Mitch Miller Special 1/10/1981

Mitch Miller Special 1/10/1981 9-10 PM WNBC
VHS 4-hour mode mono analog audio (dropouts)
NTSC Analog Broadcast via Cablevision
(before digital, NYC building reflections can be seen)
01-Heart Of My Heart
02-Has Anybody Seen My Gal
03-Yesterday (Lennon-McCartney)
04-Mandy
05-Out Here On My Own - Irene Cara
06-Chattanooga Choo Choo
07-Shuffle Off To Buffalo
08-I Only Have Eyes For You - Bob McGrath
09-The Lullaby Of Broadway - Irene Cara Tap Dancing
10-Tenderly - Rosemary Clooney
11-If I Had A Hammer
12-I Can't Stop Loving You
13-Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
14-Paganini Salute - Irene Cara
15-Paganini Caprice - Mark Kaplan
16-Sam The Old Accordion Man - Dominic Cortsese
17-Come On-A My House - Rosemary Clooney
18-Home On The Range
19-Tie A Yellow Ribbon On The Old Oak Tree
20-Bye Bye Blackbird - Big Bird
21-Song Of Peace
22-Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends

[@skiprydell1]

Mitch was one of the last symbols of a country where we all more or less got along. Looking at these singers, it is liking looking back at another country. A more beautiful one.

[@toddholmes4480]

I agree. You have the Democrats and leftist liberals to thank for that. Filth and degeneracy are the order of the day.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

It's a lost world.

[@waldolydecker8118]

You sound ridiculously sentimental, naive, and ignorant, as most do who make these pollyanna comments about "the good old days of yesteryear." Look it up - Mitch Miller's Sing-a-long' show ran on TV 1961-1964, when legalized racial segregation was the law of the land across most of America, denying millions of Americans jobs, pay, housing, and unbiased medical treatment...iconic American singer Bessie Smith had unnecessarily died from such segregation practices years earlier when she was refused treatment at a 'white' hospital after being injured in an automobile accident. Or how about Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner (1964) and the countless other Americans who were routinely beaten and murdered across the Southern states in an attempt to deny them their basic human and Civil rights...or maybe the Proud Boys of the Klu Klux Klan who assassinated Medgar Evers in 1963...or maybe you heard about Martin Luther King's 1963 March on Washington a couple of months later, where at least 1/4 Million Americans showed up to stand up for Civil RIghts and equal employment opportunities....or how about President JFK being assassinated three months later in the South, after which spontaneous celebrations erupted on Main Streets all across the old Confederacy to revel in his death. The video of those celebrations across the South on Nov 22, 1963 could be seen for years in 1960's/70's historical news programs, but you'd have to have the research skill of a Ken Burns today to find that embarrassing footage of the South spontaneously celebrating Kennedy's assassination, as it has literally been removed from the media and internet airwaves....or how about local Govt officials across America in 1961-1964 blocking school-house doors or using other less obvious means to keep non-whites out of 'white' public schools - not because the student don't have the tuition or talent - simply because of their race...or how about the limited job opportunities and representation for women in the national 1961-64 corporate workplace, despite being more than 50% of the population...and women making a fraction of male pay when they did the same jobs. You think everyone "more or less got along" with all these events going on coast to coast? lol This is just a small sample of events in the country when Mitch Miller's Sing-a-long program was being broadcasted on television. Hell, behind the scenes on Mitch's program itself, the white advertising sponsor's rep pushed Miller nonstop to get rid of black-american singer Leslie Uggams. Listen to Ms Uggams tell the Archive of American Television exactly what the sponsor's rep was doing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpXLcmiqo757rqc. You can't judge a book by its cover. Mitch Miller's program was nearly as incongruous with what was happening in the country when it originally aired as it is today.

[@robertweisner6768]

I was only a child when Mr. Miller was on television. His music brought so much happiness to my parents and grandparents. Now, I can relive those memories when times where so much simpler. This is classic entertainment.

