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Guy Mitchell (born Albert George Cernik; February 22, 1927 – July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer, successful in his homeland, the UK and Australia. He sold 44 million records, including six million-selling singles. In the fall of 1957, Mitchell starred in ABC's ''The Guy Mitchell Show''. He appeared as George Romack on the 1961 NBC western detective series ''Whispering Smith'', with World War II hero Audie Murphy in the leading role. ==Life and career== Born of Croatian immigrants (Crnic is the Croatian spelling of the last name), in Detroit, Michigan, at age 11 he was signed by Warner Brothers Pictures, to be a child star, and performed on the radio on KFWB in Los Angeles, California. After leaving school, he worked as a saddlemaker, supplementing his income by singing. Dude Martin, who had a country music broadcast in San Francisco, hired him for his band. He served in the United States Navy for two years in World War II, then sang with Carmen Cavallaro's big band. In 1947 he recorded for Decca with Cavallaro's band, but left due to food poisoning. He went next to New York City and made records for King Records as Al Grant (one, "Cabaret", appeared in the Variety charts). He won on the radio show ''Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts'' in 1949 as a soloist.〔Obituary, ''New York Times'', July 5, 1999.〕 Mitch Miller, in charge of talent at Columbia Records, noticed Cernik in 1950. He joined Columbia and took his new stage name at Miller's urging: Miller supposedly said, "my name is 'Mitchell' and you seem a nice 'guy', so we'll call you Guy Mitchell." Bob Merrill wrote hits for Mitchell.〔The Independent; ''Obituary: Bob Merrill''; February 20, 1998〕 In the 1950s and 1960s Mitchell acted in movies with Teresa Brewer, Pat Crowley, and Rosemary Clooney, ''Red Garters'' (1954), and with Brewer in ''Those Redheads From Seattle'' (1953). He acted in "Choose a Victim", a 1961 episode of ''Thriller'', and sang in the Braemor Rooms, Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland. His first hit was "My Heart Cries for You" (1951). He ventured into rock with songs including "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.〔Obituary, ''The Guardian'', July 5, 1999.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Guy Mitchell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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