Mitch Miller

My Heart Cries for Mitch Miller

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Ben E. King, Ray Charles, Al Cernick, Mitch Miller, Elvis Presley, Dinah Washington, Jerry Lewis, Guy Mitchell, Connie Francis, My Heart Cries for You, Theme From a Summer Place, Carl Sigman, Dean Martin, Columbia Records, Entertainment News
Michael Sigman

Mitch Miller, the musical maven of middle-of-the-road pop who died in Manhattan Saturday at 99, became a household name via his early-'60s TV show Sing Along With Mitch.

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Plagiarism: The Words and the Music

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tina Brown, Jack Shafer, Bob Dylan, Slate, Chuck Berry, Daily Beast, Gerald Posner, Men at Work, Mitch Miller, Beach Boys, Plagiarism, Entertainment News
Michael Sigman

It's always satisfying to see journalistic plagiarism outed. But when it comes to music, things can be more complicated.

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Holidays on Spice: A Post-New Year's Cure for Enforced Frivolity

Elissa Altman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Harris Wulfson, 2008, Egg Rolls, Mitch Miller, Annus Horribilis, Asian Food, Food, Bacon, The Baby Jesus, Mumbai, Chinese Food at Christmas, Judaism, Healthy Living News
Elissa Altman

Ever since I was a child, I couldn't wait for the holidays to be over. But once they were, I'd also find myself looking over the edge, into the great, echoing abyss that was the New Year.

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Christmas on the (Bi-) Polar Express

Elissa Altman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Great Depression, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Madoff, Mitch Miller, Julia Child, Food, Christmas Dinner, World War II, Sarah Palin, Pottersville, Healthy Living News
Elissa Altman

Maybe it's just my imagination, but I don't think so. The run-up to Christmas this year, with each passing day, just keeps getting odder and weirder,...

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