[@williambahrenfuss4961]

😢 😊 here too 👍🏿

[@mjpk6269]

Rest in peace, Bob McGrath (12-4-22). I was only 12 when this aired originally, and I remember my father loving "Sing Along with Mitch". I'm sure this was the last time Mitch Miller was ever on television

[@Juliaflo]

I so miss this program. Thank heaven for the glory of You Tube Merry Christmas.

[@jackd105]

13:41 Officer Joe Bolton?

[@gaylestephenson9847]

THANK YOU FOR A REMINDER OF WHAT AMERICAN NORMAL REALLY IS! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS! MADE MY DAY!

[@leeharveysirhan9521]

America before the Commies took over

[@eugeniamarrero1925]

I remember watching this show when I was a little girl, and I miss those days of these songs! Also, I miss Mitch Miller. God Bless you Mitch Miller for bringing this great era of music to Television. You are greatly missed!

[@kofegrl]

This takes me back to my childhood and makes me think of my mom, she's been gone now for over 40 years 💛🌻

[@plymouthfurious]

I know how you feel.

[@williambahrenfuss4961]

My mom has been gone since 12/22/2005 , I know she loved the show , hope Dad liked it too ❤️

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

​@@plymouthfuriousMe too. 😢

[@SkyKingofMaricopa]

I remember when this program aired. Many, including me, got choked up when they sang "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" because it was thought to be for the 52 American hostages who had been held in Iran since Nov 1979. They would be freed over a week later on 20 Jan 1981.

[@gaylestephenson9847]

GOD BLESS THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN AMERICAN LIFE MADE SENSE AND WE WERE ALL AFTER FREEDOM FOR ALL.

[@t.b.g.504]

20 January 1981, the same day Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president, and America would return to greatness.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@t.b.g.504 I voted for Reagan to get the hostages released, not knowing he was working behind the scenes to keep the hostages in captivity until the election.

[@AshleyJonesdisneyspecialneeds]

Rest in peace Irene Cara, she passed away at the age of 63, on November 25,2022

[@WFTL14]

My family always watched and enjoyed the music in the early '60's somehow I missed this. A fond look back to a better time.

[@ralphgar3690]

IM 67 YRS AND MIKE, THE OLDEST OF 7 CHILDREN AND ALL OF US ENJOYED MITCH MILLER AND HIS GREAT GANG! WE'LL NEVER SEE THIS AGAIN WHAT TALENT GOD BLESS THEM ALL RIP.THOSE YEARS WENT BY FAST OMG

[@letha57]

One of the first shows I ever remember seeing as a child was Sing Along with Mitch.

[@veronicakaese7655]

Love them old songs. Memories of the early fifties & sixties. Love I got six pence.. The BEST YEARS OF MY GROWING UP YEARS SINGING WITH DANCE ALONG CHARLESTON & JITTERBUG & 2 STEPS etc..... Thanks! L oving the songs.♥️👏🎉

[@annabrown7302]

LOVE MITCH MILLER❤

[@brendalane9221]

Great memory of this special. Rest eternally Irene Cara and Bob McGrath, both lost in recent weeks.

[@GreyRockOne]

The good old days! I'd listen Mitch when browsing through my Dad's old records growing up. Mitch and many other singers and bands my dad had are responsible for me loving all kinds of music to this day! Thanks for sharing.

[@bjradrian8740]

Memories! I remember my parents loving this show, back in early 1960s..

[@micmac99]

Bob McGrath of course was a big star by this time because of Sesame Street

[@Catloverplayer]

I thought so. I didn't know he worked for Mitch Miller as well.

[@BadWebDiver]

@@Catloverplayer Same!

[@sandraandrews9907]

RIP to Bob McGrath who died yesterday at the age 90. 🙏🎶🎤

[@williambahrenfuss4961]

Yes you answered my question thank you...

