Sing Along with Mitch
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Search complete. 25 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Sing Along with Mitch".
Nov 3, 2026
Michael EllisHOST
Well, for me, I did not have older brothers or sisters, so the music I heard when I was very young was whatever my parents or grandparents played for me.
Michael EllisHOST
And before I even had, I think, even my first singles, I do remember very well Sing Along with Mitch albums.
Michael EllisHOST
That was...
Michael EllisHOST
I'm really dating myself, but there was a very popular TV show.
Michael EllisHOST
Mitch Miller, who was also a record executive at CBS Columbia, he had a TV show called Sing Along with Mitch.
Michael EllisHOST
And literally, you would sing along to the TV.
Michael EllisHOST
There was a bouncing ball and the lyrics would come out like we could call them today.
Michael EllisHOST
And my grandmother had bought them for me.
KruserHOST
It's almost too aged of a reference for me, but you've probably seen it before.
KruserHOST
There was an old show called Sing Along with Mitch.
KruserHOST
And it was a sing-along show, and Mitch Miller would have these people singing.
KruserHOST
I don't even know if I ever saw the show, but I remember the concept of it.
Joseph TaylorGUEST
And we had maybe a handful of records that my parents had.
Joseph TaylorGUEST
And the ones I remember are things like Sing Along with Mitch, Mitch Miller, or Ragtime Piano Pieces.
Joseph TaylorGUEST
Or famously, the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
Joseph TaylorGUEST
Just
Charlie ParrGUEST
My dad's record collection was just weird.
Charlie ParrGUEST
It was, it was, uh, Sing Along With Mitch was in there.
Charlie ParrGUEST
There was the soundtrack to the Mary Poppins film was in there.
Charlie ParrGUEST
Just a weird...
speaker_1HOST
Diana didn't need to be asked twice, and so began another phase of Diana's career.
speaker_1HOST
In a moment with a, a touch of jingoism, Diana was slated to sing Waltzing Matilda in the very first episode of Sing Along With Mitch.
speaker_1HOST
It was a very swing arrangement of the song.
speaker_1HOST
As mentioned before, Waltzing Matilda found its way onto a 45 for American release only.
Diana TraskSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong, "You'll come a-waltzing, come on and walk with me." [singing]
speaker_1HOST
1961 was to be a big year for Diana Trask.
speaker_1HOST
The starring role in Sing Along With Mitch, the recording and release of two LPs, and a trip back to Australia at the behest of Lee Gordon as a support for the Pat Boone tour.
speaker_1HOST
Diana recounts her shock at the reception that she received upon her arrival at Melbourne Airport.
Debbie EliasHOST
You know, the bouncing ball sing-along.
Debbie EliasHOST
It was like Sing Along with Mitch, which was a TV staple for more than a decade.
Debbie EliasHOST
on television and it's follow the bouncing ball and you give us that too so you really have incorporated so many elements for multiple generations David
David FerinoGUEST
Yeah, I mean, that was always the hope, is that this is something that you could watch with your whole family, and it's something that fans of the original could appreciate and catch little Easter eggs from, you know, callbacks and Easter eggs to those old movies, and then somebody that's totally uninitiated could really appreciate it too.
Nate WilcoxHOST
Tell us a little bit about how he interacted with these guys, and tell us who these people are.
Nate WilcoxHOST
Goddard Lieberson and Mitch Miller were the big wheels at Columbia when Hammond comes back.
Nate WilcoxHOST
Who were they, and how did they change what Hammond was doing?
Gareth MurphyGUEST
Well, that's the thing.
Gareth MurphyGUEST
He didn't care about record sales.
Gareth MurphyGUEST
And he was given a lot of power in those years, um, a lot of freedom, let's say, in Columbia to try things out, and that's where he signs the likes of Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan and so on.
Gareth MurphyGUEST
Mitch, uh, Miller is a bit different just 'cause he really was a very good producer, and he was making the money for the label.
Gareth MurphyGUEST
You know, the Sing Along with Mitch TV show that you had in the early '60s, that was huge.
Esther Morgan EllisGUEST
Um, I've got some stuff about sing-along radio and television programs.
Esther Morgan EllisGUEST
I've written about Sing Along With Mitch.
Esther Morgan EllisGUEST
[laughs] Um, and then I've also written about, uh, current practices, uh, shape-note singing and old time string band music.
Michael StockHOST
Well, this is the first time I ever heard that there were sing-alongs in silent movies.
Mike TaylorHOST
Well, of course they are.
Mike TaylorHOST
Sing Along With Mitch.
Mike TaylorHOST
Who could forget that one?
Mike RobertsonHOST
Sure.
Mike TaylorHOST
More Sing Along With Mitch.
Mike TaylorHOST
Can't forget that one either.
Mike TaylorHOST
Party Sing Along With Mitch.
Mike TaylorHOST
It's sing along, but it's party.
Jimmy PalumboHOST
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Jimmy PalumboHOST
Uh, we heard somebody singing and I said to Dave, "Ah, this is like Sing Along with Mitch." And then I realized I just referenced something that his dad may know.
Dave SturchioHOST
Yeah, no, he'd know it.
Jimmy PalumboHOST
And he texted his Mitch Miller albums.
Jimmy PalumboHOST
[laughs] He's like these early karaoke Sing Along with Mitch day here at Shay.
Jimmy PalumboHOST
Oh my g- First of all, nobody knows what I'm talking...
Jimmy PalumboHOST
Maybe the Tysons and the Hogans do.
Jimmy PalumboHOST
Um, but even my brother's like, "Jimmy, you can't do a, a show, a podcast, and you're talking about Sing Along with Mitch." [laughs]