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Mike Douglas (August 11, 1920〔Cook County Birth Certificates, file number 6053268〕〔Social Security Death Index, Michael D. Dowd, Jr., accessed 27 June 2013〕〔US Census 1930 (April 14, 1930): Proviso, Cook County, IL, Precinct 36, Block 12; Line 94: Michael Dowd-age 9〕 – August 11, 2006) was an American "Big Band" era singer, entertainer, and television talk show host (''The Mike Douglas Show'').
==Early life and career==
Douglas was born Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr., in Chicago, Illinois, and began singing as a choirboy. By his teens he was working as a singer on a Lake Michigan dinner cruise ship. After serving in the United States Navy in World War II and as a "staff singer" for WMAQ-TV in Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles. He was on the Ginny Simms radio show. After that, Douglas joined the big band of Kay Kyser as a singer.
Although big band swing faded from popularity as WWII ended, Kyser had to continue performing due to contractual obligations, and continued to log a few hits with Douglas, including two notable hits, "Ole (Old ) Buttermilk Sky" in 1946 and "The Old Lamplighter" the following year. Kyser was responsible for giving him his show business name, and he continued to perform with the band until Kyser retired in 1951 due to health problems. In 1950, he provided the singing voice of Prince Charming in Walt Disney's ''Cinderella''.
In the 1950s, Douglas, living in Burbank, California, tried to keep his singing career going, working as house singer for a nightclub and going on the road to stay busy. By the middle of the decade, rock-and-roll and doo wop had taken over the charts, which left many older performers in the musical dustbin. In the leanest years, Douglas and his wife survived by successfully "flipping" their Los Angeles homes.
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