[@lindalyons6895]

I loved this show and loved Bob and Leslie's voices so much

[@charlesrandolph7108]

IRENE CARA SINGING AND TAP DANCING.....HEAVEN!!!

[@sandraandrews9907]

RIP to her 🙏🎤🎶💔

[@Juliaflo]

@@sandraandrews9907 .......And to Bob McGrath.

[@markdichiara6299]

Rip irene cara and bob mcgrath and mitch miller

[@em1osmurf]

tears from my childhood. a lifetime we'll never experience in america ever again.

[@sandraandrews9907]

RIP to Mitch himself, as well as Rosemary Clooney, Matt Kaplan, & just recently, Irene Cara and Bob McGrath. God bless you all and thank you so much for the great music 🙏🎤🎶☹️☹️

[@MrTrashcan1]

I think it was Mark Kaplan.

[@MrCaptainA]

Also RIP to Carroll Spinney (Big Bird).

[@CathyDWahl-mp6of]

We watched this religiously back in the early 1960s. People wouldn't sit still long enough now. I'll bet there are a bunch of father-son duos there.

[@TheDochoffman1]

AS BOB HOPE WOULD SAY/SING AFTER THE END OF HIS SHOW, "THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES", YES, 'THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES"! SOME HAPPY 😊, SOME SAD 😓, SOME GOOD 👍, SOME BAD 👎, BUT LIFE GOES ON .............. AND AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!🤗

[@Darjeelingla]

What fun 😁 Wow, a Beatles song too.

[@skye.325]

This is a corny memory that I'm going to share. We used to drive long drives on vacation in the summer in about 1968 to about 74 and my father would put on Mitch Miller sing along and we knew all the words. Every member of the family would sing all the way there and back and it sounds so corny to say today. We just don't live in that beautiful world anymore.

[@davegibson1432]

RIP Irene Cara, just passed in 2022. one of her early TV appearances. Wow, we seem centuries away from Sing along with Mitch but just 40 yrs ago for this special.

[@johnderby8921]

What a fun time way back then! Always looked forward to his next presentation. NH

[@thetomatoman9292]

Keep more Mitch Miller TV Shows coming, nice memories

[@CV2200A]

Unfortunately, this is the only one I have. There are other Sing Along With Mitch videos out there on KZbin.

[@gretchenthies4909]

thank you . Brings smiles to my heart.

[@chongchitsripunrobert2323]

Beautiful, thank you.

[@pnull]

I loved watching the show with my parents. They owned all the Mitch Miller LPs. Mitch said they all made a beeline to New York to do the show. Period I wonder if they recorded it at 30 rock.

[@miguelitoturingan5811]

5 ⭐! 1981. Talkin' 'bout Miss Irene C. on the rise. Her song Anyone Can See and song What a feeling being the theme of movie Flashdance. Thats "Out here on my Own" from movie Fame. She's great. 🎶 I remember in early '80s. 👍

[@GeneRogers-lo1qy]

Didn’t Irene Cara star in Jesus Christ Super Star? …. With Ted Neely?

[@Danny-nm9sn]

I love their sound! And songs ❤️

[@stevekroll7259]

Irene Cara is so young, I remember her from singing Flashdance and Fame.

[@pnull]

Irene Kara seems an odd choice for this special. An educated guess tells me the producers insisted someone like her to appeal to the younger demos

[@WaltGekko]

This was post-Fame, though not too long after.

[@elifire4147]

I liked them better when it was black and white but they still legit af.

[@kristadziurlikowski4584]

@elifire Good evening from France ! Me to I prefered black and white. I bought all Mitchel's records ! Best wishes 😊🌞

[@jesusnodal8948]

Thank you very much for this!!!

[@donbeaulac664]

Early 60’s memories at 6yrs old watching Mitch Miller on Friday nites as my great-grandmothers show that she watched weekly while babysitting me on Friday nites sometimes.

[@Catloverplayer]

Both Mitch Miller and Ray Conniff were similar in that they both had a lot of singers backing them.

[@DavidThrower1969]

So true - they also worked together at Columbia Records in the 1950s too.

[@garyball6288]

Once more I could listen

[@jasonbeard4713]

Class, which we shall not see again. Thank you for this treat.

[@antoniboleslawowicz8095]

Mitch Miller was always special. He had an eye for fresh new talent -- Mark Kaplan, for one! But Miller was a superb musician -- one of the best oboe and Cor anglais players of his generation, a superb choral and orchestral conductor. His choruses were outstanding. There’s more instrumental color in this show, too. You would never find this level of thorough professionalism on Lawrence Welk’s show. With Miller, everything was about the music. It’s really too bad that his Sing Along show on NBC was so short-lived. This show was a kind of vindication. And his conducting style is his way this time, not the television director’s! That is, espressivo.

[@tvbarn]

OMG it's the inspiration for Amazon's old holiday TV ads!!!

[@everythingmitchmiller8949]

Thank you for uploading

[@professor1966]

This is a pretty good contemporary spin on what "Sing Along with Mitch" might have been like in the early 80s.. A lot of these songs ("Yesterday", for instance) were released not long after SAwM was cancelled in '64..

[@andrewstewart8132]

Good harmonies in "Yesterday".

[@bettya.washington6183]

Im so glad I typed in Mitch Miller. I've always loved his music and directing Simply beautiful and heartfelt ❤ After watching Leslie Uggims on Utudbe she mentioned Miller. I'm not sure if she was referring to him but it made me think of Mr Milper and these singers Put a huge smile on my face Thank you

[@darjanmachado2615]

Great Singers!

[@juanmonge8]

After the original show , Bob McGrath went to Japan and became a big star there in the night club circuit.

[@ah7910]

My darling wonderful Rosie. This show is fantastic, thank you for uploading.

[@edmondscott7444]

Great video.

[@randallknapp7528]

I love this!

[@pmsusana]

Pure joy!!!

[@jazzopera]

I only just learned that Mitch Miller was an accomplished classical oboist who premiered the oboe concerto by Richard Strauss

[@dawnlord4893]

My mom had Mitch's Christmas sing-along record(vinyl,of course),and every year,she would start playing that record as her and I would start decorating the Christmas tree. I found a video on KZbin that features the songs on that vinyl record. And it brings back memories of yesteryear growing up.

[@russellnittler7537]

So square, so cheesy, love it.

[@helenwietlisbach8867]

This is wonderfull fun.

[@TheAnnaFisher]

Love it!

[@jlindsey241]

I'm always down to sing "Has Anyone Seen My Gal!!!!!!

[@uliuli201]

The Eminem of the 1960s. Will the real Slim Mitch... please stand up...please stand up. Respect. Was a living Legend. I used to stand on my GrandPappys feet as we fanced around the room.

[@DIMON_CAMI]

0:30: Look, it’s the Bob from the Street of Sesame

[@CV2200A]

Bob McGrath was on Mitch Miller before Sesame Street..

[@metalox88]

The diversity is fascinating.

[@nataliep.9047]

Diversity is perversity.

[@plymouthfurious]

Brings back great memories of my dad.

[@theresavazquez5471]

have this album

[@Forensource]

Mitchell William Miller (July 4, 1911 - July 31, 2010)

[@CathyDWahl-mp6of]

That last song always makes me laugh!

[@stevenhoelderich9490]

Bob McGrath , is 88 years old.

[@obelix703]

Thank you!

[@MrJeff714]

Rosemary Clooney, George Clooney's aunt..wow

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I love Mitch Miller, I really do, but I can't get the great SCTV satire of him out of my mind! 😲😲

[@jackd105]

No Grammy award; no Grammy nomination.

[@jehobden]

RIP to both Irene Cara & Bob McGrath!

[@1mespud]

Mitch Miller never had a "follow the bouncing ball" on his show. That reference originated from the old Max Fleischer cartoons and movie shorts from the 1920's.

