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.” 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. His first hit “My Heart Cries for You”.was in1951 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. He died on the 1st of July, 1999. 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. |
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