In His Life Dude Martin Who Had A Country Music Broadcast In San Francisco Noticed Him And Hired Him To Perform With His Band. He Served In The United States Navy For Two Years And After Leaving The Service Became A Singer With Carmen Cavallaro's Big Band. In 1947 He Made Some Recordings For Decca With Cavallaro's Band But Had To Leave Due To A Case Of Food Poisoning. He Eventually Went To New York City And Made Several Records For King Records Under The Name Al Grant. He Won On Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts Radio Show During This Time. Mitch Miller Who Was In Charge Of Talent At Columbia Records Noted Cernik In 1950 And He Joined Columbia And Got His New Stage Name At Miller's Urging Miller Is Supposed To Have Said "my Name Is 'Mitchell' And You Seem A Nice 'guy' So We'll Call You Guy Mitchell." His First Hit "My Heart Cries For You" Was In 1951. In The 1950s And 1960s He Acted In Movies As Well As Singing. He Did Movies With Teresa Brewer And Rosemary Clooney. In 1957 He Had His Own Television Show. Though He Is Considered An Average Pop Singer Many Of His Songs Have A Decided Rock Beat To Them Including "Knee Deep In The Blues" "Heartaches By The Number" "Rock-A-Billy" "The Same Old Me" And His Biggest Hit "Singing The Blues" Which Was Number One For 10 Weeks In 1956. 2007 Would Have Been Guy's 80th Birthday Year And To Commemorate This Anniversary SONYBMG UK Are To Release A New CD "The Essential Collection". A Tribute Site Has Also Been Launched Http //www.Agreatguy.Net Detailing His Life And Career As A Recording Artiste. read less