[@CV2200A]

Correct. "Sing Along With Mitch" showed the song lyrics but no bouncing ball.

[@cherylcampbell9369]

Thinking of the bouncing ball cartoons led me here. I will try max fleischer. I couldn't remember that name.

[@CathyDWahl-mp6of]

Wait a minute. I though Rosemary Clooney hated Mitch Miller. He forced her to sing "Come Onna My House" back in the day and she always hated that song. And there she is doing it again!

[@jaiyabyrd4177]

Never heard of this. Looks like Lawrence Welk Show without the bubbles 💭💭🥂💭

[@Danny-nm9sn]

Hey it's Bob from Sesame Street!❤️ And Irene Cara she is sure a sight to behold 🍑

[@mattalbrecht7471]

Vladimir Lenin had a TV show?? Irene Cara was on Sing along with Mitch? I didn't think she was that old!

[@tedmerr]

15:51 Bob McGrath solo

[@intercommerce]

5 Neat Guys

[@stevec6455]

The Mitch Miller Singers. Strange bunch, where in the world could you even try to do that today? Not to mention the ladies.

[@jonshecket3010]

Nice tribute to John Lennon with "Yesterday". He was killed during the previous month.

[@stevec6455]

Gotta admit would be a worthy MAGA band.

[@ntmybcobalt]

6:39

[@dmoore7519]

Not as many as there was in 1961.

[@RussFoster]

Were all of these songs popular at the time of this recording? That is, would nearly every viewer be familiar with the songs? Or are some of them originals for the show?

[@CV2200A]

None of the songs were original except perhaps the violin segment. Some of the songs were from the early 1900s, played often when Mitch had his weekly show, The songs were also on "Sing Along with Mitch" albums. Obviously the Rosemary Clooney song was her hit from the 50s.

[@kennywhitworth4788]

All songs were from the American Songbook of the 1920s 1930s. The Irene Cara number was from the 1980 film, Fame. Rosemary Clooney sang one of her biggest hits. When this show aired, there were 3 National networks and maybe a local tv channel in your town. The target audience would have known every song. They are “Standards”

[@KTPurdy]

Sing along

[@diondreicristi505]

44:11 Big Bird

[@Pashasmom1]

Mark Kaplan on the violin. I wonder what Maestro Ara Malikian would think about him playing Paganini?

[@Catloverplayer]

Mitch Miller occasionally had the pleasure of working with Percy Faith.

[@CV2200A]

Mitch Miller was head of "A and R" (Artists and Repertoire) at Columbia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire Percy Faith was an artist for Columbia records under Mitch. However the synergy of making recordings of Mitch play oboe and English horn with the Percy Faith Orchestra resulted in some memorable recordings. Here are just a few that are on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6e3fKitjpmCb9U kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5TPemmibp2Jba8

[@williambahrenfuss4961]

Tenderly, is that 🌹 Rose Mary Clooney? Is that George Clooney's Aunt? Wow this stuff brings back memories, and I remember they would include "if I had a hammer 🔨 " single if you bought Fresca cola 😊

[@CV2200A]

Yes Rosemary Clooney sang "Tenderly" on this program and she is George Clooney's aunt.

[@williambahrenfuss4961]

​@CV2200A thank you great memories here 😂 ❤

[@williambahrenfuss4961]

Is that guy who sings I only have eyes for you the same guy who was on sesame street?

[@williambahrenfuss4961]

Yea Bob McGrath

[@CV2200A]

Yes, "I Only Have Eyes For You" is being sung by Sesame Street's Bob McGrath.

[@WACKENHUT234]

He introduces a singer called Bob McGrath that is the spitten image of Niel Sedaka!

[@stevec6455]

Poor Irene, she knew not that sorry group.

[@jackd105]

No Grammy

[@Catloverplayer]

Percy Faith made an album with Mitch Miller mostly instrumental.