Frankie Laine interview talking about Mitch Miller

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Title

Frankie Laine interview talking about Mitch Miller

Collection

Mitch Miller collection of audio and moving image

Names

Laine, Frankie, 1913-2007 (Interviewee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2000 - 2007 (Questionable)

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LVH 2770

Subjects

Miller, Mitch
Laine, Frankie, 1913-2007
Bennett, Tony, 1926-

Genres

Interviews

Notes

Performers: Frankie Laine, interviewee ; with unidentified interviewer.
Original Version: Archival original: (1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color, NTSC ; 1/2 in.) in *LVH 2770.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (8 min. 50 sec.) : sound, color, NTSC ; 1/2 in.
Erratic video on first 10 sec.; ends abruptly.

Abstract

In this video, singer Frankie Laine talks about working with Mitch Miller from 1949-1959, at both Mercury and Columbia Records. Thanks to Mitch Miller, Laine transformed from a jazz singer to a pop icon of mostly Western themed songs of the 1950s, singing hits from "That lucky old sun" (1949) to "Rawhide" (1958). In one of his stories, Laine recalls a young singer plugging a song in 1950 called "Satan wears a satin gown". (The singer was Tony Bennett). Other songs mentioned in the interview were: "Mule train", "Swamp girl", "The cry of the wild goose", and "Shine" (Mercury label); "Jezebel", "Rose, Rose, I love you", "High noon", "Jealousy", "I believe", "Hey Joe", "Hawkeye" and "Moonlight gambler" (Columbia label).

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20308427
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d81d4810-3154-0132-db60-3c075448cc4b

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Frankie Laine interview talking about Mitch Miller" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2000 - 2007. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d81d4810-3154-0132-db60-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (2000 - 2007). Frankie Laine interview talking about Mitch Miller Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d81d4810-3154-0132-db60-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Frankie Laine interview talking about Mitch Miller" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d81d4810-3154-0132-db60